I am starting to form some leftover tongue & groove oak flooring into a neck. After planing it into a rough rectangle it is a tad wider and a 1/16" or so less deep than a 1x2.. My skills are not so very good, so when I say 'rough' rectangle that's exactly what it is. But I like the 'found object' aspect so away we go. Someone must have already done this... any words of wisdom from the Tribe?
Also: when I look at the end of a piece and I see the tongue I wonder if it could be sawn in such a way as to make the tongue a bridge??
Hopefully this illustrates what I mean. Is oak tough enough to handle string tension on a 3-banger?
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The U.S. flooring chain Lumber Liquidators sells unfinished hardwood flooring in custom bundles, by the square foot. Has anyone ever bought from them? For "utility" grade oak, looks like three-string necks could be as little as a buck apiece, assuming the bundles aren't overloaded with shorts and you're able to rip wide planks into narrow neck strips. I suspect short planks and cut ends would make good headstocks and heels.
Anyone ever dealt with them? I'm loathe to bother a sales clerk for a lot as small as mine without knowing how they make bundles.
Thanks, Q, for the info. They seemed remarkably evasive about what's in those bundles, but apparently it's far worse than I feared.
I trashpicked a remarkably nice solid maple Craftsman-style headboard (inspected carefully for bedbug traces) and it's in quarantine in the back yard right now. Each of the two endposts should yield three or four clean necks, and the rails smell like heads, heels, biscuits, and bridges. There's also a huge panel that I haven't figured out what to do with.
First Act made an all Bamboo guitar one year in a limited run and they sounded awesome. I considered buying a box of Bamboo flooring planks from Lowe's at 43 dollars to build a semi-hollow Strat. The boards are tongue-n-groove, but they are all 48" long x 3.5" wide x 3/4" thick. Plenty of material to do a full size guitar body and neck or two. Beware of the flooring that is veneer over ply or pressed sawdust though, make sure you get solid wood for guitar/CBG building.
Although I have heard a good sounding guitar with a body made of MDF with Lipstick Tube pickups, I usually prefer solid wood for my builds.
great idea for bridge yes ...but u need to check how the lines of yer wood go ..basicly if u put a string on it the lines of the wood and the string should make a cross otherwis it wil defo break at one point
Many builders and some manufacturers have use laminated necks over the last 60 years. Depends on how good the glue and bonds are. Some guitar companies are known to have problems with broken necks(aka-the scarf joint), but others have a lot of success with it. Laminated necks are said to be stronger than solid wood necks and less likely to warp. I've even seen a plywood neck before and I remember that there's a member here that has a plywood neck on his CBG.
Just need good glue, good bonding and a good adjustable trussrod.
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