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What a guitar, This make my favourites list for sure. If you see one, buy it. They sound awesome! - Jack's Instrument Services
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Rear view of my re-attached neck joint and fade to black transition. What do you think? - Jack's Instrument Services
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The Yamaha FG-180 neck reset is complete at last, a long haul but now plays perfectly! - Jack's Instrument Services
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After some protective clear coats of lacquer and a buff the join is looking great! - Jack's Instrument Services
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Spray paint is applied over the join to hide the filler! A nice gentle fade to black looks nice and classy - Jack's Instrument Services
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Dressing up the edges of the glue joint just before the paint goes on - Jack's Instrument Services
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Neck is re-attached. A small bit of patch work is needed here just before the spray paint. Some filler is applied round the edge of the joint to help smooth it out.
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After test fitting the neck I'm there. It's super tight with no air gaps too! The angle in which the neck is attached is now spot on and ready to re-glue - Jack's Instrument Services
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My freshly razor-sharpened chisel is certainly the tool for the job here. Slices through the Mahogany no problem! - Jack's Instrument Services
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Here's the neck on its own looking very sorry for itself at the moment. It will get there though! - Jack's Instrument Services
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According to my calculations, I have to take 1.04mm off the heel of the neck. That tiny adjustment will tilt the neck back to the correct angle. Seems like an awful lot of work for 1.04mm.. - Jack's Instrument Services
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Acoustic guitar neck removal - Jack's Instrument Services
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Crusty dovetail neck joint in need of a good clean! - Jack's Instrument Services
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Some proper movement at last! Neck's coming off a treat now - Jack's Instrument Services
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After 10 minutes of steam, the neck is very slowly becoming loose. A bit of persuasion from my separation knife always helps - Jack's Instrument Services
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Here the steam is injected through those this brass pipes into the neck joint. The steam softens the glue used and helps the neck loosen so the clamp and jig can push the dovetail joint out..........................! - Jack's Instrument Services
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The acoustic is strapped back into the neck removal jig. Time for some steam! - Jack's Instrument Services
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It's coming off nice and clean so far. Acoustic guitar neck resets at Jack's Instrument Services
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The steam has heated up the rosewood so much that natural oils are coming out of the timber. I'm also running that old butter knife under the fretboard to persuade it apart. Slowly but surely... - Jack's Instrument Services
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Sainsbury's finest cheapo iron in action - Jack's Instrument Services
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Beginning to remove the neck, here I'm protecting the guitar body from the steam I'm using. Here I'm removing the "tongue" which is glued onto the guitar's body - Jack's Instrument Services
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Scoring round the joint to separate the lacquer prior to neck removal - Jack's Instrument Services
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Resetting a neck joint require surgical precision so why not use surgical tools? - Jack's Instrument Services
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Now then the point of removing the 14th fret was so that I could then drill these holes. These holes channel the steam I will be using deep into the dovetail neck joint. This is a very well made joint and you need all the help you can get to break it
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Another close up of the neck removal jig. Any idea how it works yet? - Jack's Instrument Services
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Pressure clamp in place. This will supply the force needed to push the dovetail neck joint apart! - Jack's Instrument Services
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Here's the jig in place. It allows my to add pressure on the heel joint of the neck with a clamp - Jack's Instrument Services
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Bar runners to the rescue again. These mats are great multipurpose protectors for guitars used here on the back on my neck removal jig - Jack's Instrument Services
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This is the jig I have made for removing necks. Its super strong and padded to protect the guitar. It also allows load of access around the jig for clamps and cleanup, you'll see what it's for later! - Jack's Instrument Services
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Once I've double and triple checked my measurements It's time to start removing the neck. Step 1, remove 14th fret - Jack's Instrument Services
