A problem when gluing a neck is that you have to get the geometry right in both height and sideways at once. To keep track of the position sideways, I have made a small manikin that uses the stable's outermost sticks and strings to make a final fine adjustment of the neck. When gluing is needed…

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Always have a repair going on next to GammelGurorna. Japanese guitars usually have innovative neck fasteners, but sometimes you have to change the neck without knowing what it looks like. This one from the early 1990s has a solid lid and sounds better than most similar ones, so it was worth a little extra work. …

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