When I first started carving my necks, I initially focused on how they looked but very soon began to focus on how they feel. Your hands tell the truth.
This is a GREAT video John! Like you and others commenting below, I love the Spoke Shave. Haven't used one since I made my first guitar (from a big piece of Mahogony found in the 6th Form Woodwork room when I was 17! And now 60!) but I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in on my first CBG. I've watched all your other vids but I have to say this one is a classic - it is clear that, like all good woodworkers, you feel the wood - the grain, the weight, etc... but around 15' minutes in, that's a great explanation of why you put the frets in after the neck shaping. Really nice explanation of spke shaves and carving the neck - great vid! Thanks ! 🙂
I assume that most people don't have a workshop full of bandaws, power planers & thicknessers etc. so I want to show that guitar making is accessible to almost anyone. We make quite a lot of guitars (over two hundred a year), and always carve our guitar necks like this, by hand with a spokeshave and rasp.
very good explanations and demonstration. The spokeshave is one of my favourite tools too, along with a block plane when shaping kayak paddles. I'm just about to glue on the fingerboard, then start the shaping, loving the work! Thank you for this series!
I've just finished shaping and fretting the neck on mine and I would make two suggestions. The first is to draw a centre line and some parallel lines either side along the neck as a guide for the cross section shaping. The second is maybe to shape the neck cross section before doing the transitions. I did the transitions first and did take out a little bit too much which made blending a little tricky wiithout losing too much material. Toolstation sell a great little flat spokehave for less than a fiver.
When I first started carving my necks, I initially focused on how they looked but very soon began to focus on how they feel. Your hands tell the truth.
This is a GREAT video John! Like you and others commenting below, I love the Spoke Shave. Haven't used one since I made my first guitar (from a big piece of Mahogony found in the 6th Form Woodwork room when I was 17! And now 60!) but I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in on my first CBG. I've watched all your other vids but I have to say this one is a classic - it is clear that, like all good woodworkers, you feel the wood - the grain, the weight, etc... but around 15' minutes in, that's a great explanation of why you put the frets in after the neck shaping. Really nice explanation of spke shaves and carving the neck - great vid! Thanks ! 🙂
I love that you use old school hand tools
I assume that most people don't have a workshop full of bandaws, power planers & thicknessers etc. so I want to show that guitar making is accessible to almost anyone. We make quite a lot of guitars (over two hundred a year), and always carve our guitar necks like this, by hand with a spokeshave and rasp.
very good explanations and demonstration. The spokeshave is one of my favourite tools too, along with a block plane when shaping kayak paddles. I'm just about to glue on the fingerboard, then start the shaping, loving the work! Thank you for this series!
neck carving "Bob Ross style"... I enjoyed watching the progress and the talk. Thanks for showing.
Carved my first neck today using rasps, files, and sandpaper. Shaped it by look and feel, and it came out great!
Hi John, I learn so much with this video. Thanks a lot for the advices.
I've just finished shaping and fretting the neck on mine and I would make two suggestions. The first is to draw a centre line and some parallel lines either side along the neck as a guide for the cross section shaping. The second is maybe to shape the neck cross section before doing the transitions. I did the transitions first and did take out a little bit too much which made blending a little tricky wiithout losing too much material. Toolstation sell a great little flat spokehave for less than a fiver.
Thanks for this. Highly informative. I’m working during the lockdown period to finish off the neck parts I bought from yourself quite a while ago.
Love that hacksaw rasp!
Absolutely brilliant tutorials. Chickenbone John, you are the man.
Just doing what we do, that's all.
@@chickenbonejohn714 Yes, but it`s not everyone that goes to the time and trouble to show us mere mortals how it`s done.
Awesome!!! 🔥🔥🔥
What is the "bow saw rasp" called? (The rasp on the bow saw handle.) I'd like to find one like it.