Neck strip, oil & fret level :: 1982 Yamaha BB2000 [9.9 lbs]

November 4, 2015

A neck-through early 80's Japanese Yamaha PJ (note the reverse P pickup) in for a neck strip and refinished with Tung oil. There is some nice birdseye figure in this neck that didn't really show until I stripped the thick poly and started to apply the oil. During the setup I found many uneven frets so a level, crown and polish was required to get the action super low for this player. With older guitars, often the screws are an odd assortment of non-originals. This was missing a few pickup screws that needed to be replaced with the proper metric ones. The bridge pickup even had a coarse wood screw holding it in place. Thankfully the pickup threads were not damaged (somehow) and cleanly accepted a new screw. The side-mounted output jack plate also fell victim to the random screw swapping so I replaced them all with a matching quartet.

Video of the fret level and neck strip from the vlog below.

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Neck recarve :: 2014 JW Van Tele

July 20, 2015

Neck recarve :: 2014 JW Van Tele

I've carved another neck for this player and he knows what he likes. This neck was much too thick for him (~0.960") so it was carved down to his spec's and refinished with tung oil for a satin feel.

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2009 Fender Tele American Special / Warmoth [8.1 lbs] :: neck carve & setup

August 28, 2014

2009 Fender Tele American Special / Warmoth [8.1 lbs] :: neck carve and setup.

The neck is a Warmoth birdseye maple '59 carve that was thinned a bit and refinished with tung oil (wiping varnish). Frets 12 and up were leveled and the neck set angle adjusted for the Mastery bridge. The 3-way switch was intermittent so the contacts were cleaned as well.

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