Soft-core is the new hardcore...body is cut from spruce 2x10x1.5".Neck is re-claimed Johnson maple/rosewood neck w/ skunk stripe. Zebra humbuckers (bridge 13.4k neck 6.8k). Pickup rings are cherry and maple. Pick guard/control plate is cherry. Back is skinned w/ the back of an old mahogany acoustic guitar. Tele-style 3 way switch & vol/tone control.
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To add to the topic, there are 6 string necks on older acoustic guitars that have a flat steel bar instead of an adjustable truss. And I am in the process of building a 4 string neck w/ a truss...since the scale will be 24" but strung with heavy flat wound strings (which require more tension).
Many thank for the response. I would have been surprised to hear 6 strings did not have a truss rod but you can't always tell from the photo. Hope to one day get up to your skill level and build myself a knockoff Telecaster. All the best - Joe
@ Joe Caruso...thank you. Nice to see and post pics that have a description. Regarding truss rods and 6 string necks...first off, this neck is a bolt on from a regular electric guitar. It has a truss rod.
For guitars with up to 4 strings, a truss rod isn't always needed as long as neck is proper and strong enough to counter the string tension.
For building a six string neck I highly recommend a truss rod...unless the person playing/owning the guitar doesn't mind a bowed neck.
Besides the benefit of a neck that won't bow, a truss rod also allows to dial in a nice low action and proper neck alignment, since technically a guitar neck (unless stricly for slide play) should not have a perfectly flat surface (the fingerboard side)...it should actually have a bit of an up-curve. Lots of You tube videos regarding this.
This guitar and its relative twin are now listed on ebay.
Very nice. And thanks for posting the build details. Newbie question (only one CBG to my credit so far) I'm seeing a number of 6 string CBGs etc, did you put a truss rod in this one? If not, why not? does it really matter for 6 string CBGs? Thanks!
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That's noteworthy - 4 string, (flat wound string => more tension) => truss rod.
To add to the topic, there are 6 string necks on older acoustic guitars that have a flat steel bar instead of an adjustable truss. And I am in the process of building a 4 string neck w/ a truss...since the scale will be 24" but strung with heavy flat wound strings (which require more tension).
Many thank for the response. I would have been surprised to hear 6 strings did not have a truss rod but you can't always tell from the photo. Hope to one day get up to your skill level and build myself a knockoff Telecaster. All the best - Joe
@ Joe Caruso...thank you. Nice to see and post pics that have a description. Regarding truss rods and 6 string necks...first off, this neck is a bolt on from a regular electric guitar. It has a truss rod.
For guitars with up to 4 strings, a truss rod isn't always needed as long as neck is proper and strong enough to counter the string tension.
For building a six string neck I highly recommend a truss rod...unless the person playing/owning the guitar doesn't mind a bowed neck.
Besides the benefit of a neck that won't bow, a truss rod also allows to dial in a nice low action and proper neck alignment, since technically a guitar neck (unless stricly for slide play) should not have a perfectly flat surface (the fingerboard side)...it should actually have a bit of an up-curve. Lots of You tube videos regarding this.
This guitar and its relative twin are now listed on ebay.
Very nice. And thanks for posting the build details. Newbie question (only one CBG to my credit so far) I'm seeing a number of 6 string CBGs etc, did you put a truss rod in this one? If not, why not? does it really matter for 6 string CBGs? Thanks!
Great job, love that one, rich grains!