I have the neck fitted to the body and am now gluing on the fretboard and head plate. As I am building this guitar I think about the traditional methods and the tools that were used. Building a vintage style guitar sets the stage for seeing my usual building methods from a different perspective. I'm saying this because when I look at the picture here I'm thinking maybe I should have used wooden cam clamps or spindle clamps like they used to use. But then I think if they had these lightweight clamps that are so easy to adjust the clamping strength with and can be used with only one hand, I'm sure that's what they would have used. Traditional woodworking has always valued using the best tool for the job and these little plastic clamps are just better for this job:
