abarson Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Has anyone come up with a good method for copying and reproducing the neck profile of an existing instrument, and using it for a new custom? I like the neck on my Tobias Growler bass, and want to reproduce it for my homemade fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth guitars Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 You can use a dupli-carver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Something like this will let you measure the profile of the neck at certain frets and make templates to check as you carve: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_...le=1&jump=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 I have used friendly plastic to make a mould of the neck profile at the first and 12’Th fret. Worked fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Or Mark Blanchard's method: http://www.13thfret.com/articles/blanchard/blanchard1.html I believe Frank Ford has a quasi-identical way of doing this at FRETS.com. Then again, almost any question of this type has already been answered by Frank at some point in the past :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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