DaveMan Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Zzzzz....... Pop! Snort!... Huh?!? Ok, I'm Awake now! Oops, I was napping and missed the run of the thread there. Sorry about that. I went and looked at the photos of your guitar. Neat looking guitar. I think you should be okay with the new neck mount holes. You moved them inboard a litle bit, which does take away a slight amount of stability, but now you have them into solid wood. The ferrules will help prevent you from splitting the wood, and It looks like you should be okay. I have seen guitars with the offset holes like that before, and it is actually good design, as a straight split in the wood won't involve two screw holes. (Assuming your grain is straight with no runout) You could go to a threaded insert of you do have stability problems with the current setup, but I think you should be just fine the way it is. I always liked guitars with contoured heels, as I get my thumb upthere at times, and a shaped surface is much smoother to move around on than a big plate with four screwheads sticking out of it. (I tend to take barre chords all the way up the neck when I play) Good Luck, Nice looking guitar! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pour bleeding me Posted December 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Thanks alot...im pretty satisfied with the new screw locations myself...and i cant wait to get the ferrules in there...and now that i have more room i am going to contour the heel a bit more for a more "sexy" feel as we call it haha...i dont like when i go to hit the high notes and i feel like im holding a ham sandwhich in my hand because the heel is so thick...and an explorer isnt going to get too too much soloing anyways...thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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