Ha Ha!! “You’ll only ruin 1 neck” well… I ruined one BEFORE I’ve had to shape the neck. Now what?

Comparing a giant block of pine to a semi shaped and dimensioned top.... perfect comparison

The devil's in the details. Your tecniques separate the men from the boys.

1/4 sawn is not stronger. That’s completely false. It’s stronger in one direction, weaker in another. I really think this oftentimes repeated lie would die. Think!

I was THERE! Pete Bernstein also played that night and him and Abercrombie traded off playing with Jim and sometimes all three played together.

Such a great video

Is it advisable to do this on a finished neck with the fret board on, or can you do it on just the maple? In case you mess it up I mean..

This is the best neck shaping video I've seen thank you very much you carve an awesome guitar neck

Fascinating how to get a good tune.

If you were a beginner and didn’t have your established sources for the wood, would you be trying to locate local saw mills or lumber yards? I’m also upstate New York and the local lumber yard didn’t have a single piece of hard maple to fit the bill.

great !

Great instrument but you could make a student grade instrument sound great.

God bless You John Abercrombie. You were the best.

Donkey action....

Shaal: we melt glass into bocks and throw them into an ocean? What did the Oceans ever do to us?

"Owned it in previous life" 😂 you are the best teacher for aspiring builder

I want A newest guitar in October maybe

How much this Guitar?

and Thanks

ı want a Albion green Guitar John Abercrombie Used

Thank you, some great tips there for my banjo neck building - much appreciated!

Great video. Can you leave links/list to all of the hand tools you used? How thin can I make a Mexican Strat neck? I do not have the longest fingers.

What a nonsense story LOL, and I'm a church lady 😂

Thank you for sharing Richard.

Wow great information. Will this work for a mandolin as well. Trying to learn how to tap tune. Thanks a million

It has been said- if you wear pink bunny slippers with the black eyes staring sappily up at you , and stand on one foot, the energizer 9volt batteries emit a sonic wispy magical tone - gray mouse boots optional- they make it sound like an aluminum anodized Jazzmaster pickguard nuance -almost a sassafras 54’ sonic frequency

Awesome instructional video

Undoubtably great guitars! But it be good to hear these guitars without the super reverb and the god-awful hiss from that reverb.

I've been watching these tutorial videos for hours ... and glad I watched this one last. One tutorial is pretty sad. Anyway, I learned the most from your video Rick. Thanks much for all the fine detail of tips. I have an Epi Dot which I like quite a bit ... except for the wide neck. I love the Player series necks that Fender has ... the Modern C shape. So I am going to get the contour of one of those, and then reshape the neck of my Dot. I realize that going up past the 10th fret I will not be able to get the same contour of the Fender bolt on neck, but I will transition into that area. Thank you! The neck is mahogany and the finish on the rest of the guitar is that cherry red. Some state to experiment with red dye & water on a blank piece of mahogany till I get the exact shade I want ... and then apply that to the neck. One luthier recommends Watco Teak Oil Finish, applying it with 1000 grit wet or dry. Do you have a red dye brand you would recommend? I intend to have the headstock finish wind up into that sort of V shape you did on this neck, to get the two finishes to blend together better

Great stuff sir. I enjoyed this so much. Saving me some money on tools as well.

Beautiful Solo Guitar arrangement of what He later titled Greenstreet on the John Abercrombie Quartet album 39 Steps. I met John in the 90s when he performed in Kansas City, Missouri. After his performance I told him how much of a big Influence and Inspiration his Music is to me and He gave me some very Encouraging words. Bill Evans said the purpose of Music is Enrichment. Mission Accomplished John. Mission Accomplished. Thanks.

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Cheers, great advice.

Great video, thank you for sharing this with us. Very clear explained and very clever to set the hight in the middle of the neck before removing material from the edges. i am going to do it the same way with the neck of my first built guitar as is seems very logically. Thanks again. Regards Sander van der Voort from the Netherlands.

Wow

I love that pin router! Looks like it’s actually possible to construct one… 🤔

He truly is, or was i don't know, a giant, a blue giant.

T hanks for so knowledge!!

I hear some Joe Pass somewhere in this.

lots of super helpful tips, thanks!

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Such a strong voice on jazz and fusion guitar...trully a genius. RIP

The best guitar build videos I have yet to see, thankyou. My father, an antique reproduction furniture craftsman, taught me to never draw my marking lines more than once. Bad habit to draw twice. The secret to a successful build, is a sharp pencil. If one is this meticulous about a pencil, then the rest of the build will naturally follow.

Really Interesting course!! Thanks a lot for transmite Your information!!

8:06 are you not going to install the fretwire sideways ?

Excellent craftsmanship!

That sounds fairly reasonable I think if you tap it and it sounds good it should sound good as a musical instrument too but I’m glad to hear about the parallel bracing Doc Stanton my harmony has that parallel bracing did they scalloped bracing in the Gibsons

I have a harmony box that I put an electric guitar neck on and the neck has a tendency to push down on the top so I think it broke one of the braces the braces run in line with the neck I don’t know if you’ve probably seen a harmony box guitar so is there anything I can do to make them sound better or will it weaken it so much that the top will continue to cave-in

You're my favorite "unwitting mentor" Richard. This kid from the suburbs sends a gratitude filled Thank You. My shoulders are particularly happy about this video.

Awesome