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Most of the companies who have built aluminium neck guitars used either 6061 or 7075 (from memory), although one of the higher-end firms used a proprietary alloy called Alumag (which I now can't seem to find any evidence of), which is reportedly almost impossible to get. 6061 and 7075 can be got fro...

Thanks Mark and Leon for your responses. Mark - I know that aluminium behaves badly with temparature changes and I'm fine with that. I believe people get by by making sure the guitar is at a stable temparature before it's played - I'll never have to worry about arrays of stage lights, either, 'cause...

I've been reading the MIMF for about 10 years on and off but this is my first real post (maybe second - I think I had one on the old forum in the late 1990s), so hello everyone. I'm in the early stages of designing an aluminium neck to retrofit to one of my guitars. I've come to wonder about relief:...