Well I am new to CBN, thnx for having me, and I am gonna build my first CBG!!!! My question is, how wide should I make my neck? I wanna make a 4 string CBG.
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Well I am new to CBN, thnx for having me, and I am gonna build my first CBG!!!! My question is, how wide should I make my neck? I wanna make a 4 string CBG.
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You can go narrower, but when you go and buy a 1x2, the dimensions are 3/4" x 1 1/2". Why make yourself extra work. Use that time saved for carving the back of the neck.
Don't call it lazy ..... Call it efficiency instead :-)
Yeah, its not lazy but efficiency!!!! I will try this out, thnx for the help.
Ok, I was gonna make my neck from 3 pieces of wood laminated together and make it a true 2" wide neck. Man you guys are on the ball when it comes to responses. I love this site!!!
Just to add further to this, most commercial 6-string guitar necks are much less than 2" wide at the nut. Many are 1-1/2" to 1-3/8" or so, and taper to about 1-3/4" at the body join. So for 4-bangers, you can go somewhat narrower, and your neck doesn't have to taper. Are you going fretless for this first one? If so, then the distance from the 1st and 4th strings to the neck edge is a bit less sensitive, although once you put in your machine heads / tuning pegs, you'll see that you need a bit in from the edge, just to get you strings wrapping correctly. It's more critical if you are adding frets, because you don't want to fret out when fingering or on string bends.
Wow, I didnt even think of that!! After I read this I measured my acoustic neck, and yup you are right!!!! I am going with banjo/mandy frets, I might be a little ambitious with my first build, buy hey, why not right? Thnx for the reply.
If you don't have a fret ruler, go to some fretting tables on the net, and very carefully using a 1/4" x 2" (1/4 x1.1/2" actual) make a fret ruler and use that to transfer off the fret positions to a 1/4" thick fret board. It is easier if you mess something up to dispose of a vret board instead of a whole ne k.
Thnx for the help!!
technically, a 1x2 is 3/4" x 1.5" and string space would be about 3/8" for four strings, leaving space so #1 & 4 strings dont sit too close to edge of fingerboard/neck
So string distance would be 13/32? Is my math correct?
Wow!! Thnx for the quick response!!! So the neck should be 2" wide, then divide it up to split the string distance? Does that make sense?
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