Acoustic Guitar Build part 9 // constructing the neck

[@PabloGarcia-sg3hd]

Can you give us the first mesure to cut the neck blank.

[@bobsegar1242]

that 7/8th cut is a super nice feeling

[@shannona2247]

Amazing work. Loving this series.

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks Shannon!

[@paulsutherland6302]

Great work. Enjoying the build.

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks man!

[@jianan]

Like the quick router table, it worked very well :) The neck looks great, man!

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks! It worked quite well.

[@charlesdavis7616]

Great video, done in a new, time-compressed style! I liked it a lot and the build is coming along so well!!

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks Charles! Yeah there were just a lot of super long glue up parts in this one that I didn‘t really want to cut too much out of, so I sped them up to at least show the process. This one definitely had a lot more high-speed stuff than my other videos in the series. Thanks foe watching!

[@charlesdavis7616]

@@CMRWoodworks I always look forward to each of them.

[@hobiecat901]

Good Video Chris, Thanks for your Time.

[@CMRWoodworks]

Sure thing! Thanks for watching!

[@fractuss]

Not telling you how to do it but as a longtime carpenter I glue both sides of every joint to ensure maximum glue contact.

[@fractuss]

Edit: On second thought instrument making is only kinda like carpentry. I can see a number of places where gluing both sides would be very messy.

[@CMRWoodworks]

Oh yeah, I’m still trying to figure out the exact amount. The guy I learned from only puts glue on one side and has been building guitars over 20 years. Before I got into guitar building and was building furniture and decor and such items, I added glue to both sides of a glue up. I learned woodworking back in 2012 from watching KZbin videos and the main guy I watched was a guy called The Wood Whisperer and he always spread glue on both sides, so I did too.

[@fractuss]

@@CMRWoodworks Listen to him not me, I don't know one tenth of what he knows.

[@bernhordredecop2928]

Looking super good, keep it up

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks so much!

[@RandomShitGoooo]

Been binging ur guitar making videos the whole night, good work mate. Planning on doing a guitar build this winter as well, gonna be a pain in the butt after watching the binding fail on you so many times

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks so much for checking them out. I honestly think I was just going too fast with the bending. I think I was just having issues staying patient, haha, after thinking it through more. Good luck with your upcoming build. Hope it goes well!

[@bobsegar1242]

gonna go ahead and give you a great tip, when you go to do the intonation, measure your scale length and set the highest e sattle all the way forward exactly on your scale length. (on an acoustic its a bit trickier) but that's the easiest way to set your intonation.

[@edkenney7443]

Do you have the exact measurements you used to build the neck from scratch?

[@CMRWoodworks]

I don’t know them exactly off the top of my head. I have a set of plans that contain all that info which I reference. The plans are actually just a few bucks. The ones I have are for an OM guitar and they have all the dimensions for everything on the guitar.

[@edkenney7443]

@CMRWoodworks Hey...thanks man...I appreciate you taking the time to get back with me! May I ask where you got the plans that gave you all the measurements?

[@geebee3d]

Try using a good block plane to square up your peg head overlay. The side of the plane registers off the top of the neck which ensures that the resulting cut will be perfectly square to the fretboard. Try it and see how you get on.

[@CMRWoodworks]

I actually did square it up off-camera with a little block plane. Worked great! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mikemoreno3271]

Great video...I just decided to build a new neck to replace the broken one on my first guitar. It seems I need to get lots more clamps and some table saws..but I am also wondering what type of wood you used

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks for the comment! I used indian rosewood for the sides and back, sitka spruce for the top, mahogany for the neck, and ebony for the headplate, fingerboard, and bridge.

[@bobsegar1242]

mahogany is such a pleasure to work isnt it

[@CMRWoodworks]

It is nice for sure!

[@watchnlearn2731]

Love the beard. Welcome back it has been a while

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thank you!

[@thecluelessluthier6520]

Very cool! What was the white piece that you sandwiched between the headstock and ebony plate?

[@CMRWoodworks]

It was a maple veneer. I think it‘s sold specifically as a “headplate veneer” if I’m not mistaken. Thanks for watching!

[@lukewalsh3002]

Hi does anyone know what measurements he used when he cut that plank into thirds for the heel

[@CMRWoodworks]

I think the pieces were somewhere around three inches long. It can vary a little based on how long the neck blank is. The neck blank for each of my guitars started around 35 inches. When I determine where the tenon will end, I cut off the excess and then just cut that extra piece into thirds. It seems to me that even as short as two inch pieces would work for the type of heel that I make. Depends on the heel design.

[@kingrobert1st]

Subbed!

[@CMRWoodworks]

Thanks a lot!!

[@kingrobert1st]

I am the proud owner of a Kinkade jumbo 12 string cutaway acoustic guitar. It was completed 6 months after the order was made in 1984 to my complete and utter satisfaction. I watched him build it and at that time my dream job was luthier and it still is today. I have so much respect for this superb craft and it’s craftspeople! 🙏

[@harimengek4968]

Ketebalan kayu head stocknya berapa cm mister?

[@CMRWoodworks]

14-15mm

[@harimengek4968]

@@CMRWoodworks thank you mister

[@fractuss]

I've hard it called a clamp garden.

[@CMRWoodworks]

Haha, that’s a good one!

[@valerietremblayetelyelpsha6435]

Reader glasses at 39 lol😂 dont be in denial you will need real ondes soon

[@CMRWoodworks]

Probably. It‘s only gotten worse since then 😅

[@bobsegar1242]

vuh-loot

[@CMRWoodworks]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@bobsegar1242]

@@CMRWoodworks my Other comment made no sense about intonation so I edited it. Lol Great work, you’re a natural when you enjoy building a neck!