The neck with fretboard and tuners, tailpiece, and bridge were recycled from a junk guitar. The body is made from scraps from other projects. The front and back are mahogany underlayment (thin plywood), the sides are pine.
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It's glued also and the fretboard is glued to the front. I don't think there's anything I can do to fix the high action. Also, I feel very done with this one. I don't think I want to fix it.
Oh! You cut the "heel' parallel to the body and bolted it strongly. Hunh. Why not. I think I would have glued it too. I would not care bout it being high at the 12th. I never go up there except with a slide or for harmonics.
Well, originally it was attached to the guitar that I harvested it from with a dovetail joint. But it's a dovetail on a curve. I tried several times ,unsuccessfully, to replicate this, but it just led to more wood on my scrap pile. Then I took the neck to my table saw and wacked the backside flat. Then I bolted it on like an electric guitar. The only problem is that the action is to high at the 12th fret. Perhaps the neck had a slight back angle that I've erased. I'm not sure how to fix that. It plays fine if I'm fingering chords near the headstock.
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Oh! You cut the "heel' parallel to the body and bolted it strongly. Hunh. Why not. I think I would have glued it too. I would not care bout it being high at the 12th. I never go up there except with a slide or for harmonics.
turned out great !!
I am kind of wishing for a home made six. One with pretty big sound. Nice find on that neck. How did you affix it to the body?