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C'thulhu's custom Roscoe

RocketMusic

RocketMusic

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#1
Shame on me, I neglected to post about C'thulhu's recent custom Roscoe Century Sig IV order! His bass will sport a single-pickup (Nordstrand Dual Coil), a solid Burl Maple body, and an unlined fretless Black Diamondwood board on a Cocobolo Wedge neck!! Here are all the dets, and here is a pic of the solid body in raw form:

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#13
Freddels said:
Being new to these parts, what is a wedge neck and how does it differ from a standard neck? And why would I want one?
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Freddels, the wedge refers to the center of the neck being wider at the heel than the headstock, thus it is "wedge shaped". It is also what we would consider a true 5 piece neck, as opposed to the Maple/Purpleheart/Maple necks which we consider a 3 piece neck (we don't count any veneers used for accents).

Why would you want one? Because they look cool! :cool:

:)

(We don't make any claim to there being any structural advantage for the wedge neck, all of our necks are very strong and very stable, including the Century Standard necks which are 3-piece maple.)
 
#15
Gard said:
Freddels, the wedge refers to the center of the neck being wider at the heel than the headstock, thus it is "wedge shaped". It is also what we would consider a true 5 piece neck, as opposed to the Maple/Purpleheart/Maple necks which we consider a 3 piece neck (we don't count any veneers used for accents).

Why would you want one? Because they look cool! :cool:

:)

(We don't make any claim to there being any structural advantage for the wedge neck, all of our necks are very strong and very stable, including the Century Standard necks which are 3-piece maple.)
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Don't the wedge necks have a volute as well, which the standards do not?
 
#19
Ok, I'll be the idiot. Certainly not the first time. What's a volute? Google/wiki gave me this...


* In architecture, a volute is a decorative element on columns.
* In stairways, a volute is a handrail for a bullnose step that is shaped like a spiral.
* In biology, a volute is one of a number of species of marine snails in the family Volutidae.
* In engineering, a volute is the casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
* In engineering, a volute spring is a compression spring in the shape of a volute.
* In pottery, a volute krater is a type of Greek urn that takes its name from the form of the handles, which spiral into volutes.


...none of which seems to directly apply. Help a brother out?
 
#20
VroomVroom said:
Ok, I'll be the idiot. Certainly not the first time. What's a volute? Google/wiki gave me this...


* In architecture, a volute is a decorative element on columns.
* In stairways, a volute is a handrail for a bullnose step that is shaped like a spiral.
* In biology, a volute is one of a number of species of marine snails in the family Volutidae.
* In engineering, a volute is the casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
* In engineering, a volute spring is a compression spring in the shape of a volute.
* In pottery, a volute krater is a type of Greek urn that takes its name from the form of the handles, which spiral into volutes.


...none of which seems to directly apply. Help a brother out?
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It's a curved mound of wood, where the headstock meets the back of the neck, mainly decrotave, but stops your thumb from passing the nut position, and leaves extra wood at where headstocks can break, so it's sturdier.
 

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