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Permalink Reply by QGolden on November 26, 2015 at 1:43am

We used to call that a "Witness Stick". A physical tool used to lay out anything that requires Geometry. A common use in days of old was to use a witness stick to lay out stairs. Someone who did not know the math would take a stick of wood, cut to the total height required, to someone who did know the math and they would do the geometry and put marks on the stick for the rise and run of the steps.

I suppose theoretically, a template to lay out the frets is a witness stick. I seldom heard the term used in this manner outside of my own family.

Permalink Reply by Anthony Collins on November 26, 2015 at 2:10am

Veering OT but in my former profession of Civil Engineer a cut stick was called a traveller. With a tee piece on top it was used to sight depth of digging for drain trenches etc. Must be something in my blood but I think I will be spending more time designing and building jigs and templates than on the actual guitar build.

Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on November 26, 2015 at 3:44am

We called that TEE structure a 'boning rod' Anthony

Permalink Reply by QGolden on November 29, 2015 at 1:05am

Jigs and templates can be as satisfying to build as anything else! I especially like building them for my Table Saw.

Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on November 26, 2015 at 3:52am

Worked out well Rob,but i'd suggest tapering your fret board is over complicating it,raising the tail/lowering the haunch would be simpler.Phrygian kid has a simple graphic where his tapered off cut from the top ,added to the bottom of the neck inside the body simplifies it

Permalink Reply by Robert Killen on November 28, 2015 at 2:55pm

As I mentioned, I was inexplicably unexcited about cutting my neck. And though it might seem complicated, it really isn't.

Nonetheless, I'll probably gravitate towards Kid's method at some point

Cheers!

Permalink Reply by QGolden on November 29, 2015 at 1:09am

Do you have the Link to that?

Permalink Reply by Robert Killen on November 29, 2015 at 4:28pm

I found it here. You'll need to scroll about 2/3 the way down the page: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/through-body-necks-conta...

I also found Bluesheart's pic of this method in practice: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/angleneck2

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