This was absolutely the right level of detail for anybody who is considering doing this.

If you don’t have a shop-quality drill press and a special neck jig that can accommodate your fretboard, find a professional luthier who does. Because this has noob improvisation fuckup written all over it.

I want a my tele to have a belly cut and an arm cut

Do you sell the acrylic templates?

Don’t worry about too much detail. Your asides and extra comments are very valuable.

Many thanks for this course! It's packed with good info, and bad jokes :) I am building courage to start my own guitar build with far less tools than a luthier shop. I will be referring back to all episodes as I go.

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I just went on maximum guitar works website and couldn’t find these?

I watched it completely and loved it :) Thank you so much Sir!

What bolts are stoppers are used for the cams

always informative excellent videos, Its just like the were done by a professional and that's because they are, kudos.

Since you use the drill press you can also use that for your 2-nut insert tool to start the insert in the hole exactly perpendicular. I just drop the head down and turn the drill by hand to get it started very straight and perpendicular. Then release it from the press and finish it off with a ratchet. Maybe a little more complicated and unnecessary, but if your after perfection 😉

is it possible to install these reinforcement rods from the back of the neck? Without removing the fretboard?

I think it is important to be very precise and detailed in building guitars, it matters in the end result. Therefore, I definitely appreciate seeing the right way to do this. Thanks.

Where did you get the tool adapter for the dust collection system?

Love this! How do you thinkness your headstock after glue up? Lots of ways but I'm curious as to yours.

fastest forearm 23 mins long

Thank you for the info

Thanks for showing your thinking and production behind the product - super helpful for DIYers and people with fancy tools, and pushing the whole industry forward. Bravo.

Hope all is well! Looking forward to the wiring video(s) if that’s still coming?

The fucken guy died. Been wanting one. His fucken wife just ignores communications. I guess I'll never get one.

You guys are doing a great job on these videos. I only discovered you while searching for PLEK machines near me. Your care and attention to detail really comes through here. I had a guitar ruined once by a bad technician who came highly rated, so these videos really help to build trust and show what you're about. I may use your PLEK services in the near future. Thanks, and keep it up!

Simply incredible, thankyou so much for sharing all this information. I am building my first guitar, I have minimumal woodworking expereience, and very high expectations (bad combo). I've spent months planning and figuring out how to appraoch it. I recently got access to a laser cutter, and now I've 3D modeled the guitar I'm building using most of the techniques you've demo'd in your videos. I'm trying to make my first build as straight forward as possible, and templates are the key.

Hey Steve, do you still recommended the neck reinforcement rods on roasted maple necks?

Great video. Why haven't I seen this one before. Thanks

Great review! Had me sold... Jim passed away last year, but thankfully his wife has decided to continue with limited production of Jim's creations. Just plunked down for one of the Luthier versions, even though I plan on using this machine for thickness sanding more accurate sheet thicknesses for my model train and model ship building projects.

Fantastic alternative to the rope-style jigs I've seen used. I haven't yet glued up a top of my own, however in the building class I've joined previously I've seen students use the rope jig. It seems cumbersome and some students have struggled getting it to work properly.

Shoulda used a longer shank insert tool and used the drill press as a straight guide and hand turn the chuck

interested in the saw. I am using a big table saw, and would prefer to ditch it. it is only used for fret slotting.

Suggestion: I use threaded insets for all kinds of stuff, and I tap the coarse external threads. For your necks, you could tap the neck threads using your drill press manually ( just to keep the tap perfectly plumb/square w the surface. I use a few drops of CA glue when inserting the insert. This all allows for just an xtra .001” or so around the insert - it’ll still be very solid but you avoid the risk of the inserts cracking the butt of the neck w seasonal humidity changes. I had that happen a cpl times so I started tapping them first. The coarse tap you’ll need is not common but wherever you get your inserts should be able to fix you up. I got mine from both Grainger and McFeely at one time or another. Try it - it also makes the insert go in like butter, no chance of a slip that could damage the neck.

I learned something today. Thank you for the details.

Any other videos coming?

So weird that you have a link to Eric Brock. In a cool way I mean. I've ordered a couple of Sire guitars and he reviewed a blue T7FM which is on my list. Now I've decided I should build my own but funds unrefundable. Lefties,

Do reinforcement inserts affect the degree which the truss rod can adjust?

OK, I understand, you need to sell stuff, but your teaching style sucks!

Great video! What disc are you using on on the large angle grinder? Those jigs are amazing.

This is one of the most, if not the most, highly detailed, comprehensive, accurate and honest video i've ever seen on this specific topic! Strongly informative, you kept me glued to the screen till the very last second! THANK YOU!

Hey, Steve! Do you have these templates available for bass?

that's pure over engineering . thanks anyway

That would have been nice to have a month ago as I was burning up boards on a disc sander. Do you have any brick and mortar( I'm in Denver area) or just online?

When I put steel grommets into guitar necks, I just put the insert bit into my drill press and (obviously with the power off) use the perfectly vertical pressure from the press and I turn the chuck with my bare hand. The other fantastic feature of the steel grommets are if you use four recessed neck ferrules instead of a plate, it's much easier to find metric bolts of various lengths, or even cut a longer bolt down. It's much more difficult to find the short wood screws necessary for a tapered neck heel to keep the bolts from poking all the way through.

Great vid process ect... did part 2 ever materialize

Do the telecaster templates and the telemaster templates fit fender necks if i just want to build the body?

Do your telecaster and telemaster templates fit fender necks if i just want to build the body? Great videos

Do you sell those guitar templates?

The adjustable pocket template can be accomplished with three pieces of mdf taped to the blank around the heel of your neck lined up to the center line to the line drawn for the scale length. The route (tweaked with tape) will match that particular neck. I use a cheap laser to line the neck up with the blank's center line.

Cool

Good video

great job! i need to do this to my strat with striped wood screws.... anyway you could ditch the nut driver and chuck your home made driver into the drill press, spin the chuck by hand while putting small amount of pressure on handle for leverage.... a little wax and they go in dead straight every time...

I very, very much appreciate these videos for their expertise, however, anybody contemplating their very first guitar build would likely never set foot on that path having watched this series. Sometimes, you just have to have at it, and be damned with all the jigs. You just have to give it a go and learn from your mistakes.