jmrentis Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 As for the scarfs looks I agree, but there are ways to hide 99% of the joint. Just by doing the scarf the normal way, adding a headstock cap top and bottom pretty much removes all sign of the joint, then you can even further hide with some binding on the head stock, it ends up nearly invisible. The other idea is something that I am keen on and that is the way Daniel often does it by doing that reverse scarf and laminating contrasting colors and making the joint a feature of the guitar. Either way looks pretty good. But again I do agree a standard scarf without any headstock caps bugs me too, even with a perfect joint the color and grain just never match perfect enough. By the way, I am a 13 degree person myself. Don't recall exactly how I got there, some voodoo, some BS, asking the magic 8 ball, some averaging of numbers and because its a lucky number for me. I doubt I'll do anything otherwise, it seemed about perfect for me. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I use twelve degrees because it worked out nicely for a break angle on a neck I made a long time ago. The template I used for routing the scarf flat just ended up being a keeper and works in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhollowman Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I considering 42, but my 12 is awesome because of ALT+NUM0176....."°". I'd never heard of those ALT+NUM shortcuts! Cool! Thanks. BTW - here's a nice one: ♫ (ALT+NUM14) Sorry for the hijack. DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 No worries. Knowledge is power. \m/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I'm a pretty big Kevin Bacon fan, so my last couple builds have been at 6... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 I liked that movie "the 9s" with Van Wilder...so i think I may switch to 9 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 9 and 6 are out of the question. You guys really don't know what you're talking about. I recommend divining angles using water and willow, or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 There is no use leaving single digits,because we all know simplicity = tone,and upping the number to 12 doubles the typing used to discuss the guitar,complicating the issue and thereby lowering the potential tone of the instrument.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 (edited) True, it's about pleasing the traditionalist in this case. I'm not arguing against the scarf construction. It's simply that I don't quite like how it looks. It's a personal thing, I prefer to build a reasonably strong neck without resorting to scarfing. Still I reserve the right to change my mind at any time... I don't mind a nicely done scarf with contrasting woods. Edited December 20, 2008 by guitar2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 There is no use leaving single digits,because we all know simplicity = tone,and upping the number to 12 doubles the typing used to discuss the guitar,complicating the issue and thereby lowering the potential tone of the instrument.... As far as tone goes, didn't Spinal Tap show us that 11 is the best number? I've seen people mentioning this number on the thread, but not for this reason. Perhaps this should be explored further? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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