Look up Don Teeter's "Acoustic Guitar: Adjustment Care, Maintenance, Repair" books (2 volumes). I believe his string tension simulator is one of the best.
I agree that you need a neck jig to simulate string tension or just sometimes to support your neck straight while you're working, and yours will do the job.
Just a little detail i saw on the video that I hope would help you: it seems that you didn't fill the holes under the frets seated on the fretboard. I use CA glue and CA accelerator to quickly fill any empty space below the frets *before* I level them ;-)
That way, you can be sure it won't slightly move when you work on them.
How do you set it under string tension? That is the only way, in my amateur opinion, to get the neck straight and frets level and playable. The Erlewine design looks to be the best. Easily made in the home shop for far less than what Stewart-MacDonald charges.
@cdickenson64: In my opinion u dont need to have it on string tension, u have to check the neck before u take of the neck.. and its not really needed to take the neck of the guitar... in 9 cases of 10 i refret and do all kind of neckwork with the neck on the guitar.
Great neck jig, How would you suggest securing a guitar with a body
to this jig?
yoheff988 9 months ago
cant use it when refretting a neck through guitar?? i only built neck throughs.. dont like bolt ons
locohellraiser 1 year ago
Look up Don Teeter's "Acoustic Guitar: Adjustment Care, Maintenance, Repair" books (2 volumes). I believe his string tension simulator is one of the best.
floppier 1 year ago
Good job !
I agree that you need a neck jig to simulate string tension or just sometimes to support your neck straight while you're working, and yours will do the job.
Just a little detail i saw on the video that I hope would help you: it seems that you didn't fill the holes under the frets seated on the fretboard. I use CA glue and CA accelerator to quickly fill any empty space below the frets *before* I level them ;-)
That way, you can be sure it won't slightly move when you work on them.
fab672000 1 year ago
How do you set it under string tension? That is the only way, in my amateur opinion, to get the neck straight and frets level and playable. The Erlewine design looks to be the best. Easily made in the home shop for far less than what Stewart-MacDonald charges.
cdickenson64 1 year ago
@cdickenson64: In my opinion u dont need to have it on string tension, u have to check the neck before u take of the neck.. and its not really needed to take the neck of the guitar... in 9 cases of 10 i refret and do all kind of neckwork with the neck on the guitar.
HearGear 1 year ago
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sikaudio 1 year ago