I originally started this guitar with 4 strings in mind. Now I'm kicking around the idea of making it my first 6 stringer. There's plenty of room on the head and the neck is plenty wide enough to not crowd any strings. 2" wide. The neck is walnut with a decorative laminate down the middle. I'm using a scrap piece of wood I picked up at work as the fret board. I'm not sure what it is but it smells like cherry when you're cutting it. It's very hard. The stripe laminate is walnut sandwiched between 2 strips of salvaged wood from an old dresser. I originally thought it was oak but it seems more dense and tighter grained than oak....again, very hard. I'm guessing it started life as a dresser about 60 or 70 years ago so it's good and dry. I don't have a truss rod, so I'm wondering if this neck is beefy enough to resist too much bending, battling 6 strings. Suggestions? Should I play it safe and stick with my original plan as a 4 stringer? I'm wondering if my 2" wide neck is too wide for 4 strings....my fat fingers say no, but I'm not a player so I don't count ;)
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Thanks Jerry! I appreciate that. I agree about mixing those two. They do not get along! Lol. Hopefully you didn't do too much damage. I've had a couple....situations....And that was while drinking my diet Pepsi. My first major power tool was a radial arm saw. Ripping narrow or short boards is pretty risky. I've had my work piece kick back and shove my push stick into the palm of my hand. Had to have those taped shut. When the saw was new to me, I ripped a board from the wrong end. Let's just say I'm lucky I had a concrete wall or I'd have some repairs to do. I'm just glad there was nobody on that end. I'm sure it would have done some damage, being only about 1" wide. That board flew 10 feet, bounced off the wall and was on the floor before I had time to react and pull my hands back. Safety safety safety!!!!
You always build beautiful stuff.,.,I just mentioned dead flat, cause after 150 builds I have tried everything.,.,concave, convex, dead flat ,.,etc.,,.good and dry is a good place to start.,I had to learn the hard way by trial and error.,.,and hard liquor n power tools don't really go together for very long (LOL)
Jerry, I make sure the necks are as near perfect straight as can be. Then when I glue on the fretboard, I'm clamping everything down to a nice sturdy level. When it sets up, it's perfectly flat. I may just go 6 stringer on this one and I have a friend that is a premier rock guitar player and I'll get him to try it out.
Plenty strong enough for 6 strings, just make sure the FB is dead flat. Laminating the neck makes it way strong.,.,Look at at Steve Wishnevsky's builds.,.,he rarely uses a truss rod on laminated bass necks.,.,gonna be a great build.,.,Briggs n Stratton reminds me of my old Mini-bike .,.,
Looks great in full size and looks like a good possible six. Yeah, 2 inches is kind of wide for a 4 or for slider. Maybe.... Would be okay for a finger chorder. Maybe try six with the thought that you could later go down to four and cover the middle holes with decorations....
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Yes sir.,.,i'm 5 years sober now, but I used to be a madman with a tablesaw .,.,.,.,
You always build beautiful stuff.,.,I just mentioned dead flat, cause after 150 builds I have tried everything.,.,concave, convex, dead flat ,.,etc.,,.good and dry is a good place to start.,I had to learn the hard way by trial and error.,.,and hard liquor n power tools don't really go together for very long (LOL)
Jerry, I make sure the necks are as near perfect straight as can be. Then when I glue on the fretboard, I'm clamping everything down to a nice sturdy level. When it sets up, it's perfectly flat. I may just go 6 stringer on this one and I have a friend that is a premier rock guitar player and I'll get him to try it out.
Plenty strong enough for 6 strings, just make sure the FB is dead flat. Laminating the neck makes it way strong.,.,Look at at Steve Wishnevsky's builds.,.,he rarely uses a truss rod on laminated bass necks.,.,gonna be a great build.,.,Briggs n Stratton reminds me of my old Mini-bike .,.,
Looks great in full size and looks like a good possible six. Yeah, 2 inches is kind of wide for a 4 or for slider. Maybe.... Would be okay for a finger chorder. Maybe try six with the thought that you could later go down to four and cover the middle holes with decorations....
Good wishes.
Yeah, if it was mine. I would go for a touchdown.