G_urr_A Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 I might end up getting an Ibanez neck for the body that I'm building. Now, I've played a few Ibanezes at the local music shop, and I've played my friends Ibanez, and the necks feel to thin for my taste. I like necks at least as thick as Jacksons, but preferably up to standard Strat thickness. So, I'm wondering, is it possible to strip the finnish of the back of the neck, glue on a piece of wood, and shape it to my liking, or is it likely that I would run into any problems if I try? Any thoughts or ideas on how make a neck thicker are more than welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_ed Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Hi, Personally, I would think it easier, faster, cheaper, and more reliable to have a neck custom made from scratch. And I would take a measuring device to the necks you like, because I think that you will find the difference in thickness is less than you think. Guitar Ed "Opinions worth what you pay for them. Nothing" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 glueing some wood well to the back of the neck is going to be pretty fun.... i doubt it would work at all, why not just get the neck you want in the first place instead of getting an ibanez neck you know you don't like and trying to turn it into something else you could just buy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted July 2, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 Why would it not work? The reason I might get a neck I know I won't like is that I've had a really hard time finding necks I like, and I'm pretty low on money. I could of course wait for a good neck to come by, but I need to finnish the body the neck is going to sit on quite soon, and I don't want to restrict my choice of neck by finnishing the body with a certain type of neck pocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryeisnotcool2 Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 dude just make your own neck! is not that difficult, and yo u can make it to what ever you want. it would probably run you about 40$ at you local wood supplier.for maple. just take your time and read up on tutorials. i was kinda scared on the first one that i made but it turned out excactly the way i wanted it to feel and im happy with it. you dont need many tools either. jig saw or band saw, jack plane, assorted files, and i used one of them wood rasos you get from depot or lows thier only like 6$ they work really well! and if your comfortable with wood working tools you can try a draw knife but they can be pretty tricky. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryeisnotcool2 Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 hey if you want go to the buy sell part of the forum there might be something there for you(bri am i alowed to do this?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 it would easy enough to remove fretboard and add a shim to thicken up the neck, then replace the board an reprofile the neck to your own liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 hmmm that's a good point john, i was thinking he was going to add the wood the the back of the neck which would be a near impossible task..... , adding it under the fretboard might work though, but then if you add to much you risk shaving off to much wood and runing into the truss rod channel on the back of the neck, and if you add to little you have to iron off the fretboard again, and add another peice of wood, then put the whole thing backtogether and reshape a bit more still keeping in mind that you don't want to take off to much from the center cause of the truss rod challen, but... if it's a thin neck then you might not be doing anything to the center just rounding the sides.... which might work.... hmm... all in all sounds like just as much work as building your own neck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted July 2, 2003 Report Share Posted July 2, 2003 yeah, i personally would make new neck, but sure if not why not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted July 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2003 I think I know what I'm going to do now. I'll buy the neck (it comes with nut and tuners), and I'll finnish my body to work with that neck. Then, when I've got the time (yeah right), I'll build a neck from scratch, and use the tuners and nut from the Ibanez neck. And I'll sell the neck with no hardware on it. That'll give me a playable guitar pretty soon, and after a while I'll have a really nice playable guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott D. Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 Dude, KrazyDerek, if thats you in the avatar, you look EXACTLY like my friend nick lol...-scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 You could also buy one that you can sand down to size... just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted July 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Uhm, I just thought about a problem with building a neck myself. Accuracy. I have (as far as I know) no means of measuring the distance from the nut to a certain fret with the accuracy needed. Considering that a tenth of a millimeter is a horribly big fault, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to try and make a neck. How would you measure these distances with the needed accuracy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 check out FretCalc... you enter the scale length, number of frets and not only does it give you the measurements, but you can also print out an actual-size template that you can (temporarily ) stick to your fingerboard while you score fret positions with a knife, prior to sawing the slots. Good luck! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 5, 2003 Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 check out these click on fingerboards on the left.they are already preslotted for whatever scale you need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_urr_A Posted July 5, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2003 Seems like a nice program. However, I'm not quite sure if I like the idea of trusting a printer to be that accurate, but I guess I can allways (one or two "l"s in al(l)ways?) check against some of my other guitars. Thanks a lot for the help guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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