Ibanez 570

[SDgr]

Hi everyone,

Im new to this forum and found it by surfing the web. I have a few questions about a warped neck.

The neck is off a Japanese 570 made in 1988. I read the tutorial on fixing a warped neck and it looks more time consuming than difficult.

The warp starts about the 9th fret and continues all the way to the end where it bolts to the body. I was thinking of clamping it with the neck bowed back. (maybe I just need to leave it for about a month or 2 in the clamps and hope for the best.)

If not how much of the maple can I remove before the neck is to weak and becomes useless? It looks like I might have to romove 1/8" to 1/4". It is a rosewood fingerboard on hard rock maple.

Any advice will be helpful.

Live in Las Vegas,

David

P.S. anyway to measure how much will be sanded away?

[coolio49085]

Hi everyone,

Im new to this forum and found it by surfing the web. I have a few questions about a warped neck.

The neck is off a Japanese 570 made in 1988. I read the tutorial on fixing a warped neck and it looks more time consuming than difficult.

The warp starts about the 9th fret and continues all the way to the end where it bolts to the body. I was thinking of clamping it with the neck bowed back. (maybe I just need to leave it for about a month or 2 in the clamps and hope for the best.)

If not how much of the maple can I remove before the neck is to weak and becomes useless? It looks like I might have to romove 1/8" to 1/4". It is a rosewood fingerboard on hard rock maple.

Any advice will be helpful.

Live in Las Vegas,

David

P.S. anyway to measure how much will be sanded away?

Hey SDgr and welcome to the forum.

As far as sanding wood away I don't know why you would do that. But I believe in one of dan erlewine's books he talk about loosening the truss rod and using clamps to put the neck in it's place and then tightening the truss rod again. That might help you with your problem.