This article discusses the best tools to use for the shaping process for both the guitar neck and the guitar heel. Also the techniques are discussed in detail as to how to achieve the best and most accurate results in shaping your guitar neck.

The care and precision in fitting the acoustic guitar neck to the body cannot be overstated. This is one of the most critical operations you can make in building your guitar. This step controls your guitar action (couples with other steps) and going wrong with the neck angle will give you problems throughout the remainder of the building process.

Classical Guitar Head Block Shelf Source: Guitar Building Articles – The Guitar Neck Tools & Materials Required: Laminate Router: Carbide Router Bit Vernier Calipers Guitar Plans Head Block Shelf for Classical Guitar This may seem like a trivial subject to cover, but come to think about it, one one of my first guitars, I didn’t [...]

This article on Shaping the Heel of the Classical Guitar, offers you a couple of different methods to easily cut out the heel, foot and side channels for this difficult neck application. Download free PDF diagrams at our Plan Shop too, to make this even easier.

The dovetail neck joint is the joint of choice with most of the larger factory guitar makers. Most handmade guitars utilize the mortise and tenon joint. If you want to use the dovetail, you should get these useful templates.