My apologies for so much time passing since my last installment, but I felt I really needed to concentrate on getting these first guitars done. I am way past my initial time estimates for all of my clients and I’m feeling extremely guilty about it. I’d really like to start out by thanking all of them for their kind support and patience this first year of my new guitar venture. Thanks guys! As promised, this installment will cover the last half of the fabrication of the neck. There are a ton of steps throughout the building process, in fact that’s one of the reasons I thought this would be a good column. A lot of folks just don’t realize what really goes into building a guitar by hand. There are so many steps that I can not show them all here. I’ve tried to include as many of the steps as possible, but unfortunately some are not shown, especially in the paint booth. Nevertheless, let’s start where we left off, with a sized, glued up neck laminate with the peghead veneer glued on as well... Continue reading "Building Number One - Part Four (neck) - Page One"