Custom Thru Neck Bandsman Electric Guitar with Buckeye Burl Cap – Part 2

Gluing up the blanks and starting construction on the Buckeye’d Beauty

Part 1

The neck blank for this guitar is made from laminating together three pieces of mahogany with two very thin black veneer in between to make the pinstripes.

As usual I made the fretboard first so I could use that for marking out the rest of the guitar.

The first job on the neck was to make the slot for the truss rod then cut the headstock angle. After this the neck was rough cut on the bandsaw, then I thicknessed the headstock and drilled the tuner holes.

Another angle was cut into the blank to make the neck/body angle and then enough material is removed to accommodate the Buckeye Cap which will extend underneath the fretboard to hide the joint.

Next the body wings were glued on, followed by another thin black veneer and finally the cap.

Now the guitar must sit overnight for the glue to dry – tomorrow I will take the clamps off to reveal that gorgeous Buckeye Burl cap and then I can continue working on the body…part 3 next week.

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