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Neck brace

Posted by Tom Lauten on July 30, 2013 at 2:29pm
This is the welded aluminum neck brace I had made up to stop the aluminum box from wobbling on my new 4 string build. Te neck is butt joined but the box still flexed, I am hoping this will have sorted that little problem out!
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  • Tom Lauten August 6, 2013 at 3:30am
    Thanks very much.

    I've Ben crazy busy but I'm hoping to finish it off soon. I need to replace the 3-way switch and tweak a few other things. The neck seems pretty solid, the box is like a rock now...should be! Lol!
  • Joe "Mojo" Devine August 5, 2013 at 11:05pm
    Ok this proves that there is no limit to the imagination here. Well done. How is it holding up?
  • Tom Lauten July 31, 2013 at 7:02pm
    Thanks, yes, it's a thigh pad.

    The box corners were model made, moulded and cast by me in polyurethane resin.

    It is now solid as hell!
  • Jim Woods July 31, 2013 at 6:33pm

    Wow, that has to be solid now! - Great looking box/ neck - is that a curved, padded aluminum thigh pad I see on the right?

  • Tom Lauten July 31, 2013 at 6:10am
    Too right. Hey, at least earthing the electronics isn't a problem!
  • darryl kernaghan July 31, 2013 at 5:01am

    i think you,ve solved your neck flex problem,but don,t hi neck it during a thunder storm

  • Tom Lauten July 30, 2013 at 3:27pm
    Lol!

    Nr'mind!
  • jawbone July 30, 2013 at 3:16pm

    Oops!!!! - You are not the Tom that is in ThunderBay!!! Where is that edit button when you really need it!!!

  • jawbone July 30, 2013 at 3:14pm

    Holy crap - Revenge of the Transformers!!!!!
    You're getting close to the National Steel.

    Do you get many Lightening storms up in TBay????
    I sure hope this works out for you.

  • Ron "Oily" Sprague July 30, 2013 at 2:54pm
    You KNOW you wanna do a single carved billet, from headstock to tailpiece, hehehe. Instant reso!
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