Possible Tonewood?

[blink 182]

Hi, I would like to know if I can used Australian cypress (not a true cypress) for necks and such.

I have the perfect sized boards for necks.

It has a bright bell like tap tone.

and i gathered some info about iton the net: Cypress has a seasoned density of approximately 700 kg/cu.m, compared to the other two at 550 kg/cu.m [4]. It therefore has earned the title of the world's hardest coniferous timber.

mine has few knots.

it is well seasoned and has not warped one bit.

I think it will be alright i have made a few practice necks out of it and the have not warped either but i want to know if i can use it for the real thing.

I know its a softwood but i noticed hynsu made some spectacular yellow pine guitars so i figured this might be alright.

thanks in advance

Mitch

[backwoodsguitars]

Hello,

I say nothing ventured, nothing gained. I you allready have the lumber give it a try. You will only be out of a little time.

Backwoods

[JPL]

Well, I know nothing but what concerns me is that it has "few knots". I could be wrong but aren't knots in neck wood a bad thing?

[blink 182]

Actually i meant it has very few knots, as in not many, knots are very bad .I made a quick strat style neck up and it seems very suitable.

I will post pics of the neck later.

[backwoodsguitars]

Blink,

I am glad to hear you made a neck!

I cant wait to see the pics.

Backwoods

[blink 182]

Hi,

I didnt want to clutter up the forum by starting a new thread,

so would any one be kind enough to tell me the dimensions of a gibson headstock, like how long and how wide at the widest point?

I know the scale is 24.75 inches but I can not find any where what the headstock dimensions are it is really annoying me.

I think it might be like 18cm ??? I dont know sombody please tell me

[MzI]

you hafta be a lil more specific then saying just a gibson headstock, they have quite a few different ones. for example, lp, explorer, flying v 67 flying v 59, firebird etc etc

MzI

[skibum5545]

Well, yellow pine is certainly hard enough for a body, and since they make necks out of mahogany, you should be fine to go with cypress. Just don't make the neck overly thin, and you might want to consider some carbon fiber for extra stiffness.

Also, I don't see why it needs to be a one piece neck; If you were to cut it up and relaminate it into a 3-piece quartersawn neck, you'd probably have a lot less trouble down the road.

As for a Gibson 'stock, just grab a front on view of a Gibson, blow it up to full scale by, say, expanding it until the scale length is correct, and then with some basic trig to account for the headstock angle, you have your dimensions!

This image should be a good starting point.

[backwoodsguitars]

Blink,

PM me your email address and I will email a full size LP template to you. It has the neck body and headstock in the correct size.

Backwoods