Guitar 902 – Neck mounting
September 5, 2009
After buffing and installing the tuning machines, I dry fit the neck onto the body to score the top where the fretboard meets the top. I will use this score mark as a guide to remove the lacquer to allow gluing the fretboard to the top.
After scoring and removing the neck, I masked just outside of the score mark and applied lacquer stripper. 3 applications were necessary to fully free the lacquer, which I scraped using a 1/2″ vertical chisel.
Once the stripper/lacquer was fully removed and washed with water, I applied glue to the top, slipped on the neck, tightened the neck bolts and clamped the fretboard. This will sit for several hours before moving on to the bridge install.
