My Neck Prototype
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 7:29 pm
Hello,
(I'm posting so much because I'm on break from school and I want to do as much as I can before summer school starts. I will keep going then but not at this rate.)
I made a new neck for my rebuild project out of foam core board. I am very much a rookie and I just had to see what it was like in a faster timeframe than making a wood one allowed. When I made furniture I made drawings and models of a piece until I could build the whole thing in my head. That's what I'm attempting here. I just couldn't visualize a multi-scale neck and fretboard.
Well, here it is, sitting next to the ebony fretboard blank that will be part of the real neck.
It even fits in the guitar!
The multi-scale layout seems pretty accurate. This is a 26.5"/24.5" neck which will probably be the first multi-scale I'll get to try. I can't find one in my area.
I almost feel confident enough to start in on a wood one. I'm not sure I want to use the best wood I have for the first neck I build. I'm planning on doing a 5-piece maple with some dark wood stripes I have in the stack. I'm not sure what yet. Any feedback is very welcome.
Thanks,
-Eric
(I'm posting so much because I'm on break from school and I want to do as much as I can before summer school starts. I will keep going then but not at this rate.)
I made a new neck for my rebuild project out of foam core board. I am very much a rookie and I just had to see what it was like in a faster timeframe than making a wood one allowed. When I made furniture I made drawings and models of a piece until I could build the whole thing in my head. That's what I'm attempting here. I just couldn't visualize a multi-scale neck and fretboard.
Well, here it is, sitting next to the ebony fretboard blank that will be part of the real neck.
It even fits in the guitar!
The multi-scale layout seems pretty accurate. This is a 26.5"/24.5" neck which will probably be the first multi-scale I'll get to try. I can't find one in my area.
I almost feel confident enough to start in on a wood one. I'm not sure I want to use the best wood I have for the first neck I build. I'm planning on doing a 5-piece maple with some dark wood stripes I have in the stack. I'm not sure what yet. Any feedback is very welcome.
Thanks,
-Eric