4005 facsimile-final shots

[godofthunder]

F holes were horrible! Also I had some cracking around them during the clear coats of coarse.

Roughed in



Cleaned up with small files


There are not identical either

That looks great John !

[drbassman]

I love that design!!!  I'm thinking about one for me too sometime down the road!

[drbassman]

The frets are in and leveled.  I'll do final leveling later tonight or tomorrow.  The tuners are on the way and I'll drill for those as soon as they arrive.

[Lightyear]

Very nice work Doc!

[drbassman]

Thanks!  I'll shape the back of the neck next and I'm also doing some carving on the top.

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

These "In Progress" shots are amazing! Verry Coool

[Lightyear]

The frets look a little on the small size?  I've always liked the small vintage frets myself but can play on most anything.

[Barklessdog]

Great pictures & amazing work. Building a neck is where you leave the little guys behind.

[drbassman]

These "In Progress" shots are amazing! Verry Coool

Thanks, it's a learning experience and sharing is in my veins.

[drbassman]

The frets look a little on the small size?  I've always liked the small vintage frets myself but can play on most anything.

Yep, they are Stew-Mac mediums  (148's I think).  I prefer a medium fret for playing and building.  I used to use the large frets but they are a pain to bend and work with and I never liked them any better for playing purposes.

[drbassman]

Great pictures & amazing work. Building a neck is where you leave the little guys behind.

Well, I've finished a few rough necks by adding the fret board and frets, so making one from scratch was the next step for me.  Frankly, it's much easier than you'd imagine.

[Freuds_Cat]

Great pictures & amazing work. Building a neck is where you leave the little guys behind.

I was thinking the same thing. John is obviously less lazy than me 

[drbassman]

The hardest part of building the neck is cutting the headstock angle correctly and determining the need for any neck angle at the heel.  The rest is pretty simple woodworking.

[shadowcastaz]

Yeah thats all! pretty simple Great pics and project! Again I bow to the grand poomah!

[drbassman]

Yeah thats all! pretty simple Great pics and project! Again I bow to the grand poomah!

Ah come on, you could do and so could a lot of folks here.  I find the biggest obstacle, if I may say so, is balls!     Once you find those and lose your fear of failure, the rest is easy, more or less.