RICKENBACKER AND MADELEINE STRINGS ACOUSTIC GUITARS

THE BUILD PROCESS

FITTING AND GLUING THE NECK TO THE BODY

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PRIOR TO FINAL GLUING, THE NECK IS FITTED AND CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR ANGLE, RELATIVE LEVEL, AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE BODY'S CENTERLINE.

THE NECK DOVETAIL IS CAREFULLY CUT WITH A ROUTER AND A SPECIAL TAPERED ROUTER BIT.

THIS VIEW OF THE NECK HEEL SHOWS THE DOVETAIL WITH ITS CRUSH PANEL AND THE TAPERED SPACER STRIPS USED ON SOME MODELS IN THE PAST.

ANOTHER VIEW OF THE DOVETAIL END OF THE SAME NECK.

UPON GLUING, THE NECK IS CLAMPED IN TWO PLANES: DOWN ONTO THE BODY AND TO THE TOP, AND WITH A STRAP CLAMP TO FASTEN IT TO THE NECK HEEL BLOCK FOR A SOLID ANCHOR POINT.

HERE THE STRAP CLAMP HAS JUST BEEN TIGHTENED. SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF FORCE ARE EXERTED.

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RICKENBACKER AND MADELEINE STRINGS ACOUSTIC GUITARS

THE BUILD PROCESS

FITTING AND GLUING THE NECK TO THE BODY

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