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  • alectron January 29, 2011 at 4:56pm

    thanks


    Alan Roberts said:

    Truss rods should be installed at 2:00 on Tuesday afternoons. Seriously, I don't bother unless I have six strings.

     

    alectron said:

    speaking of truss rods, when do I have to install them? (like when the string tension is to much)
  • Alan Roberts January 29, 2011 at 3:49am

    Truss rods should be installed at 2:00 on Tuesday afternoons. Seriously, I don't bother unless I have six strings.

    alectron said:

    speaking of truss rods, when do I have to install them? (like when the string tension is to much)
  • alectron January 29, 2011 at 12:33am
    speaking of truss rods, when do I have to install them? (like when the string tension is to much)
  • alectron January 28, 2011 at 1:50am
    This is just my 3rd build though, and the ipe was free so I took what I could get. plus, I have no idea about installing truss rods and stuff like that so I need a thick chunk of hardwood so I can make it a simple neck thru
  • Wichita Sam January 27, 2011 at 9:53am

    If you're going to regularly build CBGs with wound pups, it would be a good idea to learn how to build a good bolt-on neck design so that the majority of the box is open and you don't need to carve into the neck thru....

     

    just a thought,

     

    Wichita Sam

    alectron said:

    So do I just screw the current neck onto the new chunk of wood inside the box and be done with it? or, is there a "better" way to do it?
  • Wiley Rutledge January 27, 2011 at 9:42am
    Ipe is a very dense wood and makes a great fingerboard. I think I'd make the neck of something a bit thicker, glue the Ipe on as the fingerboard.  Something that contrasts with the Ipe in color would be striking (pun intended) and give the rigidity you need.  Even tho the Ipe is dense and hard, at 1/4 inch thickness of the entire neck would eventually give it the bends.

    alectron said:
    So do I just screw the current neck onto the new chunk of wood inside the box and be done with it? or, is there a "better" way to do it?
  • alectron January 27, 2011 at 12:07am
    So do I just screw the current neck onto the new chunk of wood inside the box and be done with it? or, is there a "better" way to do it?
  • alectron January 25, 2011 at 10:10pm
    Thanks/ I got a thick chunk of some type of wood to stick in there. I would've have probably needed one anyway since I'm gonna put a single coil in it instead of a piezo.
  • Wichita Sam January 25, 2011 at 10:34am

    listen to  mike... I would think a minimum of 1/2 inch thick neck section and then only on a three or four stringer and will a good hardwood...(no poplar)...

     

    the best,

     

    Wichita Sam

  • MichaelS Country Boy Guitars January 25, 2011 at 8:09am
    Do you mean its only 1/4 inch inside the box? If so yes it will need to be thicker to keep from bowing. 3/4" is about right for the thru neck portion in my builds. You may be able to get away with 1/2".

    alectron said:
    Another Neck Question: Like I said, I have some brazzilian Ipay for the neck. I built the box so the soundboard is 1/4" thick. It's neck through, and the section that goes under the lid is also 1/4" thick. It's gonna have 3 strings tuned GDG and the gauges are 32, 24, & 16. do you think the neck will be strong enough or will I need to get a re-enforicing chuck of wood to go inside the box? ( it has no truss rod and by the way, I used a 1/4" roundover bit to round out the back of the neck and it turned out great)
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