This is a small piece of what I am currently doing. I hand carved the neck which measures 1.75 inch at the nut, tapering to 2 inch were it meets the box. I decided to go with a neck thru for strength. The neck is a laminate of red oak in the middle with maple on the edges, that then is topped with a piece of red oak, and that is topped with a poplar fret board. very strong but a lot of carving and sanding to reach the desired thickness for comfort of playability. Buying a fret board is probably a good move as the one thing I wished Id done because on a six string I think it feels a bit odd without the radius. Also the thickness of the lamination came in handy were I had to carve away wood to fit the pickups. No truss rod but all in all it is shaping up very nicely.
That neck was hard won. I marked it, kerfed to the mark all along and then used a chisle to rough it out. I am pleased with the final result. The flare is to a full 2 1/2" at the box. It's a little wide for me with my dainty little paws, but my son who has "manly" hands loved it. He is always feeling cramped.
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this was suppose to be for another discussion but whatever hopefully he will find it cause Im not re doing it lol
This is a small piece of what I am currently doing. I hand carved the neck which measures 1.75 inch at the nut, tapering to 2 inch were it meets the box. I decided to go with a neck thru for strength. The neck is a laminate of red oak in the middle with maple on the edges, that then is topped with a piece of red oak, and that is topped with a poplar fret board. very strong but a lot of carving and sanding to reach the desired thickness for comfort of playability. Buying a fret board is probably a good move as the one thing I wished Id done because on a six string I think it feels a bit odd without the radius. Also the thickness of the lamination came in handy were I had to carve away wood to fit the pickups. No truss rod but all in all it is shaping up very nicely.
Very nice. Good looking neck.