Looks like fine tuning to me Mike. Do I see tuners on both ends.
Over 30 years old and still plays like a dream.
Misconceptions and myths exist because people do not take time to educate themselves.
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solid vs. laminate neck?
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The reason Q-sawn is more desireable than slabsawn is specifically because of the strength under a constant load. Every wood expert can say what they think will happen, but you never know, as People have seen with cutting sapele...no matter how well educated you may think you are, cutting a piece of wood will alter it, and possibly open a pandoras box. Quartersawn wood is "as a general rule" going to be more structurally and longitudally stable than slab,flat, or rift sawn boards of the same dimension. It is NOT an absolute but is well published and researched by those that actually study wood for a living. Every piece of wood has the possibility to be bad, as it does to stay straight for 30 years, Like Mikey said, the more you educate yourself about the wood and the wood structure, the better your chance of selecting a good piece.
All things equal ( moisture content, aging, wood species etc.....) quartersawn wood is more stable than slab-sawn wood. Period. Read every bit of literature on woodworking. it's one of the few facts in woodworking.
now, does that mean that you can't build a solid, playable, and stable neck with slab-sawn wood? absolutely not. there are countless instances of instruments built with slab-sawn wood. The mitigating factor is how well the wood was seasoned, stickered, milled etc.
as to the question: Which is better for building a 6 sring neck? i think you can be confident with a quarter-sawn board as along as it was seasoned/stored correctly. i encourage you to use graphite reinforcements (my preference is a pair of 1/8x3/8" graphite spars as sold by LMII and STEWMAC on either side of the truss rod). If you choose to make a laminated neck, that's fine too as long as your construction techniques are solid.
hope this is helpful:
kfh
now, does that mean that you can't build a solid, playable, and stable neck with slab-sawn wood? absolutely not. there are countless instances of instruments built with slab-sawn wood. The mitigating factor is how well the wood was seasoned, stickered, milled etc.
as to the question: Which is better for building a 6 sring neck? i think you can be confident with a quarter-sawn board as along as it was seasoned/stored correctly. i encourage you to use graphite reinforcements (my preference is a pair of 1/8x3/8" graphite spars as sold by LMII and STEWMAC on either side of the truss rod). If you choose to make a laminated neck, that's fine too as long as your construction techniques are solid.
hope this is helpful:
kfh
