MrMuckle Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 http://www.vinceg.net/GuitarProject/Intro.htm Looks interesting. I'm curious about that neck being sandwiched between the top and bottom. Has anyone made this guitar following these steps? Did you run into any problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmth Builder Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Thats just a really long set neck (I think some people call it a set through?) its not a new thing. Personally no experience though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMuckle Posted October 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 I may have to give this one a shot. I like the idea of using the dowels to align all the templates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy g Posted October 2, 2010 Report Share Posted October 2, 2010 Pretty impressive documentation. Thanks for the link. I'll have to bookmark it to get some pointers when I'm stuck and about to ruin a guitar by doing something foolishly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMuckle Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Instead of doing a carved top and you did a roundover that exceeds a 1/4" top, let's say 1/2", would it be unsafe to route the roundover on the top while it was attached to the rest of the body with only the dowels for support? Since the neck is sandwiched in between, I'm not sure this is the safest method, but I'm not sure how you could do them separately if the router bit needs to cut into both and I'm almost certain you wouldn't want to route this with the neck glued in. Am I making any sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six_stringer Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I remember seeing his band play many times and they were really good. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I've made two with long tenon necks like that. I'll probably never do it differently. Very very solid. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six_stringer Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 (edited) I too have made a long tenon guitar that at least I believe turned out very nice. It was my first attempt at this type of guitar but was my fourth actual build. I will probably do another one in the future. I entered it in the guitar of the month contest but didn't win. There were many guitars so much better than mine entered that I wish I owned. Here is the link. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...hl=six_stringer Edited October 5, 2010 by six_stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMuckle Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Six Stringer and Scott, did you guys follow the instructions in that link I gave or did you have your own way of building it. If you followed his steps, is there anything you'd do differently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 6, 2010 Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Here is the way I did it. Can't say I'd do anything differently....unless someone sees something I missed and convinces me of the error of my ways. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=40410 SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMuckle Posted October 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Thanks for that link, Scott. That guitar is a beauty! I like that you don't have to have much of a heel with this design. I take it the long tenon makes up for the wood lost at the heel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 In what way? I honestly don't know if it does or not. The long tenon allows the bridge to connect to the same lumber as the nut and head stock and tuning machines and finger board. I did it because that seams like the most stable connection to me, even more so than a neck through as the tenon is sandwiched between the body and top wood. It also follows the lines of the sides of the neck which wedges it into the route cut for it. It has to be pressed in from the top; it cannot just slide in from where the heel would be. I know PRS says they add some heel to improve the tone, but I have no knowledge of how much there is to that. I do know that is a very solid feeling guitar like it was all one piece. I just carve the neck join to make it as comfortable as possible. Looks better too. It certainly did not weaken the connection. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMuckle Posted October 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Yeah, I got that from PRS, too. I think it was a was from some video interview. I just assumed the longer tenon would make up for any meat lost at the heel, but I have no proof of that. Your heel looks very comfortable. Glad to hear it feels solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
six_stringer Posted October 8, 2010 Report Share Posted October 8, 2010 I built my long tenon neck guitar in 2005 after seeing pictures of them on Ed Romans website. I drew it up on paper and built it. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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