Graphite rods

[Manual_Combat]

Just curious- How do you know when to put rods into our neck?
i'm building a 6er and i don't want to over stiffen m neck b putting rods in- but i also don't want my neck to be too weak.

 

[Manual_Combat]

*BUMP!!*

 

[Ray Holt]

Pip what kind of woods are you using in your neck? Will there be laminates? If there are going to be laminates I'd say there's absolutely no need for the graphite rods.

Some people swear by them, but others don't buy into them at all.

I do not think they're necessary for a 6 string... you definitely don't want the neck to be too stiff. One thing that most everyone agrees on is that reinforcement rods help eliminate dead spots.


I'd say you don't need them either way... but especially if you're doing laminates.

 

[throbgod13]

graphite rods are glued into the neck, in routes, like truss rods..

i think it adds to the overall stability of the neck..

 

[DanielM]

is there such a thing as an overstiff neck? if so why is it a bad thing, not wanting to highjack your thread here Manual_Combat, but this makes me wonder.

 

[Rodent]

too stiff leaves the neck unadjustable via the trussrod, leaving any adjustments to be made via handtools

all the best,

R

 

[pilotjones]

An overly stiff neck doesn't bend at all from the strings, and is so stiff that you can't even add a little relief (forward bow) using the truss rod. Wilser's first was like that. Unusable. IIRC it was all ipe, not sure whether it had CF rods also.

 

[FBB Custom]

Practically speaking you are very unlikely to make a neck that is too stiff. You're certainly not going to make a neck that is too stiff by adding carbon fibre rods -- if you've ever played a modern CF neck they tend to have truss rods because they do deflect under tension some.

Carbon fibre does not move when ambient conditions change. That is a primary contribution as they can mitigate the movement that an all wood neck will experience.

 

[Manual_Combat]

hehe. i'm beginning to see how everyone has their own thought/ say on things.

Thanks for the info. I'll be posting some pics of my build soon and will most likely not be using the rods.