Crafting the Perfect Guitar Neck: Cutting a Maple Blank

► Guitar building articles: https://guitarassembly.com/articles ► In this video we cut the rough neck shape out of the maple blank we marked up in a previous video (   • How to Mark a Guitar Neck onto a Maple Bla...  ). Martin will explain the tools and processes for the job and why he use a straight edge rather than a neck template when cutting out the shape. ► Carving a Guitar Neck from Start to Finish Playlist:    • Carving a Guitar Neck from Start to Finish   ► Equipment used: Maple Neck Blank: https://craterguitarsupplies.co.uk/co... Goggles: https://www.amazon.co.uk/3M-Virtua-Gl... Ear Defenders: https://www.amazon.co.uk/EAR-Classic-... Center Finder Ruler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stainless-Ce... Bosch POF 1400 ACE Router: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-POF-14... Guided Template Router Bit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/C121X1-4TC-T... Clamps: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolson-14189... Straight Edge: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-6... ► Timestamps: 0:00 Start 0:23 The neck & method 0:58 Rough cut on the bandsaw 1:34 Clamping the straight edge 5:08 The router bit 5:36 Cutting with the router 7:08 Shaping the headstock 8:30 Drilling the machine heads ► https://guitarassembly.com ► Social Media:   / guitarassembly     / guitarassembly     / guitarassembly