[QUOTE=Hesh1956] Chris I take flak for this every time I mention it but
after making one neck from scratch on guitar 3 I am not a big fan of
making my own necks...... It's not difficult to do but I personally did not
find it to be the most fun that I have had with a piece of wood......
There is a reason why many if not most of the kits come with pre-carved
necks. And that is, IMHO, because you will have enough to do and
comprehend with everything else that you have to do to complete a
guitar. No one needs the added trauma of perhaps screwing up the neck,
having to make or buy another one, etc..... on a first guitar.
There are also tools required for making the neck that you may not have
and that are not required elsewhere to build the guitar.
A Watkins neck would work fine with Cumpaino's method. You will have
to adapt a few things which in my view will make it even easier. And
John's necks are really excellent in all respects and I am using my first
Watkins neck on my current Tiger Myrtle, guitar 11 build.
Learning to build your own necks is something that you will want to do in
the future I am sure. There is also an excellent article by Mario about
neck making in the current issue of Guitarmaker. Will my mention of this
keep him from completely disagreeing with me in my post here - I doubt
it......<BG>
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Hesh,
I appreciate the help from everyone here.
From pouring over the pages dealing with the headblock, it seems to me
that the proper height and angle of the headblock would be the main
issue here. The measurements in the book of width and depth are nearly
identical to what John is offering. However, John's headblock is square on
both ends and the Cumpiano book calls for 3-1/8" tall at the neck/body
joint angled back to 3-1/4" tall. Not sure if that makes sense, as it's hard
to explain what I'm trying to say in novice-speak.
Also, the Cumpiano method calls for routing the channel for the truss rod
while the neck is still in blank form. If John's neck is not pre-routed for
this it seems a difficult rout given the taper of the finished neck. What are
the other adaptations you speak of?
Thanks again,
Chris
