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2 well worthwhile tools, an extensive set of drill bits (cheap HF is fine) and a drill bit guage (plastic card with a plethora of holes, each one labeled what size drill bit it corresponds to)
I use the guage for EVERY hole I drill to pick the right bit. Its quite lovely to drill 1 hole and the tuner fits perfectly without rasping/reaming it bigger and -oops- too big now its loose...to set the anchor screws for the tuners in with little effort but they feel rock solid, and so on.
Hey man, I'm new to this hobby but it looks to me like the neck is plenty strong. I'm working on a build right now that has a neck with two deep notches needed for some internals the guy wants installed. I've had to install additional support in the box just to support the neck witch is only 3/8" thick. If I can I'll send pictures.
Just a side note but I make my 3 stringers 35mm wide x 30 mm depth and D shape the back of the neck from a straight through 45mm x 40mm blank.
My strings have 12mm spacing and run parallel up my fretboard.
I chose this size of neck from roughly taking the size of my fingers making an OK hand shape gesture and guessing the diameter of the hole made from my index finger and thumb touching each other.
I drop my string spacing to 10mm or 9mm for 4 stingers and have 4 mm side spacing (33/35mm) bringing the depth down slightly to 28mm.
If I wanted a +23 inch scale length 4/5/6/7/? Stringed instrument I would seriously consider a truss rod or bracing rod.
hey all thought I would update, still not finished other things like work and family been getting in the way of the build. however I have finally soldered the volume pot (or at least what I thought was a volume pot) to input jack and pickup. Tested it by plugging it into an amp and holding it over another guitar and we have volume :D The Soldering was a bitch.
Then fixed the pickup to the neck ran into problem ended up supergluing to the wood, after fighting with the screws for a day or two.
The tunning peg fitment went well, the screws I bought fitted, what a relief. Fitted one string to double check string height etc. All good. Plugged it in, still smug with myself for having volume, went to turn it down......Nooooo its a bloody Tone Pot.
So I have left:
Joe
A cheap "helping hands" makes it a lot easier, a little stand with flex arm alligator clips to hold the stuff in place for you.
and just as wayfinder said, heat the solder, not the component, let the hot solder do the work, pre-apply some solder to the bits you intend to join (called tinning) before you join them and they go together much easier.
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