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Old 11-04-2008, 01:08 PM
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i was thinking, why not only taper one side of the neck, it would be easier. i know it sounds lazy but i was just thinking that it might be better in some way. any insight?
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Old 11-04-2008, 03:48 PM
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If you're talking about the overall design of the instrument and its geometry: That's equivalent to taking a standard neck, and when mounting it to the body, instead of putting the neck centerline on the body centerline, put one neck edge parallel to the body centerline. (And adjusting the bridge position as appropriate.) Which, in effect, is the same as rotating the body, if you think of it as mounting the body to the neck instead of mounting the neck to the body.

If you're talking just about the neck construction: it's probably not advisable, since by tapering one side only you now end up with an unbalanced (stress-wise, not weight-wise) design, with the average line of grain running on a diagonal with respect to the string tension and the effective neck axis, instead of dead parallel in line with the string tension and major axis.
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