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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Inventory and inspect all your parts carefull. If anything is miss-
ing or defective, please call us right away.
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_____B. It is a good idea to read through the entire assembly instructions before you start, just to get
an overview of the project.
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A NOTE ABOUT GLUE
We strongly recommend that you use a common woodworking glue like Elmer’s Carpenter’s
Wood Glue or Titebond because they hold the parts more securely than most other
adhesives, and they are inexpensive and easy to use. DO NOT assemble the wood parts
of this project with 5-minute epoxy or super-glue or hot melt glue. The yellow colored
Elmer’s or Titebond is best.
When gluing parts together, be sure to put enough glue on the joint to wet the entire
surfaces to be joined. A good sign of proper gluing is that a little excess will squeeze out
around the joint when clamping pressure is applied. Too little glue may cause the parts
to separate later, whereas too much glue makes things messy. Always keep a damp rag
handy for quick cleanup, as necessary. It is especially helpful to keep your fi ngers clean
while gluing, because gluey fi ngerprints have the embarrassing tendency to appear on the
fi nished product in prominent places.
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ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
Begin by gluing the 2 SIDES to the TAILPIECE.
Small C-Clamps or some spring clamps
should do the trick, as shown. Be sure to seat
the parts fully into place and check that the
SIDES are parallel with each other. While
the glue is drying you can begin working on
the NECK. (fi g. 1)
Notice that we have punch marked numbers
on the side of the NECK. If you want these
numbers to be easier to read on the fi nished
instrument, use a ball-point pen to darken
them. If you slip with the pen, just sand off
the offending ink. You can even color in the
numbers with a pen after you have applied a
fi nish to the instrument.
The NECK has been roughly rounded at the factory. Use
some 180 grit sandpaper to sand off any machine marks
on the neck. Don’t sand the top of the neck where the frets
go - Keep that part of the neck fl at.
FIG. 1
FIG. 2
