Jonathan
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The neck
I know I am asking a lot of questions lately, but I hope somebody can help with some neck advice.
Would it help at all to stagger the grain direction on the neck? I am planning on making a neck out of mahogany. I wonder if it would make the neck
more stable if I used strips of mahogany with the grain direction running at 90 degree angles from the previous strip? In other words, using the 1/8
inch strips that I already made for the ribs, and creating almost a mahogany plywood for the neck. Would this make the neck more stable? Or, would
introducing all of those glue joints make the neck unstable?
Any thoughts?
I ordered one of those carbon fiber rods from lmii. I have no idea what that is all about, but I may use that as the stringer. I will let you know.
I would like to somehow make a dovetail joint on this one.
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Dr. Oud
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jonathan
....would introducing all of those glue joints make the neck unstable?
Any thoughts?
I ordered one of those carbon fiber rods from lmii. I have no idea what that is all about, but I may use that as the stringer. I will let you know.
I would like to somehow make a dovetail joint on this one. |
The string tension (these are not steel strings,
ya know) and the shortness of the neck make a simple solid neck stable enuff unless you use a soft or green wood. Most of the warping that affects
action happens in the body and any neck warp is negligable for the most part. I wouldn't spend much time or money on parts for the neck. I know I
have, but I don't believe it was efficacious in the long run. As for joints, keep in mind that down the road a few years you will need to correct the
neck angle when the body warps from the string pressure, and it will, (unless you make the body out of carbon fiber). I'm thinking that the old
traditional butt joint with a dowel was done to make the neck angle adjustment less painfull and really works quite well. I'm thinking a bolt-on neck
with shims or an adjustment screw to set the angle is really the way to go.
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