Posted by Jon Pruett on January 14, 2011 at 12:53am
The inside of this one finished up nicely. I've learned the "screws, not glues" method of neck attachment too. Thanks to the screws holding it in, I was able to fine tune the next angle nice and easy to get the action down lower.
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Thanks! When I initially cut down the inside of the neck I did go too far and the neck started to bow when I leaned on it real good. So I took the part I cut off and laminated it back in place and then cut off a smaller slice. That extra lamination and width seemed to do the trick from a strength point of view - I wasn't able to get it to noticeably bow after that. If it does start to mis-behave under pressure from all the strings my plan is to laminate extra layers onto the bottom of the neck that extend across the join next. Hopefully I won't have to go down that path though - I want to get another project started instead!
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