I am looking for some help on way's to strengthen the neck on my 4 string it's got a little bow to it.   thanks for any help.       keith

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Best thing would be to change the neck Keith, ideally necks should be hardwood ie American Oak strong enough to take the string tension reinforced with a hardwood fretboard ie Rosewood, etc., lots of choice there! (-:

 

 

Here's how I've done it. Laminated 4 pieces. 2 oak strips, maple neck and fingerboard. The point where the relief for the box lid is cut is the weakest and likely the start of your bow.
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In my next "project" I want use a neck laminated as on the picture below (either with or without the truss rod).

Any thoughts?

I just rout out a channel for an 18 inch box steel rod I get at HD store and in the maple neck then cap with my fret board of red oak stained ebony. With this method you must give relief in the middle of the neck by reworking the frets in that area but I feel this is the best sounding neck as it has no truss rod rattle sound and is way stiffer that an adjustable rod setup. If a customer wants the adjustable truss rod neck I just buy a neck from guitarfetish faster and cheaper then building one ( and yes you still have to do the final shaping and fret work but for $ 39 you get a good base to start with)
Hi E D, in your photo, I only see 3 pieces. Do you have two pieces, side-by-side, on the middle layer? Thanks, David

E D said:
Here's how I've done it. Laminated 4 pieces. 2 oak strips, maple neck and fingerboard. The point where the relief for the box lid is cut is the weakest and likely the start of your bow.
been thinking about a laminated pine neck, say 3-pieces of 1/4" thick pine, anyone done it, would it work,??
2 layers approx. 1/4+1/2 in. neck works for 3 strings (GDG, heavy strings). Pine neck+other pine (more "monolythic") for the fingerboard. well, it was not what I wanted to do, but seems to be stable. Didn't adjust the tuning in weeks (though I check it regularly).

I do exactly that but instead of a rod, I put in a 1/8"x1/2" bar (set vertical of course).

 

Gee interesting use of grain direction (do that too). See my blogs for more on that.

 

-WY


Rafal Sulejman said:

In my next "project" I want use a neck laminated as on the picture below (either with or without the truss rod).

Any thoughts?

Should work well. I hates pine for CBGs but laminated and taking into consideration grain and lamination direction, would be super. Would need more than 3 pieces would be used -- not set =, set ||| and sawn down.

 

-WY


GARAGE HERMIT said:

been thinking about a laminated pine neck, say 3-pieces of 1/4" thick pine, anyone done it, would it work,??

Another way to go is to use a carbon fiber truss rod instead of the steel bar.

 

Brian Hunt.

 

 

I do my necks similar, except they are 2 pieces of 8-ply plywood glued together, as in Rafal's pic. They are incredibly strong, as the grain goes perpendicular on each ply. My first two do not have a fretboard cap, so you can see the kewl "stripeyness" of the plys side by side. Will post pics after vacation.
thank's for all the suggestions. i have not done any laminating yet but it look's like i'm headed that direction. i have just used  1x2 oak  notched to fit the box lid so it's raised above the box lid approx.3/16'' then mark the fret's and cut the fretlines with a small saw blade appros 1/16'' deep. glue it up and then string it.    thank's again  keith

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