MzI Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 i was just looking at the tutorial on converting a rg neck joint profile to the jem profile, my question is how much does the thickness of that part of the wood affect the joint? to me it seems like the more wood you have there the strong it is going to be, but at what point when you start to make it thinner is it not strong enough any more? i am thinking about doin a similar profiling to my esp explorer because the heel is just too damn big and is uncomfortable to play MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Thats a valid thought but if you have ever seen an older Jackson Dinky body you'll find out it really doesn't hurt the structural integrity not to mention the Original Jems it was ment to look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted March 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 right now the front edge of the heel is 5/8" im sure i could take a lil off and be ok im just affraid that if i sand off too much there will be too much pressure from the strings and make the guitar not playable ill be sure to take a ride to my local shop and check out some of the heels on the guitars they have there, i do have a picture of a bolt on dinky or soloisnt mayb but it looks as if there might be atleast 1/8" taken off from the level of the back of the guitar ill see what i can find tho thanx for the info MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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