Neck Disasters
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- In this video I share my challenges with getting the feel for roasted hard-rock maple necks and other neck issues that aren't frequently discussed on CZcams. I hope this offers some insight that helps you in your guitar adventures.
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Ray…99% of the people on the intraweb are not experts, but they’ll tell you they are…sharing mishaps like this is how we can all learn…together…great stuff my brother 👍
Thanks Eddie! I always appreciate your support... Hope the Strat has brought you some enjoyment! God is good!
Looks like a nice neck, good chance to practice gluing it and blending in the finish! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks JR, I may actually try that at some point...
You rock Ray, I really resonated with this one. I am the same way, learning how to work on guitars and looking at my mistakes as excellent learning opportunities. We should collaborate on a video sometime.
Hey thanks for the encouragement... I'd like working on something together... email me at rjlandis63@gmail.com and I'll trade contact info with you for a conversation... I've enjoyed your content as well!
Truss rod most likely had glue squeezed into the rod cavity.
Something has is stuck! I'm not sure how to proceed with this one... The "walnut plug" may be fake too. It's really thin. I saw a few videos on extracting it, but usually involved backing the nut out against it after it was heated. I'm tempted to just drill it out...hahaha! What do you think? Is it worth it? Then again, maybe heat would cause the nut to release???
Those bushings are tapered, they get tighter the further they go in. That's why you would use the tapered ream tool.
That's a great piece of insight Donovan! No one actually told me that, and it didn't seem apparent until you mentioned it... Knowing that will make me better... Thanks!
That would break my heart. Though it would keep beating.
I worry more about my sloppy picking technique lol
I let out a yelp, which I'm sure would have been great for the video if I had been recording... It was a loud "Ohhhhhh noooo! I've ruined it..." I'm really thankful that I've grown up enough to keep my composure, hahaha... My wife was proud of me :-)
@@RaymondLandis God bless. My wife has passed.
My daughter keeps me loving to play and listen to new music
Happened twice on my Kramer Beretta special I used wood glue and I didn't have clamps so I used like position it and put heavy stuff to act as a clamp works good
I might try it... thanks for your input and thanks for watching 👀 🙂
@@RaymondLandis your welcome friend
@@RaymondLandis hope it works good for you too
I had the near same break i just glued it back on then i put a dowel in the peg hole then redrilled it and its as strong as ever
You offer another great testimony in favor of trying to fix it... I actually got the replacement neck today and it's beautiful. Nevertheless, if I can learn how to fix such and obnoxious break then I am better than I was before... What kind of glue did you use? Thanks for watching!
Eddie VanHalen didn't have formal training.
Perhaps true, and I would guess he wrecked a few things along the way...huh?
That is an easy repair.
What do you think would be best? Just some wood glue? The pieces fit like a glove... what type of glue would you use? Thanks for watching!
I think you are like what has been described in some of the comments...not an expert, but learning from your mistakes. Hopefully you can also learn from what I'm about to tell you. Who am I? I have been a custom guitar ($3000-7500) builder for 15-20 years. I built my first 12 string acoustic guitar 60 years ago.
Your first mistake was assuming that maple is brittle. It is actually hard, stable, and durable and the #1 choice of woods for guitar necks.Your second mistake was using a drill bit that was too small. Your third mistake was turning the bit backwards which will just compress the wood around the hole and put stress on it rather than cut the hole cleanly without creating any stress. Your fourth mistake was forcing the bushing into a too-small hole by hammering it in (probably your BIGGEST mistake). Your fifth mistake is expecting that that particular wood bore will help you (it has way too steep of an angle and will leave a cone shaped hole, so your tuner/bushing is going to wobble inside of it). There are 10mm diameter tuner hole reamers that will work MUCH better. Your final mistake is thinking that the neck can't be easily repaired. In fact, the repaired head will end up being stronger than it was before it broke.
If you want some further help or advice, just let me know, I'll be glad to help you out.
Wow, you have almost brought me to tears! But not in a bad way... I'm going to take your advice and your counsel and I am going to become better at this... Thank you so much for taking the time to write all that... It will forever change my approach! I would like your help, so perhaps you'd email me at rjlandis63@gmail.com and I will trade contact info with you if you are comfortable with that?? Thanks for watching... Great feedback like this is what I need! Amen!
Are you really a boomer? You don’t look old enough!!
Yup... born in 1963 at the end of the era... but the shirt is advertising shotgun shells from BassPro or Cabella's