Pcflyer12001

On 1/29/2021 at 9:30 AM, Andyjr1515 said:

Welcome, by the way @Pcflyer12001 

Are you talking about extra frets (eg beyond 24) or just having unfettered access to all of the 22-24 frets that are there?

I'm assuming from your opening question, you are asking about the second of those two options.  

Assuming so then, as @ScottR says, yes - you would just cut the bottom cutaway as far as you need.  But, as Scott also says, there would be no room for the overhang of a neck pickup in the usual place.

Thanks for the welcoming.... for right now I am just thinking about the 22 to 24 fret access. The cutaway option is an interesting way of making it work. I was just thinking about adding a few inches of length to the neck and fretboard so that it would end where the body begins. That way it would just be a matter of making it thin enough to hold onto comfortably. 

You guys definitely have given me some ideas worth tinkering with. I have also looked up all the math for the sheer strength of different woods and how they affect a guitar neck. And the tensile strength one has. So that I can run the numbers and see if it would comprise the neck before I even got started. Definitely lots to think about. 

14 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

Let me ask a clarifying question: Are you planning on modifying an existing guitar or building a new one?

I was planning on building one. I've been trying to draw it all out, and get a decent plan in mind. 

So I have had this idea for awhile since I saw an episode on crimson guitars about multi-scale fanned frets. What would it take to whittle down a neck, maybe add some length. Shape the body and possibly a through body neck. In order to give complete access to the fret board. Access like what you have mid neck. Anybody have thoughts or ideas?