Nice video, Chris. But I would have liked to how you tackled the neck. I have an Ibanez 12 that I can't get the neck off and I believe it is epoxied. Everyone tells me that I should just cut it off and convert to bolt on but I don't know how. Good video none the less.
Nice job. I was curious how you you bolted the neck on. Did you drill through the front of the heel, then later patch the holes, or did you use wood-mounting studs (woodscrew thread on one end to thread into the flat side of the heel, with screw thread on the other end, and drill holes thru the heel block? I didn't see any of that in your video. If you didn't include that because you prefer to keep it proprietary, I understand. Also, I never thought of doing it this way (sawing off the neck). I have steamed, but generally it takes an hour, and the epoxy never really softens---only the wood softens around the epoxy, so there is always a certain amount of wood in the dovetail that gets sacrificed--which becomes scary. Nice job. I agree about the guitar--great sounding (all of the FG series Japan red-labels are).
+Joe Brock Hi joe. Thanks for your comments. If you watch the video again I did have a small part that showed the threaded inserts into the neck heel. But you're right, I didn't show to much more of the boltting process. Sorry. Before I installed the inserts I drilled two holes into the neck block all the way through to the inside of the body. Once I did that then I clamped the neck in place. Then I used a drill bit and inserted it through the sound hole through the neck block just so the tip of the bit would mark the heel of the neck that is clapped into the right position. This little indentation from the drill bit is where I drilled for the inserts. After that it's essentially machine screws and finishing washers through the body/neck block and into those neck inserts. Youre right about epoxy never softening. This was a scary way of doing a neck reset but boy did it work great.
Wow Im impressed! You do excellent work!
Thank you ZZ !
Great job! Heck the high dollar Taylor guitars have necks bolted on in the same way.. Sounds great!
Agreed. Thank you for watching and your comments.
Nice video, Chris. But I would have liked to how you tackled the neck. I have an Ibanez 12 that I can't get the neck off and I believe it is epoxied. Everyone tells me that I should just cut it off and convert to bolt on but I don't know how. Good video none the less.
Thank you David! Hopefully by now you've found a way to overcome your obstacles.
Nice job. I was curious how you you bolted the neck on. Did you drill through the front of the heel, then later patch the holes, or did you use wood-mounting studs (woodscrew thread on one end to thread into the flat side of the heel, with screw thread on the other end, and drill holes thru the heel block? I didn't see any of that in your video. If you didn't include that because you prefer to keep it proprietary, I understand. Also, I never thought of doing it this way (sawing off the neck). I have steamed, but generally it takes an hour, and the epoxy never really softens---only the wood softens around the epoxy, so there is always a certain amount of wood in the dovetail that gets sacrificed--which becomes scary. Nice job. I agree about the guitar--great sounding (all of the FG series Japan red-labels are).
+Joe Brock Hi joe. Thanks for your comments. If you watch the video again I did have a small part that showed the threaded inserts into the neck heel. But you're right, I didn't show to much more of the boltting process. Sorry. Before I installed the inserts I drilled two holes into the neck block all the way through to the inside of the body. Once I did that then I clamped the neck in place. Then I used a drill bit and inserted it through the sound hole through the neck block just so the tip of the bit would mark the heel of the neck that is clapped into the right position. This little indentation from the drill bit is where I drilled for the inserts. After that it's essentially machine screws and finishing washers through the body/neck block and into those neck inserts. Youre right about epoxy never softening. This was a scary way of doing a neck reset but boy did it work great.
Sounds great really
Thank you patrick!