herbsandspices
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I've been procrastinating gluing the neck onto the body for the past couple of weeks - making sure the butt fits perfectly, getting my dry clamping down, etc.... but something about this step had me really nervous.
Well, tonight I decided to stop worrying, and just DO IT! So, I got everything ready, got 'er glued in place, had tubing wrapped around it, and then noticed something: the fretboard extension wasn't sitting flush on the soundboard. So I quick took the tubing off (with the hope that I could start all over) - but in the little bit of time that had passed, the glue had set enough where I couldn't remove the neck, without fearing that I'd rip the wood from the sides right out.
I tried cranking the bar clamp to slide the entire neck down, but the neck wouldn't budge (and in fact, the force ended up bending the fretboard extension...), and eventually, I realized that it was staying just how it was. So I'm stuck with a little bit of a gap there; I'm just hoping that it won't affect the action too much (and that I can compensate with the nut & saddle heights).
Goof-up: I didn't clamp the fretboard to the body first, cause I couldn't figure out a quick way to wrap the tubing around with the clamp in the way (should've had a longer reach clamp).
Lucky for me this SM kit is a practice run for Pete's kit, so I'm learning from my (many) mistakes. But it's still heartbreaking! Oh well! :shaka: It's been fun, and I'll look at this little guy fondly, no matter how it turns out!
john
Well, tonight I decided to stop worrying, and just DO IT! So, I got everything ready, got 'er glued in place, had tubing wrapped around it, and then noticed something: the fretboard extension wasn't sitting flush on the soundboard. So I quick took the tubing off (with the hope that I could start all over) - but in the little bit of time that had passed, the glue had set enough where I couldn't remove the neck, without fearing that I'd rip the wood from the sides right out.
I tried cranking the bar clamp to slide the entire neck down, but the neck wouldn't budge (and in fact, the force ended up bending the fretboard extension...), and eventually, I realized that it was staying just how it was. So I'm stuck with a little bit of a gap there; I'm just hoping that it won't affect the action too much (and that I can compensate with the nut & saddle heights).
Goof-up: I didn't clamp the fretboard to the body first, cause I couldn't figure out a quick way to wrap the tubing around with the clamp in the way (should've had a longer reach clamp).
Lucky for me this SM kit is a practice run for Pete's kit, so I'm learning from my (many) mistakes. But it's still heartbreaking! Oh well! :shaka: It's been fun, and I'll look at this little guy fondly, no matter how it turns out!
john