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I am very intrigued by the neck/body attachment Stefan Sobell uses
(beautiful guitars BTW), anybody knows what kind of joint it is, he doesn't
seem to use any bolts. The neck block seems very thin, does he use some
kind of wedge to secure the neck to the neck block, Romanillos-style?laurent38728.5358217593

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/

Laurent,

All of the Sobell's I have examined have a more substantial neck block including a fingerboard extension support. I think he does a glued neck join - either mortice or dovetail. E-mail him via his web site (where the pics came from). Stefan is very friendly and approachable.

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Dave White
De Faoite Stringed Instruments
". . . the one thing a machine just can't do is give you character and personalities and sometimes that comes with flaws, but it always comes with humanity" Monty Don talking about hand weaving, "Mastercrafts", Weaving, BBC March 2010

That looks like a "keyed" joint. If I see it right, there are two wedges locking the joint together. You can see the end grain on the top of the wedges. Cool!