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| Author: | Kbore [ Mon Sep 09, 2024 5:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
This is a build question with some playing considerations: The attached pdf shows two (Martin style) acoustic neck profiles; "Oval" and Modified Oval". You can see that the Oval has straight FB sides and the Modified oval has a profiled FB edge. They both present the player with the same thickness neck, the difference being the FB is slightly profiled, and an accompanying "faster taper" at the FB edge. Of course, the carving layout is different Which do you (or your customers) prefer on a finished guitar? |
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| Author: | phavriluk [ Mon Sep 09, 2024 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
There's no neck police. Do what you like. Just have some respect for the thickness of the binding if the neck is bound. |
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| Author: | Terence Kennedy [ Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
I always blend the fretboard into the neck profile. Players really like that, so do I. As mentioned, watch out for the binding. |
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| Author: | SteveSmith [ Mon Sep 09, 2024 8:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
I always blend the fretboard with the neck profile and ease the edge of the fretboard. As a player I want it to feel like it’s all one piece. |
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| Author: | Jim Watts [ Mon Sep 09, 2024 9:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
I also blend it into the neck shaft. |
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| Author: | phavriluk [ Tue Sep 10, 2024 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
Terence Kennedy wrote: I always blend the fretboard into the neck profile. Players really like that, so do I. As mentioned, watch out for the binding. Me, too. |
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| Author: | doncaparker [ Tue Sep 10, 2024 2:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
I blend, too, but I don't remove that much fingerboard wood. Just a little. |
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| Author: | rbuddy [ Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
Yup, here also. |
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| Author: | mike-p [ Wed Sep 11, 2024 2:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Do you profile your FB when carving Neck? |
I really dislike a lot of shoulder under my thumb so I blend it as much as I can without leaving an uncomfortable thin edge of fretboard. |
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