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Rodrigo Gomes pulls a dead truss rod out of a Fender bass, coves a new fretboard to fit the neck, and refrets it — in Dan's shop, 2017. Out with the old rod A new fretboard, coved to fit Routing the c…

Part one of a 1955 Gretsch Roundup restoration — a played-to-death cowboy guitar with a loose, up-bowed neck and a truss rod frozen solid. Reprinted with permission from Vintage Guitar Magazine. Origi…

B.K. Vaught walked in with a heavily modified, refinished '57 Strat. We put a three-person team on it — strip the paint, replace the decal, narrow the bridge spacing, and bring it back to playable. Re…

Acoustical Dismounter Acoustical Part staging and other 3x3 heads "tray". Acoustical Part staging and other 3x3 heads "tray".A place to let the load off.The models neck shaft is a 1:1 of a1_13/16 Nut …

Stepping down a half-dozen Strat and Tele necks from 7¼" to 9.5" — with no fretboard to hide behind. In 2018/2019 we made a half-dozen Strat and Tele necks from what, to me, was special wood: some ver…

Parametric Angled Neck Shim LoothPrint — Electric Neck Pocket Shim (Parametric) Dial in your bolt-on neck angle with a fully parametric Fusion 360 file. LoothPrint — Electric Neck Pocket Shim (Paramet…

This '68 Jazz Bass neck had some neck adjustment issues along the way, and after a fair amount of confusing work to adjust it or something that I don't quite understand, ended up in my shop to see if …