Manchester
Guitar and Bass
Building Academy
Vintage Correct
Bolt on Neck Construction Course
Build a Guitar like its 1959!
This course follows the formula that has made the worlds biggest guitar brand what it is today, it is a very simple, modular build that bolt together to create what must be the worlds favorite guitar.
It is available in many body styles and neck constructions so you can put the pieces together to create the instrument of your dream.
Vintage Bolt on Neck Construction Course Structure
The standard bolt on neck construction course will show you how to construct a bolt on neck instrument to true vintage specifications for an electric guitar or bass made famous by the world's largest guitar producer, Fender !?needs a R?! this style of construction remains the same to this very day, there have been many different iterations of the design produced in many different countries to differing constructions methods, although the main USA and Mexican instruments still retain the core principals of this construction method and this remains consistent to this day.
A single action bowed truss rod in either a single piece maple neck or a rosewood and maple neck construction style. Either installed from the back of the neck or in the case of a rosewood fingerboard it can be installed from the back of the neck or underneath the fingerboard this method can also be used to make a full maple neck from two pieces if a skunk stripe on the reverse of the neck is unwanted.
We will be offering a range of instruments based around this style of construction from this famous the manufacturer in different body styles for both guitar and bass so you can choose your favorite shape and instrument or even combine certain elements to make something unique like the models available in fenders(R) pawnshop range or make your own thing with custom shaped parts.
If you would like to choose a body style outside these standard models please get in touch as we can adapt the course for you to accommodate your requirements and make a semi bespoke course for you. Hollow body models are available as an optional extra if you are happy to put in extra time before or during the evenings of the course to make this construction possible.
We offer our courses with all the timbers, hardware parts, paint, and other materials provided, so no unwanted surprises in the costs. The price you see if the price you pay, we are able to make personal modifications to the courses we offer so that you are able to construct the instrument of your dreams, within the scope of this construction method.
Standard Specification
This course is designed to give you the experience of constructing a vintage style instrument made by the most popular instrument manufacture and to educate you about this style of construction whist educating you about the others construction methods available. The aim is to get you to build as much of the instrument as possible by hand, this includes such items as the truss rod and pickups. You will be carving the neck and producing the body contours yourself, there will be machining backups if you are unable to do this.
These new building courses will be designed to be an experience to get you into building your own instruments with the resources you have available, we will look into the other methods that you can use to make the instruments components so you have an understanding of all the methods you can use, whilst we will be using specialized jig's on the course to help you this will not be fully machine based course, as much as possible will be hand tool based using specialist jigs to help speed up production whilst insuring accuracy.
We will look into the other neck construction methods in detail so you have a basic understanding of them as on this course I would like to cover everything about instrument construction and introduce you to as many processes as possible so you are able to make informed choices when it comes time to build on your own and invest in tools and jigs.
I aim to make this course my flagship educational course, I want this to be the best start anyone can have, so if you have a passion for learning about instrument construction this course will offer the most in-depth look at instrument building.
All the builds have a standard specification and price structure, the cost you see will provide you with an instrument finished to that design specification.
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Standard Bolt on Neck Designs and Costs
1
Stratocaster Guitar
Timber
Body: Alder
Neck: One Piece Maple
Pickups
Hand wound
Either Enameled or poly coated wire
Alnico 2 or 5
Electrics
Controls: CTS Volume and Tone
Knobs
Switch
Switch tip
Jack
Jack plate
Hardware
Machine heads
Bridge
Single string tree: staple type
Strap buttons and felts
Scratch plate black or white 3 ply
Paint
Polyurethane body and neck
Colours self mixed to standards or your own unique colour.
Solid translucent colours are available in primary colours or mix to create your own unique colour.
Logo Decal
Your choice of text or logo
Two week course
From around 2000
2
Telecaster Guitar
Timber
Body: Alder or light weight ash
Neck: One Piece Maple
Pickups
Hand wound
Either Enameled or poly coated wire
Alnico 2 or 5
Electrics
Controls CTS volume and Tone
Knobs: Chrome Knurled
Switch: 3 way oak
Switch Tip: Round Plastic
Control Plate: Chrome?
Jack: Switch Craft
Jack Plate: Cup ?? style
Hardware
Machine heads:
Bridge:
Single string tree: round type
Strap Buttons and felts
Scratch plate: 3ply Plastic white or black
Bakelite
Paint
Polyurethane body and neck
Colours self mixed to standards or your own unique colour.
Solid translucent colours are available in primary colours or mix to create your own unique colour.
Logo Decal
Your choice of text or logo
Two week course
From around 2000
3
JazzMaster
Body: Alder
Neck one piece maple with rosewood figure board
Pickups
|Hand wound Jazzmaster pickups
Poly coated wire Alnico 5
Electrics
Controls CTS volume and Tone
Knobs: Top Hat
Switch: 3 way toggle switchcraft
Three electronic switches
Switch Tip: Round Plastic
Jack: Switch Craft
Hardware
Japanes bridge tailpiece and tremolo arm with kluston or
gotoh machine heads
String Tree
Strap buttons and felts
Scratch plate 3 ply black or white
Paint
Polyurethane body and neck
Colours self mixed to standards or your own unique colour.
Solid translucent colours are available in primary colours or mix to create your own unique colour.
Logo Decal
Your choice of text or logo
Two week course
From around 2200
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