Author Archives: Brandon Saporito

Accomplishments – pressed frets in, filed frets flush with neck on the sides, leveled frets Tools used – drill press, file, sanding beam, purple sharpie Learned – frets don’t go in nearly as evenly as I’d hoped

Accomplishments – Cut out fret slots to the proper depth, cut fret wire Tools used – Hand saw, cutters, that wire-bender, mallet Learned – This is all decently easy, but pounding the fret wire into place with the mallet just straight up doesn’t work

Accomplishments – inserted side fret dots, sanded neck, polished fretboard, learned about the fret spacing Tools – sanding paper from 160 to 2000 grit, drill, google sheets Learned – about the whole rule of 18, which is basically just the scale length divided by 17.817, then subtracting that from the scale length and then repeatingContinue reading “Week 4”

Accomplishments – connected electronics holes, sanded body, marked fret holes, drilled them out, inserted and cut plastic fret dots, sanded, inserted truss rod, and finally attached fretboard to neck Tools – drill, spindle sander, drill press, handsaw, hole press thing, wood glue, rubber band Learned – to be a but more carful as I chippedContinue reading “Week 3”

Accomplishments – sanded headstock & fretboard into shape Tools used – spindle sander, sandpaper, 120⁰ radius sanding block thing, files Learned – that there’s a specific radius fretboards have to be sanded to and that doing so takes forever

Accomplishments – sanded headstock & fretboard into shape Tools used – spindle sander, sandpaper, 120⁰ radius sanding block thing, files Learned – that there’s a specific radius fretboards have to be sanded to and that doing so takes forever

Accomplishments – acquired all necessary pieces, designed head stock shape, and finally cut out the headstock Tools used – bandsaw Learned – nothing new really, except for how much pressure the strings put on the neck (~100 lbs)