valkchirurg Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 I have a bought a quarter-sawn honduras magahony billet for the construction of the neck. Question 1: Is this strong enough? I think it is but im not sure. Question 2: I think im gonna buy a big piece of sapi magahony for the body. Makes it any difference that the neck and the body are made of two different types of Magahony? Thanks in advance. Great forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 1) yes it is strong enough...this is what gibson uses 2) no you can mix any woods you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkchirurg Posted January 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 ok thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 28, 2004 Report Share Posted January 28, 2004 one trick hamer uses is to make the neck a 3 piece laminate of the same wood...you can barely see it if it is done right and it makes the neck much stronger or you could use thin strips of ebony in between the 3 pieces and make it a 5 piece that is what i plan on doing soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkchirurg Posted January 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 does it make any difference if the laminates are vertical or horizontal? and if I let it saw in a shop does it have to planed for an accurate joint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 vertical laminates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkchirurg Posted January 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 so from the side a vertical laminate would look like this: ----------------------------- fingerboard ----------------------------- wood piece 1 ------------------------------- wood piece 2 ------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Unless you use a very fine tooth, stablised blade in the saw it will need planing, and most likely it still will if you do. Table saws don't usually leave very flat surfaces when ripping rather than crosscutting. If you laminate the neck you'll want to use laminations at 90 degrees to the the fretboard, rather than parallell to the fretboard. **edt** Not the way you illustrated, the other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkchirurg Posted January 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 will a smoothing plane do the job? cause i only have that and a small blockplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 in my mind a vertical laminate is as setch says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 Like a no.4 plane? I think it would be tough to get some thing as long as a neck laminate flat with a shortish plane like that. A big jointing plane would be best, or a planer or thickness sander. You can also glue some sandpaper to a bit of plate glass to get the laminates flat, I've doen it that way. If you don't have accessa to the correct tools don't sweat it too much - a nice bit of quartered mahogany should be perfectly fine without lamination, unless you plan on a very long, or thin neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkchirurg Posted January 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 a 50 fretter I forgot to say the neck blank i'm planning to buy lays outside not inside. Should i buy it or look for a nice piece that is kept inside. The dude at the woodshop told me that honduras magahony is no longer imported because of overcropping, so i dont know if i'm gonna find a nice quartersawn piece again. Sorry for asking all these beginner questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 i don't know...i know a guy with a cabinet supply store full of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 As long as the wood is dry enough I wouldn't care if it was stocked outside or inside....If it is properly protected from rain and snow, it doesn't matter at all as long as you live in an area where the humidity is not uncommonly high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkchirurg Posted January 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 well I live in the Netherlands, and we have alot of rainy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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