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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on March 6, 2015 at 4:40pm

Bama,what happens if you just reduce your intended scale length enough to gain the thickness you want?hope this makes sense to ya

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on March 6, 2015 at 4:43pm

sorry,can that,didn't realise you'd glued it,maybe you could shape and sand a  nice fillet to bolster it,like a web going from neck thickness tapering to a rounded point

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 6, 2015 at 7:33pm

Hmmmm. Is your worry that the joint where the neck meets the headstock will snap when you string it up? First thing, you have a laminate that looks to be pretty strong. I don't think it'll snap under string tension, maybe only if you dropped it on the headstock, or it received an otherwise sharp blow. But let's say it breaks. How would you fix that? You'd have to shape a new headstock, maybe from laminates again, and attach it with a scarf joint. Yes, it would be a pain to get the scarf just so.

Or maybe, you go headless, and put your tuners down at the other end.

Another way would be to carve a wedge strut to support that area that takes all the angles into account, and glue that in, maybe fancy it up with a carved volute...

Or you could even install a turnbuckle, for a different look ( although that might interfere with some first fret fingering).

There's four different ways that don't involve slapping a slab on the back. Some of them might even work >:-E

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 6, 2015 at 11:27pm

Cut it off and scarf join it back on, you'll probably have to sacrifice an inch and a half of scale length, if you already slotted a fingerboard lose the first fret.

It's really for the best you're going to struggle to build this back up and get nice joins.

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Permalink Reply by Dane Donato on March 7, 2015 at 1:26am

I'd say just consider this a learning experience and a source for scrap wood. In the bow making world, we say if you ain't breaking them, you ain't making them. This applies to many pursuits. 

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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on March 7, 2015 at 3:01am

      I was tired and aggravated when I made this post. Until Ron mentioned it, I didn't realize that I hadn't put what my concern was. My concern was that the area where neck turns into head was so thin it would break or flex making it a bear to keep in tune. I make my laminate layups 30' that way I have a piece that grain matches for the piece that goes on bottom of neck next to box as I use hanger bolt and fender washer to mount to box.

      I have slept on it and I am going to take the piece that was the off fall from the original cut and see if I can beltsand it flat enough to get a good glue surface, then rotate the piece 180 degrees,to compensate for the taper in the piece. Kind of like your Grandpa said Wayfinder., except the mating piece is already waiting for me in the trash.. Then going with a piece of made to fit inside corner molding like I understand Wayfinder is talking about. P.S. The other necks came out O.K. I usually glue them up 2 at a time.

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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on March 7, 2015 at 1:25pm

      Well the results are in and I will let you pick the boo boo rework. They still got more to do but , I am happy with what is done so far. This is when it starts to get scary, lot of time invested and I was sick thinking I had messed up that persimmon, I have had it for years waiting for the right thing to use it on and I can't think of anythin I would rather use it on than a LPG..If some of you folks recognize some of your headstock patterns in the display don't blame me, Uker told you to post pix of your favorite baby on here and you did it. Remember what is the most sincere form of flattery. I haven't had one original thought since May of '87 (;-)) thanks to all.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 7, 2015 at 4:36pm

Top neck, 3rd pic. But it looks nice with the darker contrast. I think you fixed it.

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Permalink Reply by Bama Hound on March 7, 2015 at 8:56pm

Ding...Ding... Ding... We have a winner, would Ron "Oily" Sprague please step to the stage. The cash and prizes will be awarded to you at a later date. We have a government run committee working on exactly what they are,but we will get back to you.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Thompson on March 8, 2015 at 4:15am

Very creative designs!

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