prs neck dimensions

[asm]

im looking at building a prs clone. i have the body dimensions in great detail but what size wood to order for the neck is stumping me.

25" scale

glue in tenon joint

prs style headstock

i *will* be using a scarf joint setup, not a carving from block method.

whats confusing me is what size wood i need.

this guy has a lp style neck carved from a block, which has a way longer tenon than the prs neck.

and he only used a neck blank that was 25"x3.5"x2"

im confused. ill be getting expensive wood so i cant mess up.

[krazyderek]

with a blank that thick, it's pretty easy to imagine... he just took the entire headstock part of the scraf from the back of the neck blank, leaving the thicker tennon part, and then cutting the end of the blank at the right angle to receive the headstock that he just cut off the back of the neck blank

[asm]

yeh, i know how he did it, but do you know whats a safe dimension of wood for a prs neck?

[hyunsu]

hi..

this is my PRS clone woking..

i choose bolton neck.. and 24 fret & scaf joint..

scafneck joint is save wood & strong .. and easy .

bye.. enjoy your making..

[asm]

very nice hyunsu. i love the grain of that neck.

do you happen to have any more pictures, perferably of the top or side of the headstock so i can see how you did your scarf joint/headstock?

thanks!

[asm]

also, do you think its going to cause a problem when you try and fade the grain by sanding from the flame maple neck to the mohogany headstock? will it look weird?

[hyunsu]

saw.. and planner.. and scraper.. use..

today i will make neck back framed maple neck..