Luthier Tips du Jour - The V Joint

Luthier and Instructor, Robert O'Brien, invites luthier Bill Nesse to show how he executes the V joint on his classical guitar pegheads.

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• V joint
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[behradng]

First of all thank you for the beautiful video Robert, I have a question though, would it be possible to leave the shoulders of the neck shaft square and angle the end grain of the peghead? it seems that would be easier, maybe I'm wrong

[OBrienGuitars]

@behradng Sure, you could do that. Whatever works is the way you should do it.

[biggestclaptonfan]

Hi, are the shoulders of the female part of the v joint left square? unlike the 8.5 degrees cut on the male part

thanks, Paul

[OBrienGuitars]

@biggestclaptonfan Yes. They are left square.

[Thejwgrant]

The poster prior to me questioned the practicality of the amount of work involved. My problem with this joint is that end grain isnt a great bonding surface. I guess it works because string tension keeps it in compression. Enjoyed the layout and chisel work . Im a huge proponent of knife lines to register the chisel. Many thanks

[kotikaljaful]

that´s nice, but what is the point? too much work

[TheAlexkru]

i decided to attempt to build electric guitars as a job, i've been watching the videos that pertain to Neck/Headstock, because i think acoustic necks feel better than most electric necks, this is a cool way to join headstock and neck

[bigsbyfreak]

Been doing that on the last 2 guitars. Tricky to do but so nice looking!

[tunguskaevent]

Great video. Thanks for posting.



[martymcfly002]

Wow, I think I'll stick with scarf joints! Beautiful though..