Teak, Maple build progress pics

[dnic]

Thank you Chezvoz. I've been off line for days, it snowed for days and trees and power lines are down all over. We still don't have power but a neighbor has his back on so I'm using his generator. Still no water because we are on a well.

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Feb 7, 2009 1:07:33 GMT -6 dnic said:

Ok, some shots of the guitar with three coats of oil and one coat of Bees wax and orange oil.


So far I'm very impressed with this product.

Hey Dane, I just went out and got me a bottle of this stuff. I like it a lot too! Easy to use and it make the neck of the guitar feel really good.

[dnic]

For sure Eddie good stuff.

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[lessonsthatrock]

So far that is some seriously nice and professional work. Sounds like you've been doing this a long time. Do you make custom instruments for other people, or just yourself?

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dnic is off line for the moment in time.
But he does have a web site and he was selling guitars he made.
But he is building a house at the moment and when I talked to him last he didn't if or when he would back on line. He just told me not to soon.
EB

[GuitarAttack Forum]

Eddie -- Maybe I missed it, but what is Dane's website?

Thanks
John

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www.jonahcustomguitars.com/

Here is the web site link. He hasn't been on there for a while. The last I talked to him he was working on his house and his new shop.

[dnic]

Responding to "lessonsthatrock" from back in Oct.

Yes I have been doing this for about 12 years now. And I build to sell and would be happy to build someones dream guitar. I also do repairs and set ups, all guitar related type stuff. Some of my other builds and or repairs are 4 or 5 pages back in the posts, just look for the ones started by dnic.

Hope you are enjoying this fourm, thanks going out again to John Williams.

[xadioriderx]

hey, so i know this is olddd, but i have a question. how are you making the neck/pocket fit so perfect? its squared off so i assume it isnt just straight routed...
is there a magic tool i am missing? =p
thanks!

[dnic]

Hi and welcome to the forum. It does have a small radius on the corners. I used a 1/2" straight cutter so it's 1/4" radius. If you look on page 1 at the truss rod pics you can see it there. Even with the right tools getting a joint to fit like that takes patients and skill. I was under the impression that I invented this rear neck set joint but I've seen it turn up in a couple of places now, of course only after having posted two of my guitars on forms.

[xadioriderx]

ohhh got it, ill have to practice i guess. id love to get that exact with the neck.
how did you square up the heel so well? im only working with a t square and a belt sander, i guess maybe patience is my problem =p

seems everything on my current build is rear mount, so i may have to try this sometime too, just to keep with the trend ;D

thanks!

[dnic]

A guy with your obvious skills (judging from your other thread) could really benefit from a 12" disc sander. Griz sells one for about 100 bucks maybe less and they are real handy for taking a fraction of a fuzz off. Great for neck work.

www.grizzly.com/products/12-Disc-Sander/G7297
A little more then I remembered. But worth it.

[xadioriderx]

hey that would be great for make right angles. much more precise than holding things in my hand against the belt sander on its back

ill have to watch craigslist locally and see if i can snag a good deal on one.
i was going to try to rig up my belt sander on its side similar to that, but the body of it just doesnt allow for a very easy mounting like that.
thanks for that! i could spend thousands on tools for this... i walked around harbor freight the other day and could have spent hours just looking at things and dreaming... ;D
but one of those wouldnt be that expensive, and would definitely help immensely for precision

[heem6]

Wow, I'm late to this thread but really impressed. Very nice work! Thanks for taking the time to document the process. It was fun to read through.

P.S. I rebuilt a neck awhile back and did just what you talked about - got an Arbor Press from Harbor Fright for the frets. Worked like a charm. You could make a mod to fit an allen screw into it to hold the caul bit in place and you'd be totally set. I didn't have any real trouble with it slipping out, but I was only doing the one neck.

[dnic]

Thanks for checking out the thread. It was a very fun project. This is the same guitar I just sold late last month so I won't be able to play any more but I build them to sell and wish I could move two more.

I have a lot of threads on this site of other guitars and repairs but you would have to go pretty far back to find them. I'll see if I can find the build I did right after the Teak. I can't even recall what it was called.

I still don't have an arbor press from harbor Freight but I will once I get things rolling again.