Amazing stuff. Thanks very much for posting this.

Another great series...Thanks BigD.

Thank you for this! I have wanted to do a one piece neck with a modern truss rod!

Damn man i hate when your videos end.....you are a very good woodworker/instructor and very inspiring....i just got a telecaster body and really wanted to try and build my own neck for it great vid!

Hey D - you rock! Great vid man thanks or sharing

I love the way you're treating that other neck as a clamp holder at 18:15!

Ive seen many of your videos. I am very impressed, and I am happy to say I am subscribed.

@bigdguitars

6 жыл бұрын

+walmars3curity thank you

This is interesting to watch, the grain looks good...

Great video, good to see your bench as tidy as mine..... he-he

i bought a sweet lp body from you several years ago. amazing top

Great video, I'm a beginner and want to try this. I have a few questions though. is that a double action truss rod? you only have to anchor it on one side right? could you have the adjusting part protrude at the headstock end? Could you send a link of where you would buy a truss rod like that. Also, where do you get your templates?

good job,man

Thank you

Hi. Thanks for the video. Do you put the truss rod in with the metal plate facing the frets or the skunk stripe?

Awesome video! I've had trouble finding other examples of one piece neck construction.

@elsenorxhace10anos86

3 жыл бұрын

You are right, they all seem to do a two pieces neck. Do you know if Fender or a y famous guitar brand do two pieces or it it all one piece?

@davidchester5784

3 жыл бұрын

@@elsenorxhace10anos86 from what I’ve seen fender does one pieces necks with maple fretboards but other companies glue a maple fretboard on a maple neck.

hey, may you tell me from where you got your trussrod or which kind of brand it is? thanks

Oh man! A fret ruler?! I hope the genius who made that is rich. He deserves it haha.

Hello! When gluing the walnut strip on the back, what exactly are we gluing to? The truss rod? Or the maple side?

Hello! what's parameter or measures you take in care to place it the Truss Rod?

What type band saw is that. Looks more like a mjll. Makes cutting easy. Pkease let me know

man, watching you do yhe truss rod groove was just painful. I actually cried. I like your channel and seeing what ways to do things and not to do things

@bigdguitars

4 жыл бұрын

This video is a bit old. I do things a lot of ways to show folks options.

Do you ever use a bandsaw for cutting fret slots?

For the 12th fret only, couldn't you still draw x's but instead of going side to side go side to centerline? That way the dots would be centered between the edges and the centerline?

Is there a benefit to using an end mill bit on the router vs. just doing it on the drill press?

what type of truss rod? was reading stewmwc site their hot rods are for a 2 piece neck. I want to do a one piece and is the channel flat? just want to verify. You make neck building seem easy its answered alot of questions as far as whats next in the process tanks again.

How do you adjust the truss rod without the top channel?

Hey big D. Great vids. What abt doin the authentic skunk plug in the headstk. How would u do that?

@bigdguitars

10 жыл бұрын

I thought that you would just drill that out and plug it from one of the ends. I don't need it on the two way truss rod.

Hi Big D, So it must be OK to put a dual action truss rod into a single piece neck and it won't push the skunk strip out? Great channel you have , Thanks.

@Ibaneddie76

7 жыл бұрын

you can put whatever you want in whatever you want, there are no rules despite what the cork sniffers tell you.

Great videos series and thank you.How deep should be the truss rod channel?

@bigdguitars

8 жыл бұрын

+Alvin s depends on the truss rod and how it would be set. you need at least 1/8 wood or the truss rod will pop out.

Does the truss rod channel not have to be bowed/curved? Can it really just be flat like that?

Just a very basic question, when you take the sanders to the headstock I noticed that you weren't sanding with the grain. Just curious about why? In my EXTREMELY limited experience I thought you were always supposed to sand with the grain

When you stick the templates on do you just use double sided stick tape? That's what it looked like in the videos?

Crossing the lines for the fret markers you don't hand to make two lines. One line is quite enough to have crosspoint when you have the center line.

Great series! I just finished it. The only question I have is how thick is your initial blank?

@bigdguitars

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Davis about an inch

where will be the hole to adjust the truss rod ?

Hi, are you using a hex ended truss rod? I bought one of the low profile truss rods from StewMac and was not sure if it would work having the adjustment at the heel. I thought it would need to be at the head stock. Thanks!

@bigdguitars

8 жыл бұрын

+William Stewart I use an Allen wrench rod. They usually all work out

what kind of saw blade are you using in the skrill saw?

install a magnet into your straight edge to hold fret saw verticle

Hi can i ask what's the exact depth of the truss rod slot? thanks

is flatsawn maple ok?

i was wondering about the truss rod cavity i thought the depth was angled or curved, is that not true?

Hi ,May i ask what is the power of your bandsaw.Thanks.

Is it a good idea to put some forward bow, meaning towards the strings and then do the radius????? Does it Matter??? Thank you!

Slightly advanced question here, but did you route the truss rod channel the full length of the rod? If so, what keeps the truss rod from pushing the skunk stripe out of the slot? Do you just trust the glue to hold? I'd like to make some one piece necks but with superior double-action truss rods, so I don't have to tinker with curved rod channels and angled access holes... but the rod popping out of the channel is my main concern.

@endysdoodoo

4 жыл бұрын

The glue joint is stronger then the wood itself

@ForestCinema

4 жыл бұрын

Joey Zahariuk Thanks for the insight! I’m actually working on skipping the skunk stripe altogether. Building a machine to drill the length of the neck for insertion of the truss rod, using a self centering gundrill bit.

@endysdoodoo

4 жыл бұрын

@@ForestCinema good luck most guys that install these truss rods rout for the Rod itself then stop and route a wider router for the nut portion. He did one channel this was obvious directed at the beginner builder showing how it can be done easily with minimal tools. I've watched all of Bigds videos and he's super talented luthier. People were trying to cut him down here and to me this is one of my favorite videos he has done. Not everyone has a fully functional workshop with thousands of dollars of tools and machinery. Most of us enjoy making our own instruments and are using basic tools to do the job. Thats why this series is one of my favorites.

Do you think quartersawn is required?

How deep is the truss rod channel?

how deep did you route the trussrod channel?

@bigdguitars

7 жыл бұрын

only as deep as it needs to be maybe a hair deeper.

13:39 contour gauge. not feeler gauge.

Yikes...I broke out a chunk of wood where the nut is supposed to go...can I rebuild that area and save the neck?

How much wood size for 1 neck?

It wouldn't have crossed my mind to do so much drill press work to make things easier for my router.

I’m dumb.. As you were drilling for the truss rod I blew at the screen to get the saw dust off 🤦🏻‍♂️

How do you know where to line up the ruler for the frets? How do you know right where the nut is at?

@bigdguitars

5 жыл бұрын

the ruler cuts the nut as well. cuts two lines that are the right size

@mikekrause8263

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigdguitars but how do u know where to start the nut on the neck? I didn't notice any center lines or fret lines on the strat template. It seems like when u go to transfer the fret markings to the neck, you have no reference for where to line up the nut on the ruler....

0:48 "most big guys can do this?"

How it is called the tool used to measure the profile of the neck? minute 14

@steinman1746

8 жыл бұрын

Hello Dionisio. He calls it a "feeler gauge." I've never heard it called that before, it's a Contour Gauge.

Hy what is the name of the tool u use in 7:10 Thank for man,,

@bigdguitars

8 жыл бұрын

Custom table router.

Is this Dan Gheesling's guitar channel?

You cut the frets right into the neck and do not use separate fingerboard stock?

@bigdguitars

5 жыл бұрын

TMBridge this is a one piece

@bilal11

5 жыл бұрын

@@bigdguitars I see. Would recommend a one piece or a two piece for a first-time guitar builder (but experienced woodworker)

@bigdguitars

5 жыл бұрын

Two piece. Much easier.

Hi what kind of truss rod did you use?

@bigdguitars

9 жыл бұрын

I buy from Bezdez on ebay. A guy outta canada. He buys from China but I can't find the place he buys from.

@gabrieleg19

9 жыл бұрын

***** How does it works on one piece neck like yours? I ask because I noticed you mad just a straight cavity (not curve).

11:30 why not use a chisel? less risk of damaging the fretboard.

this neck is left handed?

@endysdoodoo

4 жыл бұрын

Its a reverse head stock he mentions that

You could have stopped the truss rod channel 1/2" away from the heel and drilled the counterbore so it looked factory. That's how I install hotrod truss rods, give it a shot buds it's not hard to do. Plus then it looks way more professional!

@lorenzozayd4636

2 жыл бұрын

i know Im asking randomly but does anybody know a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost my login password. I appreciate any help you can offer me!

@princetonjoshua3028

2 жыл бұрын

@Lorenzo Zayd instablaster ;)

@lorenzozayd4636

2 жыл бұрын

@Princeton Joshua thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and Im in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

This part does jot really require alot of tools xD

you mean a (forstner) bit? cool video anyway as always.

Very good job, I have a question, in truss rod, is it upside down? at minute 17.22 kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqmnl82gYsjNgKg.html

I didn’t understand a single measurement that you mentioned! Like how are we supposed to know that 1/8 inch is?

this looks like too much trouble

Халтурщик)))

Lip smacking and such makes most of us have to click away...

This is done terribly. You said strat neck but strat necks use curved truss rod channels as well as skunk stripes they also only use single action truss rods and they don't route all the way for the channel. They drill 3 degrees on both ends and they hold the truss rod in at an angle. This video is a just a sign of laziness maybe you should actually try making a neck worth using.

@klinenator

8 жыл бұрын

+FlamingPurpleCat You dont need to route at an angle if you have a dual action truss rod

@joshwilson7736

8 жыл бұрын

You're just being a Negative Nelly. KZread comment sections are no place for such negativity.

@bensoncustompickups4963

5 жыл бұрын

man so passionate about single action truss rods. double action rods are great and no need to drill at an angle using the better rod. I wouldn't say "lazy" , it's just different than you like to see.

@endysdoodoo

4 жыл бұрын

This guy is doing this with limited hand tools showing that it can be done at home with limited tools. The truss rod he uses is standard in today's necks and like others said doesn't need to be angled.