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scubadoo · April 29th, 2009, 02:06 PM

Hi Jack,

Any more progress on these necks? I've really enjoyed the thread so far.

I'm just about to have a go at a tele neck and was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions for me.

This may be a stupid question, but what do you use as a guide when you route for the truss rod channel, are you using some kind of bushing on the router base that lines up against your jig?

The truss rod i have is one that fits in a U-shaped aluminium housing so would i need to route a flat channel rather than a curved one?

How does the Stewmac fret mitre box take account of the fact that the neck does not have parallel sides. Do you have to line it up and clamp it, how do you make sure the fret slots are all parallel?

Sorry for all the questions

Best wishes
Dave

April 29th, 2009, 02:06 PM	#96 (permalink)
scubadoo Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bristol, UK Age: 35 Posts: 1,464	Hi Jack, Any more progress on these necks? I've really enjoyed the thread so far. I'm just about to have a go at a tele neck and was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions for me. This may be a stupid question, but what do you use as a guide when you route for the truss rod channel, are you using some kind of bushing on the router base that lines up against your jig? The truss rod i have is one that fits in a U-shaped aluminium housing so would i need to route a flat channel rather than a curved one? How does the Stewmac fret mitre box take account of the fact that the neck does not have parallel sides. Do you have to line it up and clamp it, how do you make sure the fret slots are all parallel? Sorry for all the questions Best wishes Dave