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Guitarfrenzy Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Looking great Idch, can't wait to see this guitar finished either. I have a friend who made a Strat and painted it translucent black,, it's killer awesome looking. I would have never thought that black trans would look that good. It just goes to show, you never know until you try.. umm.. at least on scrap first though.. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TeiscosRock Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Yeah you'd probably want to sink it in that extra 5mm... At least you could find a set style neck to use.. I'm still going to have to make mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thegarehanman Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Look at it this way. If a scarfed headstock is strong enough to hold the tension and not break, the neck glued directly to a piece of wood would most likely be strong enough as well. On a side note, it'd be ugly as hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeiscosRock Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 You could do the opposite of a neck pocket.. leave the body alone but cut out a large notch in the heel of the neck and glue it on. Sort of like an acoustic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 You're mistaken. Acoustics have tenons as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeiscosRock Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 oh yeah, dovetails right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZoSo_Spencer Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Here's where the heel is right now: In the meantime, I'm trying to work out the best way to shape the heel (the part closest to the headstock) in order to 'embed' it properly into the neck extension--feel free to offer suggestions (drawings/diagrams too) if you have any. ← Idch, nice progress so far.... havent been able to keep track of it as ive been at school.... if you havent already shaped the neck - I have done the exact same thing as you by adding a slab to the bottom of the neck and i have finished shaping mine to the neck i already had. i used a round file and a half round file to do all the work then sandpaper, it took me 6 hours but i didnt want to mess up so thats why i used files becuase they are slow and presice just take your time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZoSo_Spencer Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 just take your time ← I'm in no hurry.... So have you mounted your neck yet? ← no not yet, i am still yet to remove the fretboard, cut the tenon, fill in the old neck pocket cavity and cut the new one. ive been taking progress pics so i will show you when i have got the tenon cut into the body. keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thegarehanman Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 (edited) Look'n good man. You've definitely got the RIC vibe going for you. Just an observation: you're not much of a template man, are you(not that it matters, considering your infatuation with pickguards, )? Edited November 17, 2005 by thegarehanman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tirapop Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Idch, Are you planning on doing any more reinforcement on your neck joint? Maybe it's just that pic, but, it looks like very little of the old bolt-on neck is glued into the body. It looks like the bolt-on is held to the guitar by the glue joint to that heel extension you used to make your tenon. If that's the case, you've essentially just glued the neck to the face of the guitar. With a set neck, the strength of the glue joint is on the sides of the tenon, not the bottom. Glue joints are strongest in shear. They don't work well when the forces are pulling or peeling the glueline apart. Imagine a neck-thru guitar routed for a trem and a pickup. There's no bottom to that "tenon". All the neck bending forces have to go through the gluelines on the sides of the center block, into the sides, as the loads go around the p/u and trem routes. The loads go back across the gluelines on the side to go back into the center block to the bridge. Seriously consider putting a couple screws from the body up into the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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