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Permalink Reply by Mungo Park on December 24, 2012 at 4:15am

#2 gets my vote, then the joint is not making the fret board all wonkie, if the joint is a little out it is not affecting the part that has to be accurate.  No glue line or such on the neck part where your hand slides, course I slim it doen a lit in that area so again no joint at the thinnest part of the neck, course both work just a matter of figuring what is your poison.             Cheers Ron

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Permalink Reply by RTZGUITARS on December 25, 2012 at 3:06pm

#1 has more glued surface on the joint and is a stronger glued joint.

#2 like Dan says use threaded tunes to bolt the joint'

#2 will also be a better  joint if you install a trussrod no stress on the joint.

do both see what works

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Permalink Reply by David McQueen on December 25, 2012 at 3:15pm

On #1 and #2, if you use a head veneer on 2, the glue surface is the same. #2 should be used with a head veneer or the joint is weak in shear force stresses.

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Permalink Reply by wormil on December 26, 2012 at 10:31am

I have done both, there are advantages to each but both have been used by professional luthiers for a long time and both are plenty strong. 

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 27, 2012 at 5:51am

I prefer No. 1 since it lets you hide the joint under the fingerboard. and leaves the headstock grain intact.

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 27, 2012 at 6:42am

By the way, Josh Gayou of Smokehouse Guitars has some great info on doing scarf joints on his page/site also.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on December 28, 2012 at 3:48am

I prefer to use No.2 with the addition of a head veneer.

If you use No.1 when you radius the back of the neck the joint area is reduced and the joint line becomes more obtrusive.

The longer headstock also gives more space to play about with interesting designs rather than the stubby No.1

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on December 28, 2012 at 10:10am

No1 can be made longer too, just depends on how much wood you leave as the head part before you cut the joint.

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Permalink Reply by Murdoc_420 on March 9, 2016 at 10:04am

 I believe I have heard a 15* angle is best for this?

 Getting ready to build my first 'complex' neck soon...

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Permalink Reply by David McQueen on March 9, 2016 at 10:38am

15 degrees is rhe same is is used on srandard guitars. It also gives enough drop that you should not have to use a string tree.

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Permalink Reply by Murdoc_420 on March 9, 2016 at 10:49am

 Thanks :D

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Permalink Reply by Daryl on March 9, 2016 at 11:49am

I prefer #1. I cheat and dryfit so I can drill for 2 short screws that are installed with glue to keep pieces from sliding. Drill and fill with a plug and all sins are hidden by the fret board. ;-)

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