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Permalink Reply by PhattyPatty on August 1, 2015 at 4:36am

Is that 14 degrees?

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Permalink Reply by Michael Fred Johnson on August 1, 2015 at 5:18am

If you're asking me, yes

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Permalink Reply by PhattyPatty on August 1, 2015 at 5:39am

Thanks! I'll try it. This is all new for me.

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Permalink Reply by Busyhands Slim on October 17, 2013 at 5:15am

I have to disagree with the statement that one-piece necks are stronger, as someone who's had Gibsons and Epiphones with broken heads. On a one-piece neck, the grain is running diagonally to the headstock, making it a weak point. With a scarf joint, the grain is running parallel to the head, which makes the head much stronger. So, if you can get a good strong joint at the scarf, you have the overlay on the headstock or, even better, the fingerboard reinforcing the scarf joint. Personally, I prefer the method where the fingerboard reinforces the joint.

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on October 17, 2013 at 5:29am

Well, I went with the one-piece setup. The blank looks pretty good and I'll start shaping it tomorrow. Hope you're wrong Busy, and that the head holds. am using vertical laminate and it seems to be really strong. I've cut the head to 5/8" and will make sure that the radii are nice and smooth....fingers crossed

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on October 18, 2013 at 6:39pm

Marcus,

You'll be fine. With a 7 piece laminate, turned vertical, you don't have to worry about grain running diagonally, etc. That advice about broken headstocks on old Gibbys and Epis is true, because the necks and headstocks were formed from a SINGLE piece of hardwood. The laminations solve that problem, so you can justifiably go with a single piece. I do my necks from two pieces of 5-ply lauan, and have done one as a single piece with no scarf just fine. Only reason I do scarfs now is to minimize waste, as I get my wood as scrap. I also am now adding mahogany fretboards, mainly because I like the look and it helps with setting string height properly. I do my scarfs setting the headstock on top, for the same reason Eric said. But either way works. These are CBGs, after all.

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on October 21, 2013 at 9:32am

Well, here she is. Picked up a piece of Mexican ebony for the finger board. Neck is going into an identical cookie tin to my 4 string. Think it looks ok....

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on October 21, 2013 at 10:52am

Hey Marcus - looks good - and that is one "stylin'" Border Collie!!!
Are you going to the Fort Henry Fright Nite thing they have going on???

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on October 21, 2013 at 11:08am

You a Kingston boy JB?.....and, yeah, my border collie has mondo style....... :-)
Nope I won't do fort Henry...

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on October 21, 2013 at 11:11am

'Nother shot

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Permalink Reply by jawbone on October 21, 2013 at 12:44pm

Nope - I'm just north of Barrie but I seen that story about Fort Henry Halloween on Canada AM and it looked like a lot of fun - if I was closer I'd be going. I could sit in a corner playin' my CBG - that would sure scare them!!!

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Permalink Reply by Marcus Darwell on October 21, 2013 at 1:11pm

Hey, I LOVE Barrie. Was ther a couple of years ago for the dog agility thang. We had a blast and also got hooked on the damn flying monkeys....

Stayed in a cheapish motel and it was awesome. Everyone in Barrie smokes doobie.....I was quite surprised.....

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