I spent the money!

After selling my first instrument I earmarked that money for various things to offset the cost of building my instruments. I bought tuners, pickups, and tools and the biggest purchase I made was for more C clamps.

I had bought some really good quartersawn red oak and it had just been sitting there leaning up against the wall and I finally ripped it and made neck blanks out of it. I had some slab cut maple that I ripped and laminated to orient the grain on the quarter and placed a decorative cherry strip in the center just to get me to the width I wanted. I had noticed on build #5 with the Fender style bridge that the string spacing made my strings a little too close to the edge further down the neck.

I won't be trying to build 10 guitars at once, but I know a lot of times is consumed in the neck, so I just got a lot of necks set up for future builds and two of my next three instruments are going to be based on my fretless Punch.

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Comment by Richard G Caudill on March 7, 2012 at 4:35pm: What a simple easy way to do .. Tks much

Comment by Charlotte Henry on March 6, 2012 at 1:53pm: So now it is clamped with glue and it will not slide around. I hope this helps.

Comment by Charlotte Henry on March 6, 2012 at 1:51pm: the nail holes do not come out the back. All you want to do is penetrate deep enough to prevent sliding when you add glue and clamps.

Comment by Charlotte Henry on March 6, 2012 at 1:47pm: I installed these two nails while the two pieces were clamped together with no glue

Comment by Charlotte Henry on March 6, 2012 at 1:45pm: It may be necessary for you to cut the heads off the nails to get the nail to spin true when spinning it into the wood.

Comment by Charlotte Henry on March 6, 2012 at 1:42pm: this really isn't a neck but just a piece of scrap wood I'm using to show you. Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the piece with the spring clamp holding it together dry (no glue).

Comment by Charlotte Henry on March 6, 2012 at 1:40pm: Linda, here are some pictures that should clear things up for you.

Comment by Bluesheart on March 6, 2012 at 7:22am: Welcome to your new addiction.

Comment by Bluesheart on March 6, 2012 at 7:22am: Wow, those look great! Super job!

Comment by Richard G Caudill on March 5, 2012 at 2:48pm: relooked at the photo ,, really good looking headstocks also ....if ok i would like to copy some