Stratocaster Neck Blank Thickness

[Bainzy]

I've got a few planks of English Sycamore ready for turning into Strat necks here, and I'm planning on making 2 piece necks with them all so this wood will only be used for the back of the neck, not the fretboard. What thickness should I plane them all to, for dimensions that will be accurate to a vintage or modern USA std Strat?

13/16"? 3/4"?

Edited December 19, 2006 by Bainzy

[guitar2005]

I've got a few planks of English Sycamore ready for turning into Strat necks here, and I'm planning on making 2 piece necks with them all so this wood will only be used for the back of the neck, not the fretboard. What thickness should I plane them all to, for dimensions that will be accurate to a vintage or modern USA std Strat?

13/16"? 3/4"?

Depends on your fretboard thickness. Overall thickness is 1", with the fretboard.

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks....fuseaction=faq2

[prs man]

I start with 3/4 thick. I rout for the truss rod then I can start to shape the back of the neck.

be careful when shaping the neck back you don't take off to much and go into the truss rod channel.

[Melvyn Hiscock]

13/16 is fine with a 3/16 board.

As Guitar2005 said, final depth is 1 in and the neck pocket is 5/8in.

It is a good idea to do the fretboard, radius it, nail the dots in and fret it before you do any shapting on the neck as you will find the frets go in much easier.

Hope that helps,

MH

[spazzyone]

.800 with a .260 board if you wnat to be exact

thats before radiusing or shaping

[Bainzy]

Awesome, thanks for the replies guys. I can't wait to get cracking on planing these, since it'll give me an opportunity to use the router thicknessing jig stickied on this forum that I've just been constructing.