Curtis P Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 OK, i had a cherry neck with a beech fingerboard, but my friend snapped the headstock today, so i gotta make a new one, I was leaning towards maple because its supposed to give a tangy sound and i got cherry body, so thats a warmer tone, apparently, thinkin this might be combo?? i dunno what I will use for fingerboard yet though............. Any thoughts?? Curtis P.S. I might be able to get a hold of some ash for neck............ Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAHLER Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Why not fix the neck you already have ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 the headstock snapped off at the joint, i would fix it, but I want to keep it for a spare (just the back profile) for a while, its a very fast neck but I think I can do better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 mahogany neck...you need a warmer tone than maple will give you to counter that harsh cherry snap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 i cant get mahogany, all I can get is maple, ash and possible more beech, maybe a bit of birch as well I am gettin these from my wood teacher, so its going to be like 3 dollars for neck blank and my fingerboard i can get for about 75 cents (if maple or beech) Thanks Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I got some ash today, man, now thats nice to work with!!! i am cutting one more peice hopefully tonight if my neighbour will let me use his table saw and then a bit of glueing wow, this neck is going a heck of lot faster now that I know how to build it Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 i say put on a beechwood fingerboard, imo they look awesome. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted April 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 I had a beech fingerboard on my other neck, it looked really killer, very nice grain running up it, i miss it Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsherman2006 Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 did the fingerboard crack, if not, there's a tutorial on removing them, maybe you could salvage it to put on your new neck. Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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