• From: Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Registered: 2013-01-20
  • Posts: 4,083

Topic: Erlewine Neck Jig

Just watched this 5 1/2 minute video a couple times, and found it fascinating. Getting the neck & frets at just the perfect place can make or break how a guitar plays. Fret buzz, dead notes, inconsistent action, etc. are all things that affect how well a guitar plays. This device is pretty cool, and a luthier who uses something like this has a better chance at getting it perfect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRq8B30kb1I

Thought some of you might find this interesting.

  • From: Nottingham England
  • Registered: 2014-01-13
  • Posts: 621

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

Looks like a great tool and they make it look so easy.

Thick as two short planks
  • From: Chillicothe, Ohio
  • Registered: 2010-08-16
  • Posts: 1,013

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

Stewart- MacDonald (aka Stew-Mac) is located in nearby Athens, Ohio where I attended college back in the 60's.  Over the years I've bought tools and parts from them for working on my guitars so I get their catalogs and am on their mailing list to get "tech tips" and videos. It's pretty amazing some of the tools, ideas, gizmos and contraptions the techs at Stew-Mac  have developed to make working on stringed instruments easier.

DE

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  • From: Scott County, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Registered: 2008-03-19
  • Posts: 794

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

You just can't show me things like this, I'll be awake all night thinking about it. That jig is like a piece of art, beautiful in form and function.

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  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
  • Posts: 6,205

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

I want one!!!

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  • From: Chillicothe, Ohio
  • Registered: 2010-08-16
  • Posts: 1,013

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

It can be yours for just $653.72

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Ty … ation.html

I want to read my own water, choose my own path, write my own songs
  • From: Western Oregon,US
  • Registered: 2008-07-22
  • Posts: 2,498

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

Dirty Ed wrote:

It can be yours for just $653.72

http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Ty … ation.html

Plus Freight and Import Tariffs.....  You know how it works, have a good idea of how it's made, and can likely find someone to build something similar locally for less....
but might face a Patent Suit.

It's cool, but I can neither afford the item or the Solicitor !!

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  • From: London
  • Registered: 2017-02-26
  • Posts: 1

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

They make it look so easy. I want one

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  • From: The Land Of Song
  • Registered: 2007-12-10
  • Posts: 5,704

Re: Erlewine Neck Jig

so very interesting, i also watched the neck repair videos that come after and i shall come back and watch again....super

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