Ibanez guitar neck repair replacement

I posted this video to show people how they can take a Japanese 70's era guitar with a doweled on neck and convert it to a proper dovetail. Ok just to clarify a few things. The dove tail is crooked but the neck and fretboard are straight and true to the body, because the inside neck block was offset and undersized i had to compensate for that. Also the neck that i used was identical the color matches perfectly. I used the original fretboard and the owner has been using this guitar in studio to record. I took on this job for a friend who wanted to keep as much of there original guitar as possible so i posted the slideshow mostly to show the way i found to overcome the inferior doweled neck some of the pictures are staged they are just examples

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[bluegrassguy33]

why would you cut the top up just to get the neck off?

[shadrax9]

The donor guitar was made at the Ibanez factory, though it had no name on it (and a plywood body). Therefore, it was the perfect match, body style, paint, scale, etc., and it was only $40. The body on the donor guitar was not worth fixing, but the neck was still good (minus the fretboard; I used the original fretboard from the broken Ibanez). So, I cut right through the body so that I could preserve the block and all to carve a well-matched dove tail joint.

[dcut74]

I think you have a great job or hobby. What do you think of cedar wood for guitar? I have a Godin, looks great with a deep sound, but the wood is weak, fingernail can scratch it.

[shadrax9]

i think cedar tops sound great but spruce will sound better after a lot of years

[ibdavid123]

looks confusing =D, nice job though!

[shadrax9]

Thank you I took on this job for a friend who wanted to keep as much of there original guitar as possible so i posted the slideshow mostly to show the way i found to overcome the inferior doweled neck some of the pictures are staged they are just examples

[prsguitars1678]

dude your wacked man you completly destroyed those guitars, can tell you dont care about the damaged guitars, so how is frankenstein doing? is the neck implant working at all

[mqmqmwmw]

i must shut the music off man its insupportable

[vinnie01]

you sir are an evil genius

[squidskunk]

why didn't you use steam to release the glue...?

[TheRocklife13]

shek my videos!!! and dont forget to subscribe haha :)

[Enforcer010]

hey can i have that Fender neck Xp

[camonmeplz]

I thought it would turn out very bad at first, but you did a very good job. Well done.

[RR5GUITAR]

brutal.

[dickdogginit]

this old guita..oldguitar

[kelvin2004qq]

That is amazing.....You are a pro