Linny Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thickness that a neck will allow has a lot of factor going into it. Fretboard thickness, type of truss rod, etc. I can't just answer "yes, you can do a 18mm neck with this." That said, all things equal besides the carve, if you can do a normal carve with the neck in question, you can do a trapezoid carve with it too. And "more meat" means yes, less wood is removed in the carve. I mean, draw out a trapezoid and a C-carve and compute the area. But my guess would be the trap has more cross-sectional area. Chris PS: Ricky, my guitars are on here as well. Not that I know which you're referring to or what other board (I'm on a couple)? I'm talking about TGP and for OP, could you show us (or me, in this case) how to do this trapezoid neck profile, step by step. I might try it in my next build. cheers!!! I don't think i could do a step by step, but the very first step is to thickness the neck to final thickness, then mark the width of the flat part along the neck and then start to join up those lines with the edge of the fingerboard. I used a couple of rasps, a file and a scraper. Then when i was finished shaping it i grabbed some 320 grit paper just to break the edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linny Posted January 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just a little update Finished with shellac to add some color and getting ready to be sprayed with poly. Just need to fit bridge, ferrules, route pickup and fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Nice and clean job!!! I'm liking this build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reantel Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Such a clean build! I love how you did the headstock angle...carving from the back. Its lookin really really good. Cant wait to see more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvey Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just a little update Finished with shellac to add some color and getting ready to be sprayed with poly. Just need to fit bridge, ferrules, route pickup and fret. Yeah, I really like the shape of this guitar. Nice workmanship along the way, too. Thanks for the great posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 I love the way you did the neck. Real tight! I kinda stole your method as I nearly lack powertools, the chiseling went a lot better then I expected. I'm at the level I want now, and i'm wondering this: How did you get from the roughly chiselled headstock to the smooth (and wonderful) headstock in the next pic? Thanks in advance! Cheers. Willem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linny Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 I love the way you did the neck. Real tight! I kinda stole your method as I nearly lack powertools, the chiseling went a lot better then I expected. I'm at the level I want now, and i'm wondering this: How did you get from the roughly chiselled headstock to the smooth (and wonderful) headstock in the next pic? Thanks in advance! Cheers. Willem Thanks for the kind words! First i marked the headstock thickness all the way round and then used a saw to make some kerfs, i then used a carving chisel to knock the majority out and cleaned it up using a small rasp an ibex carving plane and cabinet scraper to smooth it all out. It was a fun little job doing it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Thanks for the explanation! The rough work has been done with great ease using the rasp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linny Posted May 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2011 Here it is in its semi-finished state, frets are dressed and it plays amazing. I love the neck profile and with no/flat/infinite radius it has as low an action as i have seen (which i like), the profile combined with an ebony board made neck is dead straight with the truss rod "off". Scratchplate was made from 3mm acrylic sheet from ebay. Stewmac 3m polishing papers were used to polish it up. I still have the mock up tuners fitted, i have drilled the headstock for sperzel locking tuners, just need to get a set. Probably going to change the control knobs also. The bridge is a tonepros nashville but i had to mill the saddles to remove the radius, i will replace these with 6 of the same height at some point. The only finish on it atm the moment is shellac but i plan to spray waterbased poly over the top when i think i am good enough to do it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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