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Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on October 2, 2010 at 10:33pm

There is no cutting across the grain, IF grains going vertical when watching headstock from front.
I know , that idea lower grains in top but they bigger going to down, where is tuners.

When grains going vertical ( when you watch wood piece from front ) , they hold better strings tension, am i right Josh?

I use that idea with Dark Sumatra, i am now tuned it GDgd, it´s work but i am gonna test it also AEae.
If it is going broke, i must use much time to fix that or forget them and start new project :)

Comment by Jarmo Katajisto on September 21, 2010 at 5:25am

I hope at this is enough strong, i don´t know yet.

My next CBG neck headstock is now maded that way. so let see :)

If you lookin neck from front and grains going horizontal way,
that is weak style but if grains going vertical, i suppose it is then stronger.
Then that style not going across grains.

But ... let see, maybe this going broke :/

That idea what i see in local guitar shop was Swap Stomber Dobro, there might be was a glued join too
( getting bigger bent ) but i modified that idea little.

Comment by Brian "Pork Pie" Anderson on September 21, 2010 at 2:03am

Thats right....most people dont realize that if you try to break piece of wood with a properly glued joint it will break almost anywhere except where its glued.

Comment by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on September 20, 2010 at 1:11pm

You would only want to do something like this if the neck was quatersawn or constructed of laminate pieces. Cutting across the grain in this fashion is actually weaker than a glued scarf joint.