So much has happened in the TrueAxe Guitar Workshop in the basement of 104 Melrose Ave in Toronto the past 3 months. Not only are 80% of our guitar bodies finished but we also have made major progress on the necks for all of the guitars.
The process is fairly involved as there are many considerations to pay attention to when you are assembling a neck for a guitar. Some examples are, scale length, fret board placement, where the neck attaches to the body, aesthetic additions, headstock, nut placement and many others that I am sure I am missing.
The first decision we had to make was what woods did we want to go along with each guitar in the neck. Now our mentor Doug Ilton said that we should just make all our necks out of mahogany. I said “NO WAY DOUGIE!”. It is my belief that the guitar is one entity that matches as a whole. Now we do have a few mahogany necks as they fit the aesthetic theme of a few of the guitars however if we had a rosewood guitar the neck would also be made out of rosewood. If we had a maple guitar it only seemed fitting tonally and as an aesthetic package that the neck would also be maple. We also ensured that all of the centre stripes of wood and veneer would match the bindings and purflings of the bodies that they are to go with.
About 3 weeks ago all I did was carve and inlay out “TA” Logo’s into all of our guitar head stocks and they are looking awesome! I will let you judge for yourself here:
We have two necks fully finished and one is officially glued onto the body which is very exciting. We even put our first set of tuners on to that very same guitar and they are looking sweet! Check them out here:
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Chuck
