Needing Advice-My first Acoustic Neck
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:48 pm
Hello forum Members,
I am a newbie at guitar building and am new to this forum. This is my first post here so please bear with my inexperience. I am in the process of making my first acoustic 6 string. Black Walnut for the back and sides, Sitka for the tone wood and ebony finger board. I think I've included three images of a nice piece of maple that I have had for about 20 years. in case the images do not show up, the maple is just at 2 inches thick, 8" wide and roughly 7.5' long.
With these dimensions and the grain direction I would like to ask any and all that read this, what would you do or how you would proceed using this piece of maple for a nice neck?
Could I safely cut two neck blanks from this piece of maple ( I'm thinking a mirror image pair running lengthwise) then laminate it together with a dark stripe of walnut. Doing it that way i would have enough width. I would like to know if I should consider making the neck with a scarfed peg head or possibly cutting it out like you might from a single block? What method might you suggest to use this maple for best possible strength, and for best looks too?
Thank you in advance,
Kim
There are ton of other questions I have but one at a time
I am a newbie at guitar building and am new to this forum. This is my first post here so please bear with my inexperience. I am in the process of making my first acoustic 6 string. Black Walnut for the back and sides, Sitka for the tone wood and ebony finger board. I think I've included three images of a nice piece of maple that I have had for about 20 years. in case the images do not show up, the maple is just at 2 inches thick, 8" wide and roughly 7.5' long.
With these dimensions and the grain direction I would like to ask any and all that read this, what would you do or how you would proceed using this piece of maple for a nice neck?
Could I safely cut two neck blanks from this piece of maple ( I'm thinking a mirror image pair running lengthwise) then laminate it together with a dark stripe of walnut. Doing it that way i would have enough width. I would like to know if I should consider making the neck with a scarfed peg head or possibly cutting it out like you might from a single block? What method might you suggest to use this maple for best possible strength, and for best looks too?
Thank you in advance,
Kim
There are ton of other questions I have but one at a time