Carving a neck from start to finish (SECRETS REVEALED)

Do you want to see more content like this? Comment below! Neck carving is a long arduous task, but so much fun. Hopefully you enjoyed the ride of carving this cherry neck, and picked up some nice little tips along the way. All music played by Will McNicol, on his custom Tom Sands guitar. Join us on Instagram:   / tom_sands_guitars   Order a custom guitar: https://www.tomsandsguitars.com Bio: Tom Sands is a luthier renowned for creating some of the most responsive guitars in the world. Since apprenticing for Ervin Somogyi, Tom has taken his talents to North Yorkshire, building custom acoustic guitars from the Tom Sands Guitars workshop. Subscribe to the channel for weekly videos, ranging from Tommy’s Tonewoods, Guitar rundowns, to beautiful live sessions from independent artists. Join the community here, we love ya x – 00:00 Intro 00:44 Flattening the Fretboard 02:08 Preparing the neck 06:00 Roughing out the shape 07:42 Check in with Tom 08:30 1st and 9th Fret Carving 09:23 Checking the shape 10:10 Joining the dots 11:15 Preparing the heel 12:08 Chiselling the heel 12:50 Tools and carving processes 14:13 Carving the volute 15:30 Process insight 16:51 Refinements 17:32 Using light! 18:14 Carving out tools marks 19:30 Somogyi's Secret Technique 21:20 Sanding the back of the neck 22:55 Reviewing 24:40 Outro Tags: Tom Sands Guitars, Tom, Sands, Tom Sands, Lutherie, Luthier, Handmade, custom guitars, acoustic, acoustics, acoustic guitars, expensive guitars, woodworking, woodwork, live sessions, steel string guitars, guitars, workshop, shop sessions, shop, sessions, tommy’s tonewood, tommy, tonewood, tonewoods