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Multipurpose Neck Jig
This is a jig system I designed and built to help with some of the more critical tasks needed to make a neck. It's based on
aluminum extrusions and is very stable and strong. Here's what you're seeing:
1. Main jig with provisions for clamping to a work surface. The neck blank is clamped into the center channel for working.
2. Vertical clamps for attaching fretboards and holding the piece solidly
3. Masonite shims to elevate the work in the jig's channel
4. 1-1/4" steel tubing attachments used as rails for the radius system
5. Fretsaw attachment - the entire piece slides into horizontal slots running the length of the main channel
6. Router carriage - freely rolls up and down the main channel on 6 sealed bearing wheels.
7. (2) router bases with different radius's for carving fretboards
8. A simple radius sanding block used with the neck clamped up high in the jig.
 The jig set up for routing a trussrod channel. The sides of a neck can also be done by angling the blank in the channel while
the router runs on a straight path. Note the blank in the channel.
Radius set-up. The wooden base has rails that match the desired radius for the fretboard. They are lined with UHMW for ease
of motion.
The fretslot set-up. This portion of the jig has a new companion - a fret press that is mounted in much the same way.
Cort Curbow Refinish
with Graphic
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| Cort Curbow 4 refinished in Matthews Acrylic Polyurethane "Lemon Souffle'" |
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| Water slide decal from the clients .jpg file |
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| 4 coats of PPG high solids clear |
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| The neck after polishing the fretboard and repainting |
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| Leaving the cover and box black wasn't the way to go |
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Pickguards and Coverplates
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| Handmade with my own special techniques |
Yamaha BB1200S
Headstock Repair
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| An unfortunate incident involving a gigbag, a garden gate, and a pair of 150 lb. dogs! |
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| The headstock was bent back, separating the fretboard... |
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| ...and splitting the side laminates of the 5 piece neck |
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| The laminates were filled and sealed with CA glue |
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| Then the color was blended by brushing in various small quantities of nitro lacquer |
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| Polished clear nitro lacquer was brushed on and polished level with the original finish |
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The Hambone Harem
| 1979 IBANEZ MUSCIAN MC-924 |
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| 3 band para pre, Ash/mahogany/rosewood/maple/ebony |
| KAWAI FII-B (Early Model) |
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| Zebra/maple/mahogany/rosewood/ 18v pre |
| HAMBONE FRETLESS |
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| Maple/maple/ebony/Gotoh hardware/Dearmond pre |
More to Come...
Inlay as a Repair?
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| "Sort-a-Tort" and cherry inlay repairing a crack |
Stuff I make...
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| Just a tool for putting a perfect face on the two surfaces of a scarf joint |
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| A pre-cut blank is clamped in the channel and the planer smooths it perfectly |
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| Home made 18" 1-1/2hp thickness sander |
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| Mototool stand made from a camera bellows and scrap clear acrylic |
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| A simple adjstable radius sanding block - 11" long |
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| Radius sander made from a radiused aluminum extrusion |
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| A collection of knob prototypes. About 10 different materials were used to make these |
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