Wren Guitar Works Video: March 2015

[David Wren]

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[Steve Kinnaird]

Originally Posted by David Wren

Hey Steve ... glad you got the video to play. The audio is me playing the guitar in the video just after stringing it up. That arrangement of "The Water is Wide" is Ed Gerhard's and the tab is available at pegheadnation.com. Ed, of course, takes that piece to a WHOLE other level than I ever will.

Well, I dunno David, I thought your playing musical and full of emotion.
Thanks again,

Steve

[Michael Watts]

Lovely stuff David

[David Wren]

Originally Posted by Michael Watts

Lovely stuff David

Thanks Michael!

[David Wren]

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[Rob C]

I enjoyed your video. I wonder if you could talk about what is happening around the two minute mark. It looks like you are working on attaching the neck to the body?

[David Wren]

Originally Posted by Rob C

I enjoyed your video. I wonder if you could talk about what is happening around the two minute mark. It looks like you are working on attaching the neck to the body?

Hi Rob ... I think you're referring to the video footage of me sanding the neck angle? I've seen lots of different and good ways to achieve your neck angle and cut the dovetail or tenon. This method is the one I learned from Jean Larrivee back in the '70s and I like it because it's idiot-proof, requires very little in the way of jigs ... and doesn't rely on the sides being 90 degrees to the top. I simply sand the bottom of the neck to a butt joint that has the correct side-to-side angle (ie points the neck at the center of the body) and then use a simple jig (almost a straight edge, but with a block that tips the neck back a tad) to get the correct tip-back. I use a dovetail joint, so I then screw a plexi template on the bottom of the neck to act as a guide when I run the neck over my router table. The butt joint angles are then maintained when the dovetail is cut. Easy and fool proof. Hope this makes sense?

[David Wren]

Here's the last shots ... thanks everyone for taking the time to drop in on this thread!












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[Kenneth Casper]

Gorgeous David! Do you shoot the photos? Loved the jointer shot!

Ken

[Rob C]

Originally Posted by David Wren

Hi Rob ... I think you're referring to the video footage of me sanding the neck angle? I've seen lots of different and good ways to achieve your neck angle and cut the dovetail or tenon. This method is the one I learned from Jean Larrivee back in the '70s and I like it because it's idiot-proof, requires very little in the way of jigs ... and doesn't rely on the sides being 90 degrees to the top. I simply sand the bottom of the neck to a butt joint that has the correct side-to-side angle (ie points the neck at the center of the body) and then use a simple jig (almost a straight edge, but with a block that tips the neck back a tad) to get the correct tip-back. I use a dovetail joint, so I then screw a plexi template on the bottom of the neck to act as a guide when I run the neck over my router table. The butt joint angles are then maintained when the dovetail is cut. Easy and fool proof. Hope this makes sense?

Thank you for the explanation. I think I understand your answer except for why the sides would not be at rightangle to the top.

[David Wren]

Originally Posted by Kenneth Casper

Gorgeous David! Do you shoot the photos? Loved the jointer shot!

Ken

Thanks Ken! Yep, I really like doing the photos at the end of a build ... lots of fun.

[David Wren]

Originally Posted by Rob C

Thank you for the explanation. I think I understand your answer except for why the sides would not be at rightangle to the top.

Hi Rob ... a couple of my model shapes are not flat where the neck joins the body, so I sand a flat facet on the body/sides that is asymmetrical (wider at the top/fingerboard, narrower at the back/heel cap area). This takes that area slightly off 90 degrees. Reading this over, I'm not sure if it makes the slightest bit of sense, but I can't seem to think of a better way to explain it. Sorry

[David Wren]