Just for the record I have done conversions using premade necks to and I see nothing wrong with it at all. I just prefer to make the neck. I don't make my own boxes!. When I find a guitar in the trash or for a few bucks at the thrift, I'll be using the neck from it!! I only hope it will turn out half as cool as this one!
Wow, that was a hard conversion and truly great looking results. And if you can play it the 16th fret!! This one is very cool and forgive me for saying anything about 6 string conversions. Most all of us that dabble with 6 strings have done it. Few- very few- as well as you.
I thougt long and hard about whether to make a completely new neck, or use an existing neck from an acoustic guitar. With the changes I needed to make to the acoustic neck, the jury is still out as to which would be less work. To get the scale right, the acoustic neck needed to be lengthened 3". Not an easy task when the roasting pan has compound curves at the mounting point, and the "action" is also partially determined by the angle of those compound cuts. This whole thing makes the heel of the neck look pretty long, but it can easily be played to the 16th fret instead of just the 12th like the original acoustic guitar. Thanks for the kind comments, guys.
Got to agree with Bluesheart. For me, converting a 6 string neck to results in just a semi-home made product - not the full deal. But I have one too. And this is one of the coolest.
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Just for the record I have done conversions using premade necks to and I see nothing wrong with it at all. I just prefer to make the neck. I don't make my own boxes!. When I find a guitar in the trash or for a few bucks at the thrift, I'll be using the neck from it!! I only hope it will turn out half as cool as this one!
Wow, that was a hard conversion and truly great looking results. And if you can play it the 16th fret!! This one is very cool and forgive me for saying anything about 6 string conversions. Most all of us that dabble with 6 strings have done it. Few- very few- as well as you.
I thougt long and hard about whether to make a completely new neck, or use an existing neck from an acoustic guitar. With the changes I needed to make to the acoustic neck, the jury is still out as to which would be less work. To get the scale right, the acoustic neck needed to be lengthened 3". Not an easy task when the roasting pan has compound curves at the mounting point, and the "action" is also partially determined by the angle of those compound cuts. This whole thing makes the heel of the neck look pretty long, but it can easily be played to the 16th fret instead of just the 12th like the original acoustic guitar. Thanks for the kind comments, guys.
Got to agree with Bluesheart. For me, converting a 6 string neck to results in just a semi-home made product - not the full deal. But I have one too. And this is one of the coolest.
That is looking very nice, love the shape and details!