Quartersawn Neck and "The Line"

[snappytom]

Question for those with more knowledge than I.

A friend says that a quartersawn neck with "the line" going down the center is the best as it shows that the neck was made from a finely selected piece of wood and "the line" represents the center of the quarter.
Sounds good, but I say "the line" is simply where more sanding and shaping was applied.
Which statement is correct ?

Have seen the line off center, at the edge of the fretboard, and non-existent on quartersawn necks.
The pics below show "the line" dead center on a G&L SB-2.

Regardless of the answer, this is an excellent neck.


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[Shy Guy]

Mine are on both sides right next to where the rosewood starts (on my p)

 

[Lonnybass]

Question for those with more knowledge than I.

A friend says that a quartersawn neck with "the line" going down the center is the best as it shows that the neck was made from a finely selected piece of wood and "the line" represents the center of the quarter.
Sounds good, but I say "the line" is simply where more sanding and shaping was applied.
Which statement is correct ?

Have seen the line off center, at the edge of the fretboard, and non-existent on quartersawn necks.
The pics below show "the line" dead center on a G&L SB-2.

Regardless of the answer, this is an excellent neck.

Neither are correct. The line is where the two pieces of the neck are glued together.

Lonnybass

 

[privatestockguy]

"the line" in your pictures is most likely a glue-joint as lonnybass pointed out and has nothing to do with the neck being quartersawn or not.

in general quartersawn wood is preferred for stability [in applications where that's important such as guitar necks] and refers to a grain orientation such as that found in the following two photos

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[zombywoof5050]

I don't buy the 'glue joint' explanation, as the necks are purported to be a single plank of maple (aren't they?).

 

[snappytom]

I don't buy the 'glue joint' explanation, as the necks are purported to be a single plank of maple (aren't they?).

For newer G&L necks like this one ..... Yes.
G&L now uses a one piece neck blank with the truss rod installed underneath the fingerboard.
They used to utilize a bi-cut neck. The Bi-Cut method involves cutting the neck blank in half longitudinally, making a route on the inside, inserting the truss rod then gluing the two halves together.

I had an older G&L with the bi-cut neck and the glue joint was clearly visible. This neck is definitely not glued together down it's length.

 

[BobXboB]

The "line" in those pics are where the medullary rays are sliced. That happens when a surface is perpendicular to the rings so the line being centered on the neck would imply it is as perfectly quartersawn as possible. What that means is another story

 

[Jason Brown]

That line on one of my quartersawn necks is nearly centered, and closer to the edge on the other one. Interesting.

 

[Sub5ound]

I have one of those lines on my P-bass that runs along the top near the fingerboard near the 3rd fret all the way down the neck and crosses the rosewood strip. Not straight at all. Have no idea what this means.

 

[bassrique]

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[Rickett Customs]

According to your pics, unquestionably a 2 piece, it's a glue joint.

 

[tinder]

According to your pics, unquestionably a 2 piece, it's a glue joint.

No, it's most definitely not a glue joint...see post 7 for an explanation...an informed and accurate explanation at that.

 

[Jason Brown]

I think people are looking at two different things here. In the pics, right above the cut medullary rays, there appears to be a seam.

 

[carlos840]

Correct me if im wrong but this SB2 has a 6 bolt neck so it shouldnt have a Bi-cut neck, there is then no glue line involved but just natural wood grain!