This pic shows: The neck template I made, Rosewood fretboard, rosewood for neck (having just cut out truss rod channel, and a couple of blocks for the body (I can't recall what wood now, the order doesn't say and it was a while ago)
This next picture shows sorting out the neck template. I stuck the full size plan onto some MDF, did a rough trim on a bandsaw then tidied it up with plane, drum sanding bits in a drill press and a good old fashioned sanding block. Tools/facilities courtesy of my dad here, although much work will be done in my overcrowded, leaky garage with no work bench other than a little folding thing. Oh for good facilities! I made a telecaster neck template last time, but I fancied a more modern headstock this time. I am using the telecaster body template that I made a year ago. For some reason I just love the telecaster shape!
This is the top, and also an Ebony fretboard, which I am using instead of the rosewood from the first picture. It is pre-cut. I did my own slots on my last guitar but my saw is too narrow (fractionally) and it created problems, so I jumped in with a less hassle option for this one.
Rough cut of neck sorted
The neck wood was too thick and I do not have the luxury of a wood thicknesser, so some improvisation was required. I made a couple of 'rails' and stuck the neck between them. I put the router on a board, and then ran it up and down on the rails taking the surface lower in a few stages. Completed in the leaky garage! Seemed to work.
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