Hardware, Tuning Machines Neck to Body

SECTION 5: HARDWARE

Tuning Machines		Neck to Body

Each tuning machine consists of the machine head, a bushing, and two wood screws.

To install the tuning machines:

1.Slide each of the six bushings into the pre- drilled holes on the headstock. Note—Make sure the bushings are slid into the pre-drilled holes through the front face of the headstock.

2.Slide each machine head through the bush- ings from the back face of the headstock.

3.Align the machine heads and secure their position on the headstock with masking tape.

4.Using a 3⁄32" drill bit, drill 3⁄8" deep holes straight through the two holes in the machine heads. Note—Drilling the holes deeper than 3⁄8" could result in drilling out through the front face of the headstock.

5.Secure the machine heads to the guitar headstock with the included twelve 1⁄2" wood screws (Figure 11).

Figure 11. Correctly positioned tuning

machines.

To attach the neck to the guitar body:

1.Remove the masking tape from the neck pocket.

2.Place the neck into the neck pocket (Figure 12). Note—Make sure the neck is fully seat- ed into the neck pocket. No gaps should be visible between the neck and the body.

Figure 12. The neck should fit snugly into the

neck pocket.

3.Hold the neck to the body with a C-clamp.

—If the back side of the fingerboard does not sit flush against the guitar body, then the neck pocket needs to be deepend or material needs to be removed from the back of the neck. A router is the easiest tool for performing this task; however, a sharp chisel will also work. Note—Use a pattern cutting router bit when removing material from the neck pocket. Use a straight cutting router bit when removing material from the back of the neck.




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