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I have been a Los Angeles City firefighter for 20 years. I work in the Glassell Park section of Los Angeles. In 1985-1986 I worked for Charvel/Jackson in Glendora, California. It was a great experience, regardless of it being just a $5.00 an hour job. I worked in the wood shop and did the inlaying and fretting. I did get to see Neal Schon, from Journey, in one of his videos use a guitar I worked on and fretted. That was over 23 years ago. I was watching MTV with my cousin when I saw the guitar. I said, "Jim, look, I made that guitar." "And how much did they pay you...?" he asked. "Five dollar an hour" I told him. "Five dollars?...that's it?" Then he changed the channel. Making only $5.00 per hour puts things into perspective. But it still was fun. Now, it's just simple tools and equipment. It ain't perfect, but it is fun.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Neck slot and test fit crack



Today I finally finished the neck slot. It was a bit deep, so I took more off the neck back. Just about 1/16." As I was wedging the neck toward the neck side, to test the limit of the neck fit, I heard a crack and found a 3" crack along the back side where the wood is the thinnest. I don't think making the back-slot thicker would've helped much. It's been really dry the last week here so that might've helped with the cracking. No worries! I flexed the crack and forced in Titebond and clamped it. I think I will go with a cross member on the back to reinforce the thinness of the neck slot. This will be good, as I can use the can of Sea Foam green I have. See, it all works out just fine. I am learning a lot from this unusual build. That's the differenc between assembling a guitar and building a guitar. The next step is gluing in the neck.

posted by Mike Perez | 5:29 PM

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