Part 1 : Creating a Guitar Neck

In this video, you will get an introduction to Jimmy’s shop. He begins making a guitar by using a thickness planar to create a piece of wood that will be used for the guitar neck. Once he applies a finish to the wood, he then cuts a series of necks out the wood. After all the pieces for the neck have been smoothed and cut, the glues them together using a series of vice grips. He then shapes the neck and applies another finish. Now on to the fingerboard. He sands the fingerboard, applies the inlay, and shapes the fingerboard to size. Finally, JImmy making the binding for the guitar neck.

Song: Stompin’ at the Savoy

Featuring: Jimmy Foster on solo seven-string jazz guitar