dudeiferous Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 (edited) OK, Ive read that the neck pocket of a Les Paul should be a bit less width than the actual neck... Is this right and is it totally neccessary? How much less do you reckon? Sillly question I know Oh and cheers! Edited June 7, 2005 by dudeiferous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay5 Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Where did you read that? If you are using a mortise/tenon style joint then yes, the pocket is technically thinner than the overall profile of the playing surface (fingerboard). Search for Setch's Les Paul build to see what im talking about. You dont have to go this route though, you could just do a full width pocket and not do anything widthwise to the neck. You will have to conider how much gluing surface you are going to have doing it this way though, especially on the treble side. Go to mykaguitars.com and look at any of his "in progress" galleries to see this type of neck joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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