Druss Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 (edited) This will be my first build so if I'm asking a stupid question just try to overlook my ignorance. The order form from Carvin says the neck is 2.25" wide at 24th fret, is that how wide the fret board is or the neck it self, or are they the same? I need to know the width of the remaining neck past the 24th fret. I'm trying to make my template and I need to know how wide the neck is, can someone help me out? Thanks.. http://www.carvin.com/products/single.php?...r=NT6&CID=GTR/K Edited April 5, 2005 by Druss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 They're the same thing. Even on a guitar with a binding, they'll still measure the entire width at whatever reference fret they're using. If the rest of the body wood is at a 90 degree angle from the fret (ie. the taper isn't just continued) then it'll be that width. Can you tell from the picture if the taper simply continues? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Druss Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 It must keep getting wider because when I draw it out 2 1/4" just seems awful narrow, it doesn't look right at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hard to tell from the picture, eh? I bet if you call them, they can tell you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Carvin's neck-through is the same width from the 24th fret to the end of the body. Look at the DC400W and you'll see what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Makes sense now that I'm thinking about it. The original laminated blank would be rectangular, and then they'd shape the taper from there. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 no...the taper continues the entire length of the neck.apparently none of you have ever used one. i have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 No, I've never used one. I was going by the Carvins I've played and the catalog pictures for the last 20 years, give or take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott from _actual time_ Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 If the rest of the body wood is at a 90 degree angle from the fret (ie. the taper isn't just continued) the taper does continue on the Carvin 7-string through neck that i used to build a 7-string V. i waited to finalize my body wing sketches until i had the neck in hand. without it, you could still draw out the whole body. then when you have the neck you could lay it on top, trace the taper, and then you'd know what size to make your wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooten2 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 I just got a Carvin neck through in the mail a few days ago. The taper does continue, so it gets wider as you go from the end of the fingerboard to the tail of the guitar. I was getting anxious and wanted to draw my plans before I had the neck, but I managed to patient and wait until the neck was in my hands. Now I'm glad I waited. I would have made too many assumptions on my drawing, and I would have had to redo it after the neck came anyway. Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 you can draw the plans anyway, since the overall guitar shape and aize won't fluctuate at all, the only thing you need to do is to set the neck on top of the drawing and scribe it to the guitar drawing. or if you want to show the neck wood, just have it bandsaw from the tip of the fretboard down to the right thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 no...the taper continues the entire length of the neck.apparently none of you have ever used one. i have ← Well that was the initial reason I asked in the first place if he knew. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 i waited to finalize my body wing sketches until i had the neck in hand. without it, you could still draw out the whole body. then when you have the neck you could lay it on top, trace the taper, and then you'd know what size to make your wings. that is exacly how i did my first vee as well....(six string by the way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 No, I've never used one. I was going by the Carvins I've played and the catalog pictures for the last 20 years, give or take. ← it's not that obvious...you have to measure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott from _actual time_ Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 that is exacly how i did my first vee as well....(six string by the way) i remember that one, with the stripes of darker wood on the side and between the pickups. very nice-looking guitar, and it was what inspired me to build mine. i got mine half done last summer and i'm trying to get the rest done this spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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