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My most recent perdicament...

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BassMan257

Jul 22, 2005
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at one point in time, i decided i wasnt going to even try to build necks... and i bought the neck pictured below to put on the body pictured below... do you think that its puting descrase to the body? i mean... if i were to decide to make a neck, what woods should i make it out of? i mean, the body is a mahogany body, with a cherry and walnut top... whats a good wood to go with? and where could i find a blank?

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ps... if you dont think its that bad of a match, dont feel bad to tell me... im just having doubts... and being a 90 dollar Mighy Mite neck, im not sure if its worth it to put it on or not...
 
#2
BassMan257 said:
at one point in time, i decided i wasnt going to even try to build necks... and i bought the neck pictured below to put on the body pictured below... do you think that its puting descrase to the body? i mean... if i were to decide to make a neck, what woods should i make it out of? i mean, the body is a mahogany body, with a cherry and walnut top... whats a good wood to go with? and where could i find a blank?
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I would encourage you to make your own neck. It's not as much of an undertaking as you may think :)

This site has a lot of info on the subject and there are several books one could buy also.

Aesthetically, I think the Fender type neck would look a little off IMHO
 
#5
no, i didnt make the body... but i understand how it was done....

also, ive looked here for neck tutorials... and havent found any... out of like 364 threads with "neck" in the title, I didnt find a tutorial... just people saying things like "weve discussed this before a thousand times"

funny you say i use the tele...that was my origonal intention...

also... suggestions for neck wood? I was thinking just plain cherry if that will work... with an ebony board (fretless)....

then the question is if i want a 2x2 or a 4 in line... I just dont know what would match...

what I would LOVE is to get or make one of those necks with the scrolls at the end... like on an upright...

do you suggest using walnut for the neck? will this be really expensive?
 
#6
BassMan257 said:
no, i didnt make the body... but i understand how it was done....

also, ive looked here for neck tutorials... and havent found any... out of like 364 threads with "neck" in the title, I didnt find a tutorial... just people saying things like "weve discussed this before a thousand times"

funny you say i use the tele...that was my origonal intention...

also... suggestions for neck wood? I was thinking just plain cherry if that will work... with an ebony board (fretless)....

then the question is if i want a 2x2 or a 4 in line... I just dont know what would match...

what I would LOVE is to get or make one of those necks with the scrolls at the end... like on an upright...

do you suggest using walnut for the neck? will this be really expensive?
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You can use walnut. I'd look for pieces with straight grain, or buy it from someone who can select it for you, like Larry at Galley Hardwoods. It shouldn't really cost any more than if you used maple, plain walnut is not very expensive.
 
#11
I actually don't think it's that bad of a match. It's hard tom impagine anything off the top of my head (aside from a fender style) that would suit it better.

By the way, check out projectguitar.com for neck tutorials. They got great stuff over there for that, but I think the tutorial is for a guitar neck. You would just have to change some numbers, not a biggie.
 
#12
BassMan257 said:
do you suggest using walnut for the neck? will this be really expensive?
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Let's say walnut is going to be $8.00/bf. Now let's also say your neck black will be 2"x3"x3' Then it would only be 1.5bf or $12.00 for the neck wood.

Of course you could use a thinner piece and use a scarf joint for the headstock or simply use a stepped-down Fender style headstock.
 
#14
DSB1 said:
Let's say walnut is going to be $8.00/bf. Now let's also say your neck black will be 2"x3"x3' Then it would only be 1.5bf or $12.00 for the neck wood.

Of course you could use a thinner piece and use a scarf joint for the headstock or simply use a stepped-down Fender style headstock.
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fyi walnut is generally between $4.25-6.00/bd. ft unless it is figured
 
#18
BassMan257 said:
i havent got a quote yet from the gallery hardwoods
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Larry will probably charge you a bit more, but you can be very certain you'll get a quality piece of wood from him. From your local lumber yard the onus is all on you to pick the right bits, but the price will likely be lower (not to mention the lack of shipping).

Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

-Nate
 

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