Grizzly H3123 instruction manual Neck, Masking Tape Areas

Neck

Like the guitar body, the guitar neck is mostly complete from the factory; however, the neck headstock can be customized to reflect personal taste. Additional cutting, inlay, or design work can give an otherwise ordinary guitar that custom look that sets it apart from others! Note—Take your time with this sub-section and consider testing ideas in scrap wood before performing the work on the actual headstock.

To sand the guitar neck:

1.Wear an ANSI-approved dust mask and safety glasses when sanding wood!

2.Perform any custom cutting, inlay, or design work to the neck headstock.

3.Using the sanding technique described in the previous sub-section, sand the entire guitar neck, EXCEPT for the fingerboard surface (Figure 9). Note—Sanding the fingerboard will affect the playability of the guitar, and could lead to unrepairable damage.

Masking Tape Areas

In preparation for the finish coating, the fol- lowing parts of the guitar (Figures 9 & 10) need to be covered with masking tape:

•Neck Pocket

•Fingerboard

•Truss Rod Cut-Out

Figure 9. Neck pocket and fingerboard areas.

Figure 10. Truss rod area (hardware should not

be installed at this time).

Use a small stick of wood to carefully press all the masking tape edges securely to the guitar pieces. The finish coat can seep under these edges, especially near corners, uneven edges, and where the frets meet the fingerboard. Note— Failure to correctly mask off these areas could result in unrepairable damage to the guitar.

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