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Permalink Reply by Glenn Reither on April 19, 2012 at 2:14pm

Had this only once, because I made the neck too thin. It was a pain but I routed out the back of the neck, put in a truss rod from a junker acoustic, covered with rosewood and reshaped it.

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Permalink Reply by David L. on April 19, 2012 at 8:42pm

What kind of pickup are you using piezo or magnetic? If it is a piezo you could try using classical guitar strings.

Permalink Reply by Glenn Reither on April 20, 2012 at 12:09am

That's a good solution.

Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on April 23, 2012 at 12:45pm

Or just tune down a step.

Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on April 23, 2012 at 2:48pm

Since the neck is removable, why not take it out, add a fret board, level it and reinstall it.  The fretboard will add strength and then all you will have to do is add a taller bridge.....

 

Unless you have a very thin neck or are using heavy strings on a six stringer, an oak neck should have been strong enough.  It may have been slightly bowed before you added the string tension....

 

hope this helps,

Wichita Sam

 

 

Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on April 23, 2012 at 4:19pm

I've never had a tassie oak neck move not even one piece ones. Personally I'd rip out the frets and tuners and make another. Next time make sure you turn it so it's on the quarter

Sam ...anytime you see a wood with a state of Australia as a prefix, tassie oak, qld walnut Vic ash etcetc it's not the real one but something that looks like it, what the first white woodworkers called em when they came across 200 years ago :)

Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on April 24, 2012 at 12:44am

Kid,

 

OK, thanks, ... unless it has properties like a wet noodle or that CBG has more than 4 strings, it ought to had moderate tunings on a CBG.  Adding a fretboard would stiffen up what ever it is.  I've had perfectly stable 4 stringers with 1x2 poplar necks (3/4 X 1 1/2) and no additional fretboard.  Poplar is not a strong wood at all compared to oak, maple etc.

 

the best,

 

Wichita Sam

Permalink Reply by RUM SICK DAVE on April 25, 2012 at 6:06pm

Hey guys, thanks for all the comments. i have been away for a week without computer, just got back, what i did before i left was i glued a block a few mm thicker than the block at tail and fretboard end and because i left room between the lid and the throu neck in the hope for better sound' there was room for it to bend, i discovered that the neck was strait but it was bowing at the point where the neck goes through the box, this done the trick, so i just checked again now and it's still strait. fingers crossed!!.