After finishing the original 'Scrapcaster' body I bolted on a neck I purchased from China for a little over £22 and the guitar was complete. The sense of accomplishment was fantastic but in the back of my mind I knew I hadn't built the neck myself. So this time round I intend to make my own neck. I had a nice piece of oak (i think!) in the garage (which used to be a shelf!) so I cut a piece to length and marked out a telecaster neck shape.
The blank has a great tone. Just knocking on the blank while loosely suspended yields a bell like tone.
Now in the ideal world I would cut the neck and head shape out on a band saw and then sand smooth on a sanding station. Unfortunately I don't own either so I used my circular saw to cut the majority of the length of the neck and then a coping saw to rough out the head shape. Then its a combination of sanding blocks, scrapers and planes to get close the the required shape... And lots of elbow grease!
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