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Author:  Frank Aarre [ Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Modified low oval
Hi All,

Does anyone have scale drawings of some sort of a couple cross-sections of a martin modified low oval neck. Played one of those a while back and really liked how it felt.

Thanks,

Frank
Author:  Pat Foster [ Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Modified low oval
Frank,

Since nobody has posted a better source, there are photos of cross sections here on the Martin web site.

Pat
Author:  Frank Aarre [ Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Modified low oval
I tried the guitar in a store a while back, so no don't have it available. Think they would raise more than an eyebrow if i started spreading epoxy over the neck... wow7-eyes.

I guess i could do som scaling with those pics off martins site, but i'll shoot luthier suppliers an e-mail first. thanks for the tip.

Frank
Author:  Dave Stewart [ Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:53 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Modified low oval
With a cad program, you can actually use those images to create a template. Copy & paste a into an image type program (corel, paint shop pro or whatever) and exactly crop to the neck width/height. Copy to cad, draw a box scaled to the size you want (eg 1 3/4" nut) and scale up the image so it just fits the box (maintain the image aspect ratio). Then, on a new drawing layer, trace a line drawing of the image perimeter, "hide" the original image & you have a printable template! I've done the same thing with body shapes.
Author:  Frank Aarre [ Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Modified low oval
Dave Stewart wrote:
With a cad program, you can actually use those images to create a template. Copy & paste a into an image type program (corel, paint shop pro or whatever) and exactly crop to the neck width/height. Copy to cad, draw a box scaled to the size you want (eg 1 3/4" nut) and scale up the image so it just fits the box (maintain the image aspect ratio). Then, on a new drawing layer, trace a line drawing of the image perimeter, "hide" the original image & you have a printable template! I've done the same thing with body shapes.


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