As a woodworker, and a guitar player.... I have a whole new appreciation for necks.

I quite like the fact that the videos are more concise. Watch the older projects and you know what is going on at any moment in time.

david, I'm not sure if you are fully aware of how much your videos are helping anyone who wants to build guitars...great job, really, hats off to you, please give us more videos to enjoy!

I hate I'm 7 years late I would have gladly let you make me one and send it to Alabama USA, for me to demo lol,. Amazing craftsmanship, beautiful work,

Mr. Fletcher, sometimes I told to myself "Why so complicated process"... But the result is always so precise, perfect! I learned a lot of skills from you videos. Thank you very much for sharing your "KnowHow". Greetings from Czech Republic.

Ive seen professional videos that are not as well done. Hats off to you once again Mr Fletcher, I like the sanding jig. I consider you my mentor in becoming a luthier and I appreciate your advice, your enthusiasm, your correspondence, and your friendship. Its a beautiful build and a coveted instrument once completed, some lucky person will end up with it in their collection. Cheers mate...

Damn how i have i not seen your video builds .. Great work, i loved the fifty-nine you made, that thing was gorgeous

I may do this myself after watching you do it. I have been wanting to make a LPDC style guitar for years now. Can't wait for part 3. Kudos to you sir.

These videos are amazing! You make it look so easy (although I know its not!) Seriously great stuff - best guitar build videos I've seen!

Cheers mate ! Good luck with your build

Very nice videos David.Thanks for them both. Very interesting stuff.

Your timing is impeccable, Fletch; I'm preparing to start my first set/angled headstock/bound neck build!

Seems to me the neck was clamped at 12:04 because the fretboard had been glued to the neck. This video is easy to follow if you've watched the previous builds. It skips some of the things that have been documented previously and instead shows what's different.

Keep the videos coming my friend, always find your process interesting and has even made me want to pick up some tools and start on my own projects David.

These videos are superb, thanks very much for making and posting them. The detail, and your generous sharing and explanation of your techniques andapproach is first class. I learned plenty in those 48 minutes that I'll put into my first build. (Starting this weekend - wahey!). Look forward the remaining vids on the LP Jr (I just met and fell in love with an '80s doubtle cutaway 2xp90 specimen, so, one replica coming up once I have the basic chops...)

awesome job man, cant wait for the next installment , cheers mate

Waiting 4 the other episodes. You are geting me all inspired to start making my first guitar build :)

Awesome. Glad to have you back. Looking forward to the rest. This was a nice treat to see today:-)

I cant wait until I get the tools together to start doing this stuff. You make it look so obtainable. Keep it up, man!!!

excellent closeups of the details.

Yes, absolutely. You need to slot deep enough to account for the material removed at the sides when you radius. Trial and error. Thickness and radius a scrap piece of wood - Use this sample to cut some test slots. With a few tries, you'll be able to adjust your saw depth guide on the jig for perfect depth slots every time. This of course depends on you using the same thickness fretboard blank each time though (which I do).

Again, superb. Massive thumbs up mate.

Sweet! Another couple of vids from Fletch! Love the little jr's and really looking fwd to seeing these ones to fruition. Can we get a demo at the end?? pretty please?? Heaps of great tips there, love the binding clamp set up, that one has always been a thorn in my side. Beautiful work Fletch and good luck for the Lions tour!

I love your videos. Thank you so much. I'm preparing to dive into my first guitar build.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Good luck Zeroman ! :-)

Upload more often! I enjoy your videos!

Cheers Mark, all the best buddy

Hi Todd, I did briefly show my shaping the necks in part 4. Its very similar to the Strat series, the basic principles are the same.

Hi Todd, From memory I think I used the .060" and scraped it down to size when it was glued to the neck

❤️👍 nice work as always,,

Ha ha no worries mate. It's just that I'm a would-be luthier myself and I've picked up more tips and jig building hints watching your videos than anywhere else. I thought it would be tricky to do that's why I asked. Outstanding work mate, and I look forward to part 4. :)

Флетчер как всегда точен и скрупулезно. Браво, Мастер!!!

This is so helpful.

You're awesome man

i like your technique..

G'day mate. Funny, I very nearly put stainless in both these necks...Stainless are tough on nippers but a dremel cutoff wheel does the job adequately. Apart from that, there's really not that much difference installation wise. I would have no hesitation in using stainless on either of these necks , bound or otherwise.

Cheers David, thanks for the code, I was looking at a medium gauge fretwire anyway as a personal preference. I think I've found an alternative to the Stewmac blade, but arbor size seems to be an issue though.

Good to be back man !

Thanks for an absolutely great video on how to do this with precision! And I love your Australian (?) accent:)

Its the music I used for the soundtrack - KZread has blocked those video's for viewing on ipads, phones etc unfortunately. That's why I have not used any music in my video's since. I don;t have these available anywhere else, you could try downloading the KZread video's and then transfer them to your ipad ?.

You are really good!!

No particular reason, just decided to use Weld-On Cement which works really well too

I'v been wanting to make one of these for ages, they are such cool little guitars for sure. Re: the strat, yeah just about finished another vid, Its taking so long..sheesh can't believe it.. Been swamped too, guitars are certainly very time consuming things, but its going well, I'm esp pleased with the frets. A couple of weeks max. Your inlays look great by the way, great job!

HI Todd, No glue in the truss rod cavity. Watch part 2 of my Stratocaster build, I go into detail about all of that stuff. Cheers !

Hi David, love the videos! I noticed several of your Tele build videos are not available on KZread on the iPad . Is there another link to these?

Cheers Mate !

Video 3 please!! keep up the good work

Love your vids! Where did you get the template for the inlays?

great videos!! why didn't you use acetone to glue the binding to the fretboard? thanks!! :)

The contents of these 2 video's was filmed over 3 months when I had 10 minutes spare between commissioned guitars. Filmed under completely different circumstances to the other 2 builds... Piecing it together into something coherent was a task in itself. I had to be brutal in what I filmed and didn't film. I don't think anyone needs to see my press 22 frets into a neck anymore, I have 2 other video's showing that ;-)

Hi. Do you have a video where you teach how to make a solid carved top?

i am not sure i understand what you did by adding a piece of the binding if you can please explain thanks

Hi Louis, Are you using a slotting blade on a tablesaw or using a miter box for slotting the board ?

I haven't even started filming anymore yet, I am swamped with work. Hang in there, I'll have some free time in a couple of weeks to finish these 2 guitars off

Rufus, I'd love to say I cut those tiny intricate parts by hand and then routed and inlayed them myself but the truth is I had them CNC'd - They are so small they would be impossible to cut by hand and inlay neatly.

question? why not bind it the old fashioned way where the binding is cut around the frets? its so easy when you are building they are usually the other way after rerrets as its too hard to do it with the fret board glued to the neck so on refrets they just sand the bumps in the binding flat to the fret board then slot or cut the fret tangs off to clear, man if I was at this stage I would put the binding around the frets so much more comfortable

Hello Mr Fletcher, love the vids. Just a quick question, is the fret slotting saw you use the Stewmac 1.62mm blade? Just wondering what frets you have fitted to the Junior(s)? I'm in the process of making my first guitar. An Eds1275, I know a little ambitious! :) cheers

Hey Dave, I'm using the StewMac miterbox with the steel scaled templates

Admiro mucho tus trabajos y lo metódico de tus procedimientos

I don't usually glue frets when using ebony , its a hard wood and the frets don't generally require gluing IMO. Rosewood I don't trust as much, they always get superglue wicked in from both sides

Thank you! Why no acetone for gluing the fretboard binding? Do you think weldon cement is better binding the body for beginner?

Hi Mark, Its not the Stewmac blade but similar. The width of cut is .023" which is sized for the Stewmac Medium fretwire (Stewmac code 0152-LB)

Nice!

Hey man, thanks a lot. I love these set neck guitars, easy to build and they play awesome and they are really customizable ( is that a word ? LOL). Whens the next Strat installment ?

Hi again Dave. I don't know whether anyone has asked so forgive me if you've already answered this before. But did you film how you inlaid the headstock logo in what looks like your name in abalone ? It looks intricate and I wondered how you'd go about this !

just out of curiousity, are there any benefits to radiusing the fretboard before inlaying and adding binding? I always thought it would make sense to do binding and inlays first, then radius it together, but it seems that most people do the opposite. thanks!

i can't stop, want more)

Hello David, could you please tell what the thickness of your bodies are on these LP juniors? Also what is the scale length, 24 5/8” or 24 3/4”? What is the neck angle? What is the headstock angle? Thank you so much for all your videos they are undoubtedly the best out there as you explain all the processes. Extremely helpful.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

7 ай бұрын

Been a long time mate so Im guessing at these but 40mm for the body, 24.75" scale length, Neck angle around 2.5 deg, Headstock angle 12 degrees

Two videos in one day?! Awesome! Thanks for the upload. I probably sound like a stalker. Just appreciating good artwork :)

Hi John, No I haven't. I've read about them though. Interesting concept.

I love your vids. Serious build skills. Drives me crazy that the mandrel on your press isn't seated proper.lol

hello congratulations for the video are really beautiful, a question: which tool is used to scrape the binding of the fretboard? Bye

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Hi, its just a utility knife blade

where did you get the headstock overlay??? i really need it!!!

Hey Dave, I was just wondering, are all of the things you buy from StewMac worth the price? I looked at the aluminium radius sander.... thing :P and I thought the price was relatively high. Would you be able to get the quality of the things they make for a cheaper price anywhere else? Thanks! P.S., these videos are fantastic, when's the next one coming out?? can't wait! :)

Hi David. Can you show how you inlayed your name onto the head stock. I want to do something similar so am very interested to see this. Great videos. Thanks :-)

Hi Fletcher! Great videos, thanks for sharing mate. Where did you get the trapezoid inlays for the bound neck?

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Hi, they are the Stewmac inlays

Where did you get the neck templates?

Is the aluminum template commercially available? Or shop made

Dave, how do handle fret slot depth, when your done radiusing the board ? An issue I have is, cutting fret slot depth, than radiusing it, and the when I go to put frets in, I have to recut the slot depth, because radiusing it took it down so much. Is there a way to avoid this ?

How deep do you cut your fret slots (keeping in mind that you are adding a radius and therefore the slots will be shallower at the edges) this detail has me totally confused on my acoustic build! Great video's, they have been very inspirational! thanks, Tom

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

You can always run a test piece of wood through first and adjust your depth. Hard to be spot on when you have to calculate the radius to be added later but if you end up too shallow, a quick once over with a thin kerf handsaw fixes it up

@tommayle4752

10 жыл бұрын

You are literally a Guru! thanks for the advice, always impressed and inspired by your video's and admire the precision that you put into the building process! I'm just starting out, and your tutorials are better than any book I've read, and any course I've attended! Thanks!

Nice video - I just noticed you are using one of the SS templates I made up. Good job.Cheers Peter.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

8 жыл бұрын

+Peter Shupe Thanks Peter

Hello a hug, friend, I would like to consult you, what saw blade do you use to make the left handers for the frets? Thank you, I appreciate your information.

I've heard disappointing things about radius blocks. Can anyone who has used them give some insight?

Hi. I really love your work. Could you please share what bit you use for the inlay cavity routing? I have problems with mine using this same template when it hits the wall of the template... Thx a lot!!!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Hi, I use the Stewmac router bits - www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Inlay_and_Pearl_Cutting/Carbide_Downcut_Inlay_Router_Bits.html

Mr Fletcher, were did you pruchase the inlaw template?

Ok, I've watched your videos several times (great work btw) and maybe I missed it or I'm not paying attention as well as I think I am but how did you do the inlay for the FLETCHER? Did I miss it? Thanks, looking forward to future videos.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

8 жыл бұрын

+John Pointer You didn't miss it John, the necks were sent out to have my logo inlayed. I haven't watched the videos in a couple of years so I cant tell you whether its mentioned or not

@JPointer121

8 жыл бұрын

+Fletcher Handcrafted Guitars Ok, thanks!

Do you do custom orders for people? I'm interested in a custom guitar.

Hi David, slight tangent here- have you ever made a channel bound neck?

Do you just OVER cut your depth, to compensate for the height you'll take off with radiusing ?

why didn't you put the inlays in first then radius the board, would be my question

@JoeThornhill

5 жыл бұрын

You might sand right through the inlays if they aren't cut and set deep enough.

Hi, Thanks for the videos they're great. Is the 'Fletcher' name on the headstock a decal as it seems to be too fine for an inlay. Thanks.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Hi, The "Fletcher" is Mother of pearl inlay

@willford8475

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply, is done by hand or CNC?

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

10 жыл бұрын

Hi, Its done by CNC

ficou top

Hi' what knives do you have in your jointer for cutting the ebony, do they need to be anything special or just really sharp, thanks,,Paul.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Nothing special but obviously sharp is better.

Wow!

Hi david, I can hear do you ask a favor? I'm just starting my project of a kind type valensi nick riviera (epiphone) and I really want to do my pills so like you, but I want to make wooden spool and rewind, and the problem that I have is I want to know the measures Corn (P94) that are equal to the p90 you did, if you could raise the measure or winding up in size in Word I would greatly appreciate it.

"I'll take it to the joiner and we'll smooth my face out." That sounds painful!

Hey Dave where did you get the template for the trapezoid markers? Thanks.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

8 ай бұрын

I Can't remember sorry, it was so long ago.

Hi. Which sandpaper grits do you use after gluing the inlays? Thx a lot!

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Douglas S It depends on how much material you need to remove to smooth the board out - Probably start with 120 grit and work up to 320 grit

Building A Gibson Style Junior Guitar - Part Two

@MatthewSmith-if5wp

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice David. Any advice on how to go about inlaying the logo on the headstock? Thank you.

Question, when you are routed the ebony fret board to the neck template (at 0:57) how are you keeping the fretboard from slipping off the template? Are you using some sort of adhesive to keep the fretboard and template as one unit? I realize it's an amateur question but I am an amateur and trying to figure out all these techniques and gather as much info as I can. Thanks

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Joe, I use 3M double stick tape - www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_Supplies/Glues_and_Adhesives/Tapes_and_Adhesives/3M_Double-stick_Tape.html

@TheJoeGrosso

9 жыл бұрын

***** thanks

The knifes in my 250 planer are not good and I could really do with an upgrade to a planer with cast iron tables ( my one has aluminium tables). I've been looking at getting a new planer with the spiral cutter block with the 4-sided TCT spur type cutters. I think that should easily manage any wood, What do you think,,Paul.

@FletcherHandcraftedGuitars

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's a major upgrade for the better, especially the spiral cutterhead. Nice on figured woods too

@paul113757

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot mate and great vids, I've learnt a lot from them.

@paul113757

6 жыл бұрын

Well I ordered one today, this should be ideal for Guitar building and the joinery I make. www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-trade-series-at107pt-planer-thicknesser-ax954318