It looks nice even if it is poplar

I'm OK with this neck, but you never know until you get the fretboard glued on how it really feels
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  • Good move to hook up with someone in flooring!  I've thought about that but just keep going to big orange and lumber yards.

    I really didn't expect this project to amount to much but it quickly started looking pretty.  I'm going ahead with this neck but if it shows a bow under 3 light gauge strings I'll do another neck.

  • I found a flooring guy locally that gave me some maple and jatoba 4' stair treads that I'm ripping for necks.  He says he's been just throwing these cut-offs away!  The maple is laminated for 8" width but is solid 3/4" thick.  The jatoba is a full 1" thick x 4".  I think after my experience, I'll only use poplar for short uke necks if I have nothing else.

  • I reinforced the neck with two oak splines and hope they suffice to keep the neck in service on this as a 3 stringer, but worst case scenario is that I have to replace the neck and I'm OK with that.  I've got 5 neck blanks (maple and red oak) ready and waiting  and just bought some more wood last Friday.  I now have maple, oak, cherry, and Brazilian cherry aka jatoba.  

  • Looks good, hope it works out.  I just had to trash two poplar necks 'cause they looked like pretzels after I strung 'em up. 

  • looks like a fine job shaping the neck!!!

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