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Plastic package strapping (again, stuff I couldn't throw out) was used to form the spider.

In the crapper? Turning attention to the guts of the guitar: first the spider bridge. A frying pan splatter screen, purchased at the dollar store, was used as the foundation for the bridge.

And on the bottom. with the tailblock.

A mockup of the neck on the top.

I used a 1/8" straight bit with no bearing - it was hard to control.

Next I needed to route some grooves in the top and the bottom, to hold the formica sides. This is the template.

Another view.

The rough cut neck, with some wings glued on.

Cutting the neck on my bandsaw. The motor only runs for 70 seconds before a thermal overload switch cuts it off for 3 minutes, but 70 seconds is a lot of time to get something done.

The neck was made from pieces of alder I'd rescued from a cabinet shop's scrap heap. This pic shows the glue up of a neck, neckstick and tailblock for another guitar, but the process was the same for this one.

The guitar would have an arched back.

First, I tried to glue the crack back together. This wasn't very successful due to it being made of some type of powdery substance. Although it remained cosmetically blemished, the strength was adequate for its purpose. A little wood filler and paint later would do the trick for looks.

This is a guitar I made earlier this year. I was in the shop, thinking about materials for my next guitar, when I beheld this beauty sitting on a pile of junk. Eureka! I had replaced it a year ago due to a crack across it from too many uses by my fat ass, but since I seldom throw anything away...

For fast and easy I use a belt sander.

A guy taught me the bass part to this in Vietnam in 1970. Simple, but it's what got me started on bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DBcbZc3ck&a=yZysPgRfR98&playnext_from=ML Another simple bass line that has always turned me on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHzIXZBF74 This song got...

I like these much better than the Nationals I have (some vintage.) Each to his own. $0.85 each. http://www.elderly.com/accessories/names/ernie-ball-fingerpick--PK7.htm If you want nail substitutes, try Alaska piks. http://www.elderly.com/accessories/items/PK40B-L.htm

As ermghoti said, shimming a bolt on neck is easy, and there's not much you can screw up except dinging up some screw heads, or stripping threads if you tighten really hard. The most difficult part is unstringing and restringing the guitar, possibly several times, and this is only difficult...

Is the neck actually bent/warped where it meets the guitar at the body, or is it straight and is just set at the wrong angle? Hold a straight edge on the fretboard in this area and see if it's straight. If it's not, you may need a new neck. If it is, you may be able to shim it as a...

Thought this might be helpful. Of course, it's too late for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTHgDQFnMZc

I'm sure you're wondering which 3 chords. I'll help out. Db13b9 G#b9#5 and, of course, F#7sus4 You're welcome.