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Dovetail Neck Removal

Drill through at 15th fret into space at the dovetail back. O.K. to point the drill bit in different directions until you feel a give. Don't forget that steel strings have a truss rod in the middle
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I'm using a dedicated fretboard removal blanket. It is only on the fretboard extension. It is shimmed off the rest of the board.
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Here is the spatula I use. It took 4 minutes to heat the extension enough to slide the knife under it. Only go to about the 15th fret. The steam will loosen the rest.
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.My garage sale espresso steam generator. Make steam at your own risk. Some danger involved. Safer with an regular steam tea kettle and a wooden stopper in the spout with the sugi attached through a hole in the stopper. Probably less exposure than my set up.
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Sugi tubing with a sports ball inflation needle on the end. Cut the tip off the needle.
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Keep plenty rags handy. Water will spill out onto the top. It clouds the lacquer, but it has always gone away for me later when it cools.
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Normally takes about 10 minutes to steam off a neck. This was one of my own guitars from 30+ years ago. Funky dovetail with several shims. Took 25 minutes to get it off. There are various gigs that people use to press the neck off with a clamp. I have damaged guitars that way, so now I just keep working the neck loose by hand until it comes off. As the wood fibers get wet, they compress and the neck will loosen up. Later I usually end up slicing off a little of the male dovetail and gluing on the same kind of wood that the neck was made out of, and then refitting the joint.
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