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yea its got a glued on fingerbpard.. or will have... well thats what i was thinking! i seem to have a dilemma here anyways! and this is only the first problem i've hit.. this could take a while before its finished!! but if fender can get away with flat sawn then i suppose that would be easier for me. on the other hand, as alex says it probly isnt that much trouble to put in some carbon fibre. so jus however (lazy) i feel on the day i suppose well thanks anyway everyone!

yea its just a guitar... so i suppose i dont really have to worry.. could save myself a lot of effort!! but its an almost flat sawn neck.. so i might just stick those rods in anyways.. just to be safe... i wanna do it right the first time!

yea its just a guitar... so i suppose i dont really have to worry.. could save myself a lot of effort!! but its an almost flat sawn neck.. so i might just stick those rods in anyways.. just to be safe... i wanna do it right the first time!

ah rite o! i see what you mean now yea i'll order one of those double truss rods.. and probably the 2 carbon fibre rods as well.. just so that i wont have to worry about it so thanks everyone!!!

yeo.. thanks!! so is that just simply two truss rods.. one on each sidde?.. and that carbon fibre stuff.. is it easy to put in?.. does it fit in normaly? or do i have to allow and make the neck a bit bigger?

heya.. i have a question about my 'to be' bolt-on neck on my soon to be 6-string fender squire style! well i eventually found a big enough piece of maple for my neck... problem is its not quite quarter sawn (which you guys seem to recommend).. the plank is not quite flat sawn, not quite quarter sawn.. sort of diagonal sawn.. if you kno what i mean. well i am a bit worried about this neck moving once i've got it all finished, cos i dont really kno if my maple is really stable... so anyways i've read a bit about having two truss rods in the neck.. would that help me?.. or am i just very lost? the other thing.. i could simply make the neck a bit fatter.. which i will probably do.. but will this solve my problem?.. or am i just worrying too much in the first place?

riteo!! ta very much everyone!! and yes i have that book ordered.. but it aint due to come till monday.. and then the builders have some excuse for a week off over here: 'builders holiday' or something.. which means my local wood shop is closed.. so i have no wood either!! so im totally stuck with nothing to do till next week!! so neways.. i've read a lot more about this 'truss rod' now and i get how it changes the action (cheers 'guitarfrenzy'!!).. and i take it i can buy one of these and then it just slots into the neck.?. and that makes a lot of sense about putting it under the fretboard!! sori to be annoying but i have another question now..(well i have lots.. but im jus sorta planning now).. i want to do my body in ash.. as i can do cool colors with that.. and i kno maple is ment to be 'the' wood for a neck.. but i think i have seen beech used before. so.. considering beech mite b a little easier to get.. is it strong enough.. and does it make a good enough sound and all.. or shud i jus stick with tryin to find some maple?!?

hey all !! im jus new to yr site and its really great!! im completly new to this u see.. so i got a few questions here.. and i would be very very grateful if someone could give me a wee answer or tell me where i could find out more.. so here goes..... You see.. i have tried my hand at cabinetmaking.. and i suppose i pretty much sussed that.. so i thought i could try build a guitar as i dont have one and i would like to start playin.. or if that goes wrong i can jus have my guitar hangin on the wall to impress all my friends! So here i am startin my 'research'.. and turns out this is THE place to start!! well i was thinkin of jus buyin an old messed up fender strat (as thats what my brother owns.. and im kinda basing my design on that) and then rippin it apart.. see wots inside.. and then use the parts to put on my own body and neck. So is tht alrite.. or have i gone wrong already!! The other tniy problem is that i completely dont understand how these things work!!! well i've picked up a lot in magasines and on the internet.. and i sorta kno my guitar language now. The one thing that i just cannot get my head around is this bar up the middle of the neck.. and this is where i ask for yr help.. please! So... what does this bar do? (i thought it mite have been to strengthen the neck to stop it bending..??) i kinda undestand now that it adjusts the 'action' and tilts the neck up or down (impressed?!?!?.. or am i wrong?) BUT... how does this bar tilt the neck?? is it threaded?? is it attached to the body?? and most importantly.. how the hell am i gonna drill a 2ft long hole up the middle of my neck??