Thread: Makore Set Neck

routing truss rod slot









and possiblle new body shape




oh and one more pic, of what i found on my bandsaw before i cut up te neck blanks...

nice shimmerin bit o makore there andyb!

Looking good!
I've got the same router as you, does the bar thing you attach the straight edge to stick out below the bottom of the base? Mine does, stupid thing, its pretty much useless.

Originally Posted by R3R

nice shimmerin bit o makore there andyb!

its sexy

Originally Posted by littlephil

Looking good!
I've got the same router as you, does the bar thing you attach the straight edge to stick out below the bottom of the base? Mine does, stupid thing, its pretty much useless.

hey dude,
iv modified mine a lil,
i took off the original yellow bottom of the base and threw it away,
made up a larger perpex base (as you can see in the pics) and screwed it on,
it just makes doing pup and cavity routs an easier process, dont have to worry about it falling in the hole haha....

as you can see iv dne a bit of chopping and changing in regards to th bolts/screws that hold the straight edge on....

also the angled L shaped bit that bolts directly to the router, i grabbed a round file of appropriate size and deepened the slot so i would let me clear the new base

i could take some more detailed pics if you want...?

Nah its fine. I might have to do some modification to mine too.

Originally Posted by littlephil

Nah its fine. I might have to do some modification to mine too.

i find a majority of the tools i buy need to be modified in some way...

or maybe im just an addict

calling out dado

Cool looking stuff there andy.

You gonna put a strip down the guts of the body? is that whats going on there?

Why does R3R even have truss rods? he doesnt use them? i guess thats why you've got em then!

Originally Posted by tbkmagic

Cool looking stuff there andy.

You gonna put a strip down the guts of the body? is that whats going on there?

Why does R3R even have truss rods? he doesnt use them? i guess thats why you've got em then!

i am on the fence about this,
i set my bandsaw up last week and resawed a whole lot of wood...
some maple... some of my silky oak offcuts... some other stuff i had laying around...
so we will see how i feel..
or if i can find a bit of maple that matches the fingerboard...
i reckon that could be cool...

hahahaha his last few builds havnt featured truss rods... but you never know... hes a sneeky one

Im glad u use ur time appropriately by watching fly mate! Did u get there names or wat?

Classic pic of the flies enjoying their honeymoon. Wise of you not to post the "after" pic of the flies after you whacked them with your fretting hammer.

Re bandsawing the headstock scarf joint. Did you have to do much final work on the joint surfaces with a plane?

Cheers Martin

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

i am on the fence about this,
i set my bandsaw up last week and resawed a whole lot of wood...
some maple... some of my silky oak offcuts... some other stuff i had laying around...
so we will see how i feel..
or if i can find a bit of maple that matches the fingerboard...
i reckon that could be cool...

hahahaha his last few builds havnt featured truss rods... but you never know... hes a sneeky one

...in da future...maybe thinking of a real soft neck wood where i can put TWO double-rod truss rods in to create ultimate pedal steel tone on an awesomely neck heavy guitfiddle

Originally Posted by floody_85

Im glad u use ur time appropriately by watching fly mate! Did u get there names or wat?

hahahahahaha
naaa no names, its better that way

Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Classic pic of the flies enjoying their honeymoon. Wise of you not to post the "after" pic of the flies after you whacked them with your fretting hammer.

Re bandsawing the headstock scarf joint. Did you have to do much final work on the joint surfaces with a plane?

Cheers Martin

fly jizz on my bandsaw

well i did two, which meant i could use the first blank to tune up the jig,
so obviously that first one needed a bit of work with the plane,

but the second one (in the pics) came out bloody brilliant,
barely any prep work

Originally Posted by R3R

...in da future...maybe thinking of a real soft neck wood where i can put TWO double-rod truss rods in to create ultimate pedal steel tone on an awesomely neck heavy guitfiddle

put a spring down the middle for some sweet reverb

decided on no strip,
(i could inlay a strip down the back... that could be interesting.. lol)

i glued it up a few hours ago
what a pain it is to glue up when its not square lol






its lighter than i was expecting
need to find some big enough for one piece bodies