Building a Strat Neck Luthier Build Process Part 1
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- Inside the Luthier's Shop with BigDGuitars.com. Here is part 1 of building a strat guitar neck. This is a nice quarter sawn flame maple piece of wood perfect for a 1 piece neck
Damn man i hate when your videos end.....you are a very good woodworker/instructor and very inspiring....i just got a telecaster body and really wanted to try and build my own neck for it great vid!
Thank you for this! I have wanted to do a one piece neck with a modern truss rod!
Amazing stuff. Thanks very much for posting this.
Another great series...Thanks BigD.
I love the way you're treating that other neck as a clamp holder at 18:15!
Hey D - you rock! Great vid man thanks or sharing
i bought a sweet lp body from you several years ago. amazing top
This is interesting to watch, the grain looks good...
Great video, good to see your bench as tidy as mine..... he-he
Ive seen many of your videos. I am very impressed, and I am happy to say I am subscribed.
+walmars3curity thank you
man, watching you do yhe truss rod groove was just painful. I actually cried. I like your channel and seeing what ways to do things and not to do things
This video is a bit old. I do things a lot of ways to show folks options.
Oh man! A fret ruler?! I hope the genius who made that is rich. He deserves it haha.
Awesome video! I've had trouble finding other examples of one piece neck construction.
You are right, they all seem to do a two pieces neck. Do you know if Fender or a y famous guitar brand do two pieces or it it all one piece?
@@elsenorxhace10anos86 from what I’ve seen fender does one pieces necks with maple fretboards but other companies glue a maple fretboard on a maple neck.
good job,man
Great video, I'm a beginner and want to try this.
I have a few questions though.
is that a double action truss rod?
you only have to anchor it on one side right?
could you have the adjusting part protrude at the headstock end?
Could you send a link of where you would buy a truss rod like that.
Also, where do you get your templates?
Thank you
Hi. Thanks for the video. Do you put the truss rod in with the metal plate facing the frets or the skunk stripe?
For the 12th fret only, couldn't you still draw x's but instead of going side to side go side to centerline? That way the dots would be centered between the edges and the centerline?
Crossing the lines for the fret markers you don't hand to make two lines. One line is quite enough to have crosspoint when you have the center line.
install a magnet into your straight edge to hold fret saw verticle
Is there a benefit to using an end mill bit on the router vs. just doing it on the drill press?
what type of truss rod? was reading stewmwc site their hot rods are for a 2 piece neck. I want to do a one piece and is the channel flat? just want to verify. You make neck building seem easy its answered alot of questions as far as whats next in the process tanks again.
Is it a good idea to put some forward bow, meaning towards the strings and then do the radius????? Does it Matter???
Thank you!
What type band saw is that. Looks more like a mjll. Makes cutting easy. Pkease let me know
Hello! When gluing the walnut strip on the back, what exactly are we gluing to? The truss rod? Or the maple side?
When you stick the templates on do you just use double sided stick tape? That's what it looked like in the videos?
hey,
may you tell me from where you got your trussrod or which kind of brand it is?
thanks
Hello!
what's parameter or measures you take in care to place it the Truss Rod?
Great videos series and thank you.How deep should be the truss rod channel?
+Alvin s depends on the truss rod and how it would be set. you need at least 1/8 wood or the truss rod will pop out.
Does the truss rod channel not have to be bowed/curved? Can it really just be flat like that?
what kind of saw blade are you using in the skrill saw?
How do you adjust the truss rod without the top channel?
Hi Big D,
So it must be OK to put a dual action truss rod into a single piece neck and it won't push the skunk strip out?
Great channel you have , Thanks.
you can put whatever you want in whatever you want, there are no rules despite what the cork sniffers tell you.
Do you ever use a bandsaw for cutting fret slots?
Just a very basic question, when you take the sanders to the headstock I noticed that you weren't sanding with the grain.
Just curious about why? In my EXTREMELY limited experience I thought you were always supposed to sand with the grain
Yikes...I broke out a chunk of wood where the nut is supposed to go...can I rebuild that area and save the neck?
i was wondering about the truss rod cavity i thought the depth was angled or curved, is that not true?
where will be the hole to adjust the truss rod ?
It wouldn't have crossed my mind to do so much drill press work to make things easier for my router.
Hi can i ask what's the exact depth of the truss rod slot? thanks
Hi ,May i ask what is the power of your bandsaw.Thanks.
Great series!
I just finished it. The only question I have is how thick is your initial blank?
Daniel Davis about an inch
Hey big D. Great vids.
What abt doin the authentic skunk plug in the headstk. How would u do that?
I thought that you would just drill that out and plug it from one of the ends. I don't need it on the two way truss rod.
13:39 contour gauge. not feeler gauge.
Do you think quartersawn is required?
How deep is the truss rod channel?
How much wood size for 1 neck?
Hi, are you using a hex ended truss rod? I bought one of the low profile truss rods from StewMac and was not sure if it would work having the adjustment at the heel. I thought it would need to be at the head stock.
Thanks!
+William Stewart I use an Allen wrench rod. They usually all work out
is flatsawn maple ok?
0:48 "most big guys can do this?"
Slightly advanced question here, but did you route the truss rod channel the full length of the rod? If so, what keeps the truss rod from pushing the skunk stripe out of the slot? Do you just trust the glue to hold?
I'd like to make some one piece necks but with superior double-action truss rods, so I don't have to tinker with curved rod channels and angled access holes... but the rod popping out of the channel is my main concern.
The glue joint is stronger then the wood itself
Joey Zahariuk Thanks for the insight! I’m actually working on skipping the skunk stripe altogether. Building a machine to drill the length of the neck for insertion of the truss rod, using a self centering gundrill bit.
@@ForestCinema good luck most guys that install these truss rods rout for the Rod itself then stop and route a wider router for the nut portion. He did one channel this was obvious directed at the beginner builder showing how it can be done easily with minimal tools. I've watched all of Bigds videos and he's super talented luthier. People were trying to cut him down here and to me this is one of my favorite videos he has done. Not everyone has a fully functional workshop with thousands of dollars of tools and machinery. Most of us enjoy making our own instruments and are using basic tools to do the job. Thats why this series is one of my favorites.
I’m dumb.. As you were drilling for the truss rod I blew at the screen to get the saw dust off 🤦🏻♂️
Is this Dan Gheesling's guitar channel?
how deep did you route the trussrod channel?
only as deep as it needs to be maybe a hair deeper.
How do you know where to line up the ruler for the frets? How do you know right where the nut is at?
the ruler cuts the nut as well. cuts two lines that are the right size
@@bigdguitars but how do u know where to start the nut on the neck? I didn't notice any center lines or fret lines on the strat template. It seems like when u go to transfer the fret markings to the neck, you have no reference for where to line up the nut on the ruler....
11:30 why not use a chisel? less risk of damaging the fretboard.
You could have stopped the truss rod channel 1/2" away from the heel and drilled the counterbore so it looked factory. That's how I install hotrod truss rods, give it a shot buds it's not hard to do. Plus then it looks way more professional!
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How it is called the tool used to measure the profile of the neck? minute 14
Hello Dionisio. He calls it a "feeler gauge." I've never heard it called that before, it's a Contour Gauge.
You cut the frets right into the neck and do not use separate fingerboard stock?
TMBridge this is a one piece
@@bigdguitars I see. Would recommend a one piece or a two piece for a first-time guitar builder (but experienced woodworker)
Two piece. Much easier.
Hy what is the name of the tool u use in 7:10
Thank for man,,
Custom table router.
Hi what kind of truss rod did you use?
I buy from Bezdez on ebay. A guy outta canada. He buys from China but I can't find the place he buys from.
***** How does it works on one piece neck like yours? I ask because I noticed you mad just a straight cavity (not curve).
you mean a (forstner) bit? cool video anyway as always.
This part does jot really require alot of tools xD
this neck is left handed?
Its a reverse head stock he mentions that
Very good job, I have a question, in truss rod, is it upside down? at minute 17.22
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I didn’t understand a single measurement that you mentioned! Like how are we supposed to know that 1/8 inch is?
this looks like too much trouble
Lip smacking and such makes most of us have to click away...
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This is done terribly. You said strat neck but strat necks use curved truss rod channels as well as skunk stripes they also only use single action truss rods and they don't route all the way for the channel. They drill 3 degrees on both ends and they hold the truss rod in at an angle. This video is a just a sign of laziness maybe you should actually try making a neck worth using.
+FlamingPurpleCat You dont need to route at an angle if you have a dual action truss rod
You're just being a Negative Nelly. TH-cam comment sections are no place for such negativity.
man so passionate about single action truss rods. double action rods are great and no need to drill at an angle using the better rod. I wouldn't say "lazy" , it's just different than you like to see.
This guy is doing this with limited hand tools showing that it can be done at home with limited tools. The truss rod he uses is standard in today's necks and like others said doesn't need to be angled.