Sooooooooooooooo... I've got some firewood neck material now... I got the limba neck blank back today, and it made me really wonder if he followed any of the instructions, or if he even knows that a guitar neck is stress bearing... Its complete garbage now. *sigh* That was a nice piece of wood too... So much for the "build the guitar out of one piece of wood" plan... This really sets me back.
He felt bad and wanted to pay me after. He's giving me a 6" jointer, which is pretty sweet.
So...
I'm gathering up my plans right now, and seeing what I can pull off with what I have, and what I may need to buy. I bought a piece of black walnut a little while ago to build a Violin with... Perhaps I could re-purpose it?
I managed to save the headstock from the neck blank by cutting it off before I gave it to him. Good thing I did. At least I'll have a nice light headstock to work with...
I looked at Strandberg's ergonomic build, and his version with the darker woods looks kind of nice. Maybe I can pull something off like that, and use some scrap laminates of black limba I have left over from the carnage? Now that I'm getting a jointer, i'll be able to properly laminate things.
Or maybe I should just stop and go work on the SG... This really ruins my plans. Good thing I didn't pick out hardware or binding yet, because I really feel like I'm starting from page 1 again.
Alright, I gotta do some research and figure out what woods are light enough and strong enough to build a neck with that are available in my area. There's plenty of wenge, walnut, purple heart, yellow heart, Birch, maple, mahogany, iroko, cocobolo, and a few others at the hardwood store I go to... I guess buying online's an option...
**** I'm pissed...
From now on, I cut my own wood.