How To Bevel A Guitar Body

Without a garage full of expensive equipment and hand work, with this jig you can get the same results over and over. This is great if you plan on doing more than one guitar.
It took some planning and testing, then a couple of afternoons to build this jig, but the results turned out great. ENJOY!

[@damianrf6309]

Randy...You, sir...are a legend!

[@randysguitarsbroncos223]

Thanks 😊

[@GregSexton-e2w]

This is the best video I have come across for making a jig for this application I am starting my first 3 custom guitars I have been fixing and setting up instruments and amps for 25 years and have decided it is time to make my own instruments to send out to the world to enjoy as much as I do! Amazing content keep it up!

[@randysguitarsbroncos223]

@@GregSexton-e2w Thanks 🙏

[@bigdbearkiller5115]

great work and great video randy. this compliment comes from an old guy and fellow luthier. have a good one. ron

[@randysguitarsbroncos223]

Thanks so much. Just trying to figure it out and then share what I’ve learned. 🙏

[@MauriceKindermann]

Very interesting. I've spent weeks thinking and planning on doing Jackson RR style bevels. Your approach is the opposite of mine. You are doing an external offset using a chamfer bit with a bearing. I didn't know that was possible. I'm instead getting a 120 degree v groove bit with matching bearing so I can create a bevel template with no offsets (laser cutting them). Thanks for sharing!

[@randysguitarsbroncos223]

@@MauriceKindermann I have looked at the RR Jackson guitar style bevels and it looks very doable the way you are thinking of doing it. There are many approaches to accomplishing the same thing. None are right, and none are wrong.

[@NatalieKing-gt4id]

Shame you and Lloyd didn’t live in the same state. I think you two would have slept in shops working together.

[@randysguitarsbroncos223]

Probably, lol

[@peternotpeter]

Amazing! This saves alot of rasp work and the bevel is consistent, I'm gonna have to try this on a future build. You're always ahead of the game Randy, Great video!

[@randysguitarsbroncos223]

Thanks 😊