Rones Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Hi On my neck blank, I have enough material to cut the entire neck plus the peghead as one piece, not attaching the peghead from a cut piece as outlined in the Melvin Hiscock book and several tutorials in this blog space. My question, do you think that the peghead will have enough strength as just one piece of an extension of the neck itself, or should i go about it Hiscock's way? Hopefully not too confusing.... rones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Depends on the peghead angle you are aiming for.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 It should be strong enough. You might want to inlay something into the base of the peghead (as outlined here), just to make sure it's strong enough...can't hurt anything Devon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rones Posted February 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 the peghead angle will be 13 degrees, the neck itself is a five ply laminate, of mahogany/maple veneer/walnut/maple veneer/mahogany. If i do the carbon rods, do they inlay in the back of the peghead, or the front? Thanks for the replies! Rones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 I have no hands-on expirience with your problem. With that choice of woods I would not use carbon rods at all though. It should be stable enough. If you want more security then reduce the peghead angle a little. Disclaimer: I never tried to build a neck from these woods and with that peghead angle without doing a scarf joint, so my opinion might not be correct. Not that you blame me in the end if it doesn't work out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Id go for a volute... as illustrated here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 forget the rods..you don't need them with that many laminates...it will be very strong without the carbon rods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 I agree. The only reason you'd need to strengthen a headstock is if you had some endgrain exposed right at the angle, or if you had carved it too thin. With laminates it's unnecessary, especially since you have enough wood to do a nice big volute. (I know you do otherwise you'd have to do a scarf joint!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 Like I said, it should be strong enough . Anyone want to explain exactly how to do a volute? I'm in the same situation as Rones, and I might be interested in doing a volute. I might try to get another neck (at least a regular neck if I can't get another neck thru) out of the same piece. Devon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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