Carving a neck from start to finish (SECRETS REVEALED)

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Neck carving is a long arduous task, but so much fun. Hopefully you enjoyed the ride of carving this cherry neck, and picked up some nice little tips along the way. All music played by Will McNicol, on his custom Tom Sands guitar.

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00:00 Intro
00:44 Flattening the Fretboard
02:08 Preparing the neck
06:00 Roughing out the shape
07:42 Check in with Tom
08:30 1st and 9th Fret Carving
09:23 Checking the shape
10:10 Joining the dots
11:15 Preparing the heel
12:08 Chiselling the heel
12:50 Tools and carving processes
14:13 Carving the volute
15:30 Process insight
16:51 Refinements
17:32 Using light!
18:14 Carving out tools marks
19:30 Somogyi's Secret Technique
21:20 Sanding the back of the neck
22:55 Reviewing
24:40 Outro

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