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Thank you for all your input thus far. The hardrock maple baritone neck has been completed and even finished now. I'm rather happy with the dimensions of the neck and confident that it will both provide a nice playing feel while adequately supporting a set of 14–68-gauge strings. But, the luthier wi...

Hello all, I've arrived at the place on the build of a 28.625" baritone neck that is ready for finishing. The body of this guitar is nearly complete and is swamp ash finished with steel wool in vinegar for a barnwood aged grey effect, then numerous coats of Tru-oil. I'm pretty happy with how th...

Thanks for the good encouragement and your findings. This is a 6-string that will likely be tuned to around a B. I expect the guitar to be in alternate tunings most of the time with a capo on, so, I'll need to play with "capo vs tuning" to see where it plays and sounds best. These alternat...

Thank you all for your generous guidance and feedback. I went forward to carve and shape the back of the neck. Ha, at first, I felt like the 3-stoogers workshop on steroids with voices in my head saying "This looks terrible! This neck doesn't look good enough to burn in a campfire! But, after a...

Thank you Bob, That makes alot of sense and suspected that would have been how it is determined but read somewhere of someone measuring from top of their fret to back of neck. It was good to hear someone say it. I was aiming for around .86 at first fret and made a depth template in work at .87. I'm ...

Hello, I have a question that I'd sure appreciate some guidance on. Tonight I'm beginning (or would like to begin) the shaping of the neck back on a 28 5/8" scale baritone electric. Fortunately, I am being tutored through this by a very well know luthier in Wilmington Ma, that has seen through ...

Hi Karl, thanks for responding, i would expect around that, 100-200 for starters. And these are in the vein of "Artsy but playable". Afterall, the whole idea of his basses were to use materials extracted from previously manufactured products. 9he claims approximately 85% reused materials. ...

Thanks for stopping by. I can't say that they are viable instruments at least compared to the known brand level of integrity. So it is difficult at this point to assess the exact viability in relation to top quality builds. I have played and recorded with one and while it was a playable instrument o...

Hello, I was hoping for any guidance or direction on this at all. My best friend who is ending his business due to health issues and such has asked me to find a place where he can make known his line of acoustic fretless bass guitars that he made from about 80-90% recycled materials. He was very ent...

Hi Barry, I wanted to mention that I haven't avoided trying to place photos up. I have been using a work computer and I believe it is not allowing me to do this at least the way I've been trying. It goes through their server which has very tight and rigid cyber protection. I'm not done trying though...

Thank you both. Perhaps I could ask John it he would inspect my work as I go while giving him the freedom to adjust, fix, any step that is not up to his standards (at least what we would expect of me). I would pay him for that time and work, and meanwhile I would be getting some good experience and ...

Hello, I'd be really interested to hear any feedback on fret size and capos and the impact they may have on each other. The reason I ask is that my recent build is that of a baritone guitar that will likely have a capo placed on the neck 90% of the time or greater. The other caveat is that this elec...

Interesting, I made a visit to local luthier Jon Mouradian for a current assessment on the progress of this electric baritone I'm building. He verified that there was indeed enough string to edge distance to use the bridge that is mounted and that for a little more distance the frets can be beveled ...

I've decided to run on my luthiers assessment that what he sees in this up and coming baritone guitar is a string-to-edge distance that is nearly typical of a standard Fender. I just don't think I have the reliable means to slightly bevel a 1/4" of fingerboard over to the maple neck base. I hav...

Love that Walnut, looks beautiful as does both basses as a whole. My first and only guitar build was an all Walnut body but, not with the burly complexity that yours has. One of our Engineering managers here is also a good wood worker who upon my report of making a shameful router mistake told me th...

The deed is done - I think it went pretty well. The fingerboard stayed where it belonged ! I think that the thin tough padding I used on the two 1/2" x 1/2" rods is helping to spread/even out the pressure as well as keeping the force onto the surfaces (towards the edges) even if the wood c...

Thank you for your informative responses. It has always struck me as a bit odd that many claim that they have removed the clamps after even 1 or 2 hours of clamping tine. I was wondering what I was missing but for sure, I'm happy to give more time than it even takes for letting the wood be in the cl...

Hi Barry, Decided to wait another day or two to get everything inorder for gluing. Bases on your recommendations, I felt the need to prepare a couple more things before slathering the glue. I made two padded rods to both spread out the clamping force and to not cause any indents or scratches to the ...

Hello, As the title says, I'm gearing up to glue the pre-slotted/pre-radiused ebony fingerboard to the hard maple neck base hopefully tomorrow if there aren't any loose ends to my process. There is a Stew mac Hotrod truss rod that has been channeled to fit in, also. So far all seems to have gone wel...

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