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  • TattooedAxe October 23, 2012 at 1:22pm
    That's what I'll be trying, I picked up a 1/8X1/2 bar. I'll have to use a circular saw with a cutting guide(jig)
  • Michael Fred Johnson October 23, 2012 at 9:37am

    Try a piece of steel flat bar epoxy glued into a groove routed in the neck305915852?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024

  • TattooedAxe October 22, 2012 at 6:18am
    Thank you, I have used oak 1X3 for 4 string cbg and they still bow sometimes.
    • Flatfish > TattooedAxe October 23, 2012 at 8:35am

      try adding a 1/4 inch fingerboard....that should help.

  • Dan Sleep October 21, 2012 at 9:32am

    If you are making a 3 string or 4 string model, you really don't need to reinforce it, assuming you are using a decent hardwood like oak or maple.

    If you really need to reinforce, you can put a commercial truss rod in your neck. You can put a piece of threaded rod in a channel. You can put a piece of carbon fiber in a channel. You can laminate the neck from multiple pieces of wood, with a fingerboard added afterwards.

    Lots of ways to do it...

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