Hughes Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Hi, my friend has a really nice strat with a maple neck. I know NOTHING about Fender, and I was wondering how they made the necks that are all one piece (looks as though theres no fretboard but just frets on the neck). Do they just simply put a veneer over top or do they take the neck blank to a table saw, rout for the truss rod then glue it back on? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Look for the skunkstripe on the back of the maple neck. Its a walnut plug covering the slot where the trussrod was inserted....COOL! HUH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted April 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 hmmm makes...sense! haha how do they get the rod to stay in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox2551 Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 hmmm makes...sense! haha how do they get the rod to stay in? Glue...... Lol just messing with ya...... Yup thats how its in there, I have a neck like that on my Mexi-strat. No fretboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted April 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 oh right they probably use those truss rods that are incased in a square shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 But the skunk stripe doesnt reach all the way from the head to the heel..? Does it? So how do they put it in..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox2551 Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 (edited) But the skunk stripe doesnt reach all the way from the head to the heel..? Does it? So how do they put it in..? Don't quote me on this, but have you noticed that the headstocks on fenders are flat? I think they must slide them down Through the headstock and they have the skunk stripe so they can actually get inside the neck and cut out the cavity and for seating purposes. Somebody correct me if that was wrong because I just tried to figure it out best I could. Edited April 18, 2006 by Firefox2551 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 (edited) Slot is routed in the back as you see it. Then a hole is drilled in from the headstock step (or the butt) that connects to the slot. Truss rod in then inserted into the back and through the hole until it nests flush in the slot. Then the walnut plug is glued in. Edited April 18, 2006 by Southpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwhiteandthemaple Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 I c... If I remember correctly, wasn't that what Litch(sp?)'s tutorial said? I remember reading this on the "How to make a skunkstripe" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 (edited) They're not ALWAYS walnut... some old Fender guitars had Koa stripes . Litch's tutorial was idiotic. It would be very, very hard to do without ruining a neck. His tutorial was on adding a skunk stripe to an already made neck that already had a trussrod in it by routing a channel in the curved back of the neck (hopefully without cutting through the trussrod) and then gluing in the strip. DON'T DO IT! Edited April 18, 2006 by jnewman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexVDL Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 And, as ever: Buy yourself a copy of Make Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvyn Hiscock. It shows *exactly* how a skunkstriped Fender neck is constructed, and lots more besides... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 why buy a book when i have atleast 100 very knowledgable luthiers on here? i appreciate your time and effort, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 why buy a book when i have atleast 100 very knowledgable luthiers on here? i appreciate your time and effort, thanks Because it's a coherent, structured narrative, well-illustrated, well-written, and will save many of those 100 the hassle of answering a number of questions that the book covers very well, often in great detail. It also provides a solid basis for understanding guitar making, and makes understanding the advice freely given a whole lot easier. My 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 why buy a book when i have atleast 100 very knowledgable luthiers on here? i appreciate your time and effort, thanks Hey, I have guitar building/repair info in printed form that's probably 2 feet thick when all stacked up. My scanner's making horrible squealing noises, so I guess I better start typing it all out here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 why buy a book when i have atleast 100 very knowledgable luthiers on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 why buy a book when i have atleast 100 very knowledgable luthiers on here? i appreciate your time and effort, thanks Because it's a coherent, structured narrative, well-illustrated, well-written, and will save many of those 100 the hassle of answering a number of questions that the book covers very well, often in great detail. It also provides a solid basis for understanding guitar making, and makes understanding the advice freely given a whole lot easier. My 2 cents. Well said. Maybe Hiscock should pay you to put it on the back cover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 why buy a book when i have atleast 100 very knowledgable luthiers on here? i appreciate your time and effort, thanks Because it's a coherent, structured narrative, well-illustrated, well-written, and will save many of those 100 the hassle of answering a number of questions that the book covers very well, often in great detail. It also provides a solid basis for understanding guitar making, and makes understanding the advice freely given a whole lot easier. My 2 cents. Well said. Maybe Hiscock should pay you to put it on the back cover! Hehehe....hey, methinks the fact he's written a book that helped me a ton, let me proof-read the second edition drafts and remind him to include at least one page, plus sent me a free copy of the second edition, is enough thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j. pierce Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 I think reading a book like Hiscock's helps because it makes you aware of things *before* they happen. If anything, having books like his and others has made me ask *more* questions, simply because it's brought things to my attention before they happen. (and of course, I always try and search for answers before asking - and most of them I find) The thing is, I'm now asking more of the *right* questions. I try and think each step through before I do it, but if you haven't done something before you can't always think of all the things that might happen. Having a book in front of you that walks through things helps you realize what will occur and problems that might arise. I came here with a plethora of fret questions during and after my first early jobs - and a lot of those could have been avoided. In the end, I ended up with a decent fret job, but it could have been better, and it could have gone much quicker. I ended up getting Stew Mac's fretting book, and after reading it thoroughly, I refretted that same guitar and got much better results, and my next refret was better than most any shop guitar I've played. Could I have gotten the same information from asking here? Yes, probably. But it would have taken much of my time and and everyone elses, (something I've already done enough of here with silly questions) especially since I wouldn't have known how to frame my question in a manner that makes the problem evident. People would have needed to tease the information out of me, and frankly I'm not sure I would have known how to give the information needed to answer the problem. And it sucks when you ask a question, and it turns out the best answer is "don't do it that way next time", all because a minor detail didn't occur to you, or didn't seem to be important, and you're trying to figure out what's wrong when somethings not working, after the fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 This might make me seem like a "web-nazi", but I would prefer a guitar building/repair forum, where in order to become a member, you have to already own some books on the subject. I think it would really help keep the redundant questions to a minimum, and help create more interesting and *new* questions. Too much " Hi, I just took the training wheels off my bike and want to build a Jem copy now, please help me" going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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