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

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@joshuawood9019 10 жыл бұрын

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!

@drutgat2 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff. Thanks very much for posting this.

@pamcarr4003 5 жыл бұрын

Another great series...Thanks BigD.

@almfoto 8 жыл бұрын

I love the way you're treating that other neck as a clamp holder at 18:15!

@persephonecarden5751 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I have wanted to do a one piece neck with a modern truss rod!

@evhblogspot 10 жыл бұрын

Hey D - you rock! Great vid man thanks or sharing

@walmars3curity 6 жыл бұрын

Ive seen many of your videos. I am very impressed, and I am happy to say I am subscribed.

@bigdguitars 6 жыл бұрын

+walmars3curity thank you

@Stratamania 10 жыл бұрын

This is interesting to watch, the grain looks good...

@johnmiller9219 2 жыл бұрын

i bought a sweet lp body from you several years ago. amazing top

@GjguitarsUk 10 жыл бұрын

Great video, good to see your bench as tidy as mine..... he-he

@DylanReynoldsMusic 10 жыл бұрын

Oh man! A fret ruler?! I hope the genius who made that is rich. He deserves it haha.

@hamercalif 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@chunquanwang5758 8 жыл бұрын

good job,man

@maxm.9511 10 жыл бұрын

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?

@elsenorxhace10anos86 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@richardscarlett7942 4 жыл бұрын

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

@bigdguitars 4 жыл бұрын

This video is a bit old. I do things a lot of ways to show folks options.

@bonzo2842 7 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for the video. Do you put the truss rod in with the metal plate facing the frets or the skunk stripe?

@davidchester5784 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I've had trouble finding other examples of one piece neck construction.

@elsenorxhace10anos86 3 жыл бұрын

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?

@davidchester5784 3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MrBingping 9 жыл бұрын

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?

@AlexisGitarre 9 жыл бұрын

hey, may you tell me from where you got your trussrod or which kind of brand it is? thanks

@EvanFifesMusic 6 жыл бұрын

Hello! When gluing the walnut strip on the back, what exactly are we gluing to? The truss rod? Or the maple side?

@YourBusinessGeek Жыл бұрын

Is there a benefit to using an end mill bit on the router vs. just doing it on the drill press?

@l3wisgtr 8 жыл бұрын

Hello! what's parameter or measures you take in care to place it the Truss Rod?

@rcmoot 9 жыл бұрын

install a magnet into your straight edge to hold fret saw verticle

@SewGabby 7 жыл бұрын

How do you adjust the truss rod without the top channel?

@guitarlessons205 5 жыл бұрын

What type band saw is that. Looks more like a mjll. Makes cutting easy. Pkease let me know

@thesouthsideshovlerleonard13 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Uncle_Buzz 10 жыл бұрын

Do you ever use a bandsaw for cutting fret slots?

@theshavingginger 10 жыл бұрын

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

@sylvainmagnan4545 6 жыл бұрын

where will be the hole to adjust the truss rod ?

@eyoke87 5 жыл бұрын

Does the truss rod channel not have to be bowed/curved? Can it really just be flat like that?

@richzebco 3 жыл бұрын

i was wondering about the truss rod cavity i thought the depth was angled or curved, is that not true?

@yoko5000 10 жыл бұрын

13:39 contour gauge. not feeler gauge.

@nathanspielberg6233 2 жыл бұрын

When you stick the templates on do you just use double sided stick tape? That's what it looked like in the videos?

@mr.altz0534 4 жыл бұрын

Hi can i ask what's the exact depth of the truss rod slot? thanks

@6xcchamber971 9 ай бұрын

Is it a good idea to put some forward bow, meaning towards the strings and then do the radius????? Does it Matter??? Thank you!

@julianstephens8333 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@Ibaneddie76 7 жыл бұрын

you can put whatever you want in whatever you want, there are no rules despite what the cork sniffers tell you.

@JoelWetzel 4 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have crossed my mind to do so much drill press work to make things easier for my router.

@alvin10388 3 жыл бұрын

Hi ,May i ask what is the power of your bandsaw.Thanks.

@therockandrollcreeps9398 2 жыл бұрын

what kind of saw blade are you using in the skrill saw?

@Rickyramos87 2 ай бұрын

I’m dumb.. As you were drilling for the truss rod I blew at the screen to get the saw dust off 🤦🏻‍♂️

@RickFoxx777 2 жыл бұрын

Yikes...I broke out a chunk of wood where the nut is supposed to go...can I rebuild that area and save the neck?

@alvin10388 8 жыл бұрын

Great videos series and thank you.How deep should be the truss rod channel?

@bigdguitars 8 жыл бұрын

+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.

@johnnypk1963 10 жыл бұрын

Hey big D. Great vids. What abt doin the authentic skunk plug in the headstk. How would u do that?

@bigdguitars 10 жыл бұрын

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.

@williamstewart7773 8 жыл бұрын

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!

@bigdguitars 8 жыл бұрын

+William Stewart I use an Allen wrench rod. They usually all work out

@randomguymaniac 8 жыл бұрын

is flatsawn maple ok?

@BRRRwm 7 жыл бұрын

0:48 "most big guys can do this?"

@danieldavis7637 9 жыл бұрын

Great series! I just finished it. The only question I have is how thick is your initial blank?

@bigdguitars 9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Davis about an inch

@jmd182 3 жыл бұрын

How deep is the truss rod channel?

@MusicForTherapy 3 жыл бұрын

Do you think quartersawn is required?

@ForestCinema 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@endysdoodoo 4 жыл бұрын

The glue joint is stronger then the wood itself

@ForestCinema 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@endysdoodoo 4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@aprilsubekti9963 Жыл бұрын

How much wood size for 1 neck?

@muffinproductions1626 8 жыл бұрын

how deep did you route the trussrod channel?

@bigdguitars 8 жыл бұрын

only as deep as it needs to be maybe a hair deeper.

@hcreval 8 жыл бұрын

How it is called the tool used to measure the profile of the neck? minute 14

@steinman1746 8 жыл бұрын

Hello Dionisio. He calls it a "feeler gauge." I've never heard it called that before, it's a Contour Gauge.

@TorchwoodLuthiers 7 жыл бұрын

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!

@lorenzozayd4636 2 жыл бұрын

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@princetonjoshua3028 2 жыл бұрын

@Lorenzo Zayd instablaster ;)

@lorenzozayd4636 2 жыл бұрын

@Princeton Joshua thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

@mikekrause8263 5 жыл бұрын

How do you know where to line up the ruler for the frets? How do you know right where the nut is at?

@bigdguitars 5 жыл бұрын

the ruler cuts the nut as well. cuts two lines that are the right size

@mikekrause8263 5 жыл бұрын

@@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....

@bas1sokkie604 5 жыл бұрын

11:30 why not use a chisel? less risk of damaging the fretboard.

@benlucke7763 5 жыл бұрын

Is this Dan Gheesling's guitar channel?

@revollvo 8 жыл бұрын

Hy what is the name of the tool u use in 7:10 Thank for man,,

@bigdguitars 8 жыл бұрын

Custom table router.

@bilal11 5 жыл бұрын

You cut the frets right into the neck and do not use separate fingerboard stock?

@bigdguitars 5 жыл бұрын

TMBridge this is a one piece

@bilal11 5 жыл бұрын

@@bigdguitars I see. Would recommend a one piece or a two piece for a first-time guitar builder (but experienced woodworker)

@bigdguitars 5 жыл бұрын

Two piece. Much easier.

@xerospacious4024 8 жыл бұрын

This part does jot really require alot of tools xD

@gabrieleg19 9 жыл бұрын

Hi what kind of truss rod did you use?

@bigdguitars 9 жыл бұрын

I buy from Bezdez on ebay. A guy outta canada. He buys from China but I can't find the place he buys from.

@gabrieleg19 9 жыл бұрын

***** How does it works on one piece neck like yours? I ask because I noticed you mad just a straight cavity (not curve).

@Ibaneddie76 7 жыл бұрын

you mean a (forstner) bit? cool video anyway as always.

@audreymarianfay 7 жыл бұрын

this neck is left handed?

@endysdoodoo 4 жыл бұрын

Its a reverse head stock he mentions that

@julioribasluthier 2 жыл бұрын

Very good job, I have a question, in truss rod, is it upside down? at minute 17.22 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZtujaM6Yl8vLgHk.html

@shaneobrien7801 5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t understand a single measurement that you mentioned! Like how are we supposed to know that 1/8 inch is?

@ijabbs143 7 жыл бұрын

this looks like too much trouble

@sichnikolay 8 жыл бұрын

Халтурщик)))

@jk-76 5 жыл бұрын

Lip smacking and such makes most of us have to click away...

@FlamingPurpleCat 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@klinenator 8 жыл бұрын

+FlamingPurpleCat You dont need to route at an angle if you have a dual action truss rod

@joshwilson7736 8 жыл бұрын

You're just being a Negative Nelly. KZfaq comment sections are no place for such negativity.

@bensoncustompickups4963 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@endysdoodoo 4 жыл бұрын

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.