| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Neck Angle | | Date: | Thursday, January 24, 2008 22:47:17 (-0800) | | From: | Richard DeNeve <richard_d13132 @.....com>
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Dan,
I have been "laying back" the necks of my guitars for
about ten years now. I do this to provide a little
more down-pressure on the cone (which some people
think is an advantage), but mainly to make the strings
run parallel to the fretboard while not having them so
high above it that parallax makes intonation more
difficult.
I assemble the sides to the end blocks, glue in the
kerfed lining, wedge it into the form, and sand the
top flat on a rotating (70 rpm or so) 24 inch flat
disc with 80-grit glued to it.
Once it is sanded flat, I raise the back end block up
about 1/8 of an inch, and sand until the waist of the
guitar makes contact anew with the sand paper.
This makes the top where the cone support sits on one
plane, and the part of the top where the upper end of
the fretboard sits on another plane at a slight back
angle to the rest of the top. The top of the neck is
on the same plane as the upper part of the top, so the
fretboard doesn't have a bend in it as it goes from
the neck to guitar body.
I glue the guitar back on after the top, using weights
to keep it down until the glue dries. So I have to
put thin shims (about 1/16th of an inch) under the
upper end of the guitar rim to perserve the two
separate planes described above.
So my tops are "bent" at the waist, about where the
screens traditionally are.
Dick DeNeve
P.S. I build my necks into the guitar, rather than
bolt them on like most builders. If you bolt yours
on, you would need to adjust the neck-to-heel angle,
or the top-to-side angle at the end block to
compensate for the back slant.
--- Dan <onehoss@suscom-maine.net> wrote:
> Any builders out there have any thoughts on setting
> the neck of a squareneck at a slightly positive
> angle? I had assumed it'd be parallel to the top
> but have heard this other theory.
> By the way, I've finished my reso project, a
> maple L body with all Beard innards. I can happily
> report that Mr. Quarterman's legacy is alive and
> well at the Beard conemaking operation. I am very
> pleasantly surprised at the volume,clarity and tone
> of the new axe. Thank you Mr. Beard.
> Cap't Dan in the Frozen North
>
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