Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 FWIW I am using a stewmac hot rod. How much thickness is needed on the back of the nexk behind the trussrod route? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 If I remember correctly the slot for those truss rods has to be 7/16" deep. The thinnest part of the neck is just about where your headstock begins. I would think that anything less than 1/8" of final wood thickness in that area on the backside is asking for trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 1/8"? thats thin. Wow thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughthammer Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 what wood are you using for the neck? 1/8" with mahagoni might get you in trouble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 purpleheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Shouldn't be a problem with that wood! Its one of the densest woods you can find. But you are right about softer woods, my mistake there. If it were mahogany I would say 1/4" would be safer. Density of purpleheart is 0.79 to 0.92 g/cubic cm. whereas mahogany is about half that. http://www.wood-worker.com/woods/purplehe.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 i think 1/8" of wood under the truss rod is what we all agreed upon the other time this was dicused as well... so if you went with a 3/16" fingerboard your thinest point of the neck would be 12/16"=0.75"~=19.05mm, again that's if you're using a thin fingerboard for a standard 1/4" fingerboard it's 13/16"=0.8125"~=20.63mm or 21mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 Thank you derek. And everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted April 21, 2004 Report Share Posted April 21, 2004 A mate of mine has an ibanez 540pll, that thing is 17mm at the first fret. It scared me the first time I set it up for him and the neck just flexed in my hands - I would hate to drop it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted April 22, 2004 Report Share Posted April 22, 2004 that neck would be scary to play on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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