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Thank you to a fellow TB'er

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vroumo

Jul 8, 2010
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Like many of you/us, I visit this forum to learn from some of the gifted folks who are gracious enough to share their knowledge. I feel compelled to publicly thank one of these folks.

Wilser is a very talented individual and I greatly admire his work. I have seen many of his post in this forum and I also visited his website. When it came time for me to try something that I have been a little anxious about (carving a neck from scratch), I found a Youtube video of Wilser performing the task. He did this with a wood rasp and a plane. He clamped the neck to a beam on his bench and methodically shaped the neck. No CNC machine, not even a sander (for rough shaping), just a rasp and a plane.

I was amazed at the simplicity of the process, and most importantly, I had a ringside seat via Youtube to watch how he did it. I felt that I learned enough to give it a shot, and I am happy to report that I have carved 2 necks that I am very pleased with. I will post pictures of my efforts later.

I may have at some point in time figured this out on my own, but to have a respected craftsman like Wilser teach me via Youtube was a great help.

Wilser, THANK YOU for the generous sharing of your talent. It is appreciated more than you realize.

Vroumo
 
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Here is the rough carved neck, Mahaogany and Poplar. The next pictue is the same neck sanded , along with a second one I carved. This one is walnut and flame birch. Again, thanks to Wilser for the help.
 

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Gotta +1 on this. I took the leap into building in 2007, largely inspired by Wilser's in-depth build threads. Inspired by countless others here since then. This is a great little community we've got here.
 
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Thank you for the compliments. Again, guys like Wilser make this easier for the rest of us. In time, I hope that I can provide the same assistance/inspiration to someone else.

To Lowactsatsfctn, it kinda looks like a MM because I used my MM clone to make the template. I am planning on using a 2+2 tuner config, so, it won't look like a MM copy. I have bodies cut (1 mahogany top and poplar back, and the other walnut with poplar) for these necks, and I want to chronicle the builds on this forum. One of the things I like about TB is the feedback builders receive as they move thru the process. I am looking forward to what you guys think. Thanks
 
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vroumo said:
Thank you for the compliments. Again, guys like Wilser make this easier for the rest of us. In time, I hope that I can provide the same assistance/inspiration to someone else.

To Lowactsatsfctn, it kinda looks like a MM because I used my MM clone to make the template. I am planning on using a 2+2 tuner config, so, it won't look like a MM copy. I have bodies cut (1 mahogany top and poplar back, and the other walnut with poplar) for these necks, and I want to chronicle the builds on this forum. One of the things I like about TB is the feedback builders receive as they move thru the process. I am looking forward to what you guys think. Thanks
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I bet this will turn out cool. If I ever have a custom Bass built, it would most likely be a Sterling copy with Teak and Ovangkol
 

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