ibanez_crazy Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Naturally I had to get the new guy at my local lumberyard. When I asked to have my neck blank thickness sanded to its final size, he only sanded one side. Now Im left with a laminated neck blank that is exactly 19mm thick, and flat on only 1 side. Now I read that I could glue a veneer on after the other side is flat to make up the diference, but how will that affect the scarf joint, unless I wait till after i do the scarf joint. I could just have the other side sanded and work with a neck blank that is only 18mm thick( just guessing here) I will be using the LMII 2way truss rod so its not as deep a route as the Hot Rod I planned on using. Will a real thick fingerboard help? Am I shooting myself in the foot by doing that? I could also use a veneer to make up the difference, but then will you notice the veneer under the fingerboard(bois de rose). I know in theory, one of these solutions will work, but what about in the real world, where I will be routing the trussrod channel, and the bit will come lose and wreck it anyways. Should I just start over and when I go back to the lumberyard, break the old blank over the guys head?!? It wont acomplish anything, but I will feel better, and then I can still use it for a practice scarf joint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 18mm + 5mm (fretboard) = 23mm Where's the problem? If you need it thicker at the heel you can add some veneer just to that bit and make a feature from it but the rest of the neck should be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 I make my necks 15mm thick minus the fingerboard with a 11mm rout for the Hotrod. No problems encountered....!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibanez_crazy Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Very cool. I was just nervous because of the book Ive seen all suggest starting with 19mm for the blank. Plan was drawn out for a 19 mm blank. Just have to double check against the plans. Never done a neck from scratch, and just wanted to check. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 19mm allows you to shape the hell out of it :-) It would probably be enough to rout a rod in the back and fix a fillet to make an all-maple neck!! I started a thread re: Stewmac rods and the amount of wood you can leave from the bottom of the rod rout to the outside world under the neck. I'm sticking to 3-4mm for harder woods, and 5mm for "softer" woods like mahogany although I'm sure they'll survive happily at 4mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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