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Author:  meddlingfool [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Would you build with this neck wood?

I bought it as a neck blank specifically just to see what commercial offerings might yield. It is second grade, but I really wouldn't have thought the off vertical grain would be at all passable as a sellable product. Too fussy?Image

Author:  Colin North [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 2:43 pm ]
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Hardly fussy.
That's rift sawn, not even any grade far less second.

Author:  bcombs510 [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:52 pm ]
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When I'm pilfering around in the sapele at the local wood store I use the chart on LMI's site as a reference to what is acceptable. Is that a good indicator? Because I read their note about 25 degrees and it makes me think this is on the low end of acceptable. Thoughts?

http://www.lmii.com/products/mostly-wood/neck-woods


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Author:  DennisK [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:07 pm ]
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bcombs510 wrote:
When I'm pilfering around in the sapele at the local wood store I use the chart on LMI's site as a reference to what is acceptable. Is that a good indicator? Because I read their note about 25 degrees and it makes me think this is on the low end of acceptable. Thoughts?

http://www.lmii.com/products/mostly-wood/neck-woods


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This one's more like 60 degrees off...

I'm not sure it really matters though. I'm more picky about straightness of grain along the length of the neck (i.e. whether it's going to curve or twist when the humidity changes).

Author:  meddlingfool [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 5:41 pm ]
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It's more a marketability issue than structural.

Author:  James Ringelspaugh [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:06 pm ]
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I'd want to see the long grain before passing judgement. If the grain is straight all the way down the faces with no knots or defects I'd build with it no problem. There's about a bajillion flatsawn maple necks on Fenders that are doing just fine.

Author:  meddlingfool [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 6:49 pm ]
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Indeed.

Author:  John Arnold [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 7:52 pm ]
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If the grain is straight along the length of the board, I would use it. Vertical grain on necks is about appearance, not strength or stability. I have used all manner of grain orientation on necks...from vertical to flat sawn.

Author:  Clay S. [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:50 pm ]
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I would use it, but then again I don't worry about marketability. Do clients worry about quartersawn necks in the handmade guitar market?

Author:  meddlingfool [ Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:13 pm ]
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Some do some don't. Some people get their knowledge mostly from the Internet...

Author:  bftobin [ Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:37 pm ]
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I have seen some people rip the board down the middle, flip one piece end for end and glue back together,
sometimes with a veneer or fillet of contrasting wood in the center. Grain will make a 'V' shape. It's supposed to
make it more stable. But in any event, it looks nice

Brent

Author:  Rod True [ Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:48 pm ]
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How long is the board Ed? You could cut in half and laminate the wide edge together with some walnut and maple. You'd yield 2 necks from it too.

Author:  meddlingfool [ Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:56 pm ]
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Brent, I'm a fan of that too, if we can find the wood.

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Author:  meddlingfool [ Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:58 pm ]
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Rod, it's 35"x3x7/8". Not sure what you're suggesting, I think it is too small for that...

Author:  Joe Beaver [ Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:26 am ]
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bftobin wrote:
I have seen some people rip the board down the middle, flip one piece end for end and glue back together,
sometimes with a veneer or fillet of contrasting wood in the center. Grain will make a 'V' shape. It's supposed to
make it more stable. But in any event, it looks nice

Brent

That is how I do it. I think it makes for a stronger, more stable and better looking neck!!!

Author:  Rod True [ Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:08 pm ]
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meddlingfool wrote:
Rod, it's 35"x3x7/8". Not sure what you're suggesting, I think it is too small for that...


Ya, none of the dimensions work for what I'm thinking of.

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