billm90 Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Looking at pics here and the guitars I have, all necks and headstocks are cut out of a single piece of wood, or at least what I have seen. The issue is, I can make a neck out of a single piece of wood that is 3/4 thick pretty easy (as far as sawing wood). but the head stock swept back angle is an issue for me. I dont have a bandsaw that is capable (read: wide enough) of cutting the back angle of a headstock from a single piece of wood wide enough to do this. Can this be done by glueing the head stock to the neck in some fashion? Basically is there a way to build the neck and headstock out of 2 seperate pieces of wood and bonding them in a fashion that wont break? Any pics of a build, or an existing guitar built this way would be a huge help in visualizing if this process is even used. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 http://public.fotki.com/xanthus/misc/scarfcuts.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billm90 Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 That is all it takes? that is considered strong enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 That is all it takes? that is considered strong enough? Yep definitely strong enough, its used by pretty much all guitar manufacturers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I did option one on my V build, and needed to veneer the headstock to get rid of the unSEAMly glue line. I did #2 method on my RG build, and it's looking snazzy! The only thing you have to remember is you need to cut a lot more off your neck blank to get #2 to work, because you'll lose some length where the fretboard sits on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 The scarf joints are plenty strong enough, and are generally considered stronger than cutting the neck and head from one thicker piece of wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billm90 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 this is great news. Guess I will start cutting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_player Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Yeah, they are really strong there was a video on youtube of some guy stepping on a one piece neck and a scarf jointed one. The one piece broke and the scarf joint didn't. After messing up a scarf jointed neck and stepping on it and jumping a little once or twice I was convinced. I would only do a one piece neck in an acoustic guitar, just because my electrics aren't treated so great but I treat my acoustics great and keep them in a case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resodude Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) ....there was a video on youtube of some guy stepping on a one piece neck and a scarf jointed one.... I was surfing the tube the other day and actually found that video (atleast I think it's the same you're talking about). He makes a neck and then steps on it, also showing the onepiece neck and what happened to it Edited January 17, 2009 by Resodude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1983 Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Thats a sweet video! How good was all his tools!sorry abit too excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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