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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on March 29, 2015 at 3:01am

I've also done necks with an offcut from the fretboard between the 2 pieces, like this:

Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on March 29, 2015 at 11:25am

Great photo story.  Thanks for that.

Permalink Reply by Scott W on March 30, 2015 at 11:32pm

Thanks Antonio, and nice work Richey. Antonio, if want a different and more gradual transition from neck to heel, just take away more material on your next one. I draw and cut a pattern out of a cereal box cardboard that has the profile I want, then trace that on the SIDE of the heel, and I also make a pattern for the shape of the very bottom of the heel. I rough-cut material away to get a basic shape similar to the pattern lines, then a rasp and file away material to pattern lines. I use just a few round and half-round files. If you do not have one, a 4-in-hand file is really useful and quite cheap, and you get 4 tools!

Permalink Reply by 14 buck bass (aka antonio) on March 31, 2015 at 12:24am

thanks guys, Richey yup it looks like we do ours the same way. i think my slope is just to steep for my taste , it definatly is personal prefrerance cause, like mentioned bailing wire and broomsticks work just fine. Scott thanks for the info , and Richey thanks for the pics too. Kudos to both you gents fine work on those heels .

Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on April 20, 2015 at 5:57am

You can also do a traditional style heel like these using rasp,files and sandpaper

Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on April 20, 2015 at 6:59am

sometimes the best way to hide a glue line...

is to turn it into a feature.

drop a 20c scrap of veneer in there ;)

a bit of matching fingerboard scrap works nice too...

edit oh snap, you're all saying that lol

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