This is the welded aluminum neck brace I had made up to stop the aluminum box from wobbling on my new 4 string build. Te neck is butt joined but the box still flexed, I am hoping this will have sorted that little problem out!

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Comment by Tom Lauten on August 5, 2013 at 8:30pm
Thanks very much.

I've Ben crazy busy but I'm hoping to finish it off soon. I need to replace the 3-way switch and tweak a few other things. The neck seems pretty solid, the box is like a rock now...should be! Lol!
Comment by Joe "Mojo" Devine on August 5, 2013 at 4:05pm
Ok this proves that there is no limit to the imagination here. Well done. How is it holding up?
Comment by Tom Lauten on July 31, 2013 at 12:02pm
Thanks, yes, it's a thigh pad.

The box corners were model made, moulded and cast by me in polyurethane resin.

It is now solid as hell!
Comment by Jim Woods on July 31, 2013 at 11:33am

Wow, that has to be solid now! - Great looking box/ neck - is that a curved, padded aluminum thigh pad I see on the right?

Comment by Tom Lauten on July 30, 2013 at 11:10pm
Too right. Hey, at least earthing the electronics isn't a problem!
Comment by darryl kernaghan on July 30, 2013 at 10:01pm

i think you,ve solved your neck flex problem,but don,t hi neck it during a thunder storm

Comment by Tom Lauten on July 30, 2013 at 8:27am
Lol!

Nr'mind!
Comment by jawbone on July 30, 2013 at 8:16am

Oops!!!! - You are not the Tom that is in ThunderBay!!! Where is that edit button when you really need it!!!

Comment by jawbone on July 30, 2013 at 8:14am

Holy crap - Revenge of the Transformers!!!!!
You're getting close to the National Steel.

Do you get many Lightening storms up in TBay????
I sure hope this works out for you.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 30, 2013 at 7:54am
You KNOW you wanna do a single carved billet, from headstock to tailpiece, hehehe. Instant reso!

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