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Brad Goodman
PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2020 4:44 pm 
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It usually takes me between 4 to 6 hours to fit a dovetail on one of my archtop guitars.

It’s just one of those things you can’t rush.
It has to be perfect or else all my work was in vain...

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Bryan Bear
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Your results look to be well worth the time!

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Looks good! The way I approach dovetail fitting, and other difficult luthiery tasks, is that it will take as long as it takes to do it right.

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Looks awesome, Brad.


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Do you finish with the neck on or was this just a trial fit? Looks nice.

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Was going to be my question too - looks like you cleaned up a glued joint. Do you find finishing, leveling, and polishing to be difficult in that area?

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Clay S.
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That is really a well fitted joint. Good job!
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Now that has to be THE statement for us guitar builders.


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Brad Goodman
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Terence Kennedy wrote:
Do you finish with the neck on or was this just a trial fit? Looks nice.

Yes, on the archtops I attach the neck before I finish.

The main reason is so I can sand the joint flush on the treble side of the neck where it meets the side.
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Ruby50 wrote:
Was going to be my question too - looks like you cleaned up a glued joint. Do you find finishing, leveling, and polishing to be difficult in that area?

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It's certainly not as easy as having the neck unattached , but I am so used to doing it that it is not much more difficult to me.
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