https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:15:16 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-113317 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:21:00 +0000
http://www.tools-for-woodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=832

It works almost like a plane, it can get into spots a regular plane can't, better and faster than sand paper. When I looked at the picture of the underside of the neck joint I immediately though of this.

Takes a bit to get the knack of burninshing the edge but well worth the effort.

Michael]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance mikey https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-113317 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112571 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 02:06:07 +0000
Most of the awful chisel gouges are gone from the fingerboard shim now...We'll see what we see soon. :-)

I'll post pics when the job is done, guys. At least this part.

The tortoise shell binding is dead on this thing in about 10 places. I'm thinking of just dumping it and putting a rosewood binding on it with abalam purfling. I've never bent binding before, so... Man, I sure feel in over my head, but at least this was a really cheap guitar. :-)

Thanks for the help here, guys. This is definately a friendly forum.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance vectorsc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112571 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112563 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:33:00 +0000
I once helped someone shim a neck with brown paper bag material by wetting the paper with watered down water based wood glue. We then fit each piece on top of the other kind of like decoupage until we got the height we needed. Easy to trim afterward also. Simple fact is that paper is wood and brown paper bags are the closest to the original.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112563 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112562 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:24:29 +0000
Essentially, you put down masking tape on the top of the guitar, and then slide a piece of sandpaper between the top and the extension. Press down on the extension, and go at it. Only pressure points will be sanded, then. It's a thought, at least, and the guitar is getting refinished anyway. :-)

Any more thoughts?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance vectorsc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112562 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112559 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 01:01:45 +0000
My guess is that you can afford to lose a little of the underside and will just have to match the saddle height.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Nils https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112559 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112557 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:50:48 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance greybeard https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112557 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112555 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 00:39:11 +0000
I am starting to work the heel back into the body here. You can see that only the very bottom still needs work (1/64th or 1/128th...) Note the AWFUL fingerboard fit near the binding. I hope I can avoid using wood filler here.

Same thing, just the other side. This side is in much better shape.

Here is the scary one, though. This is the dovetail!!!! I am flattening the sides where the edges brok off, and am going to glue two pieces of mahogany there as squares and do some fine file/sanding/chisel work to make it a dovetail again.


Any hints on that fingerboard extension? If I can lose a 32nd or maybe 3/64ths of fingerboard height I can hide that gap and fill in those notches quite nicely. Then just set the neck angle back a little further to compensate. BUT, I would like any advice from others more experienced here.

TIA!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance vectorsc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112555 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112395 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 04:10:58 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance vectorsc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112395 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112348 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:36:36 +0000

but he might make it look something like this:



Fun taking stuff apart and getting a nice surprise, isn't it?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance TimL https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112348 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112346 Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:31:46 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance art&lutherie https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/archtop-neck-reset-scary-now-w-pics/#post-112346