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Lavrov Guitars
 Post subject: Custom precarved necks
PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:18 pm 
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Hello everyone, I'm looking to see if anyone knows of a shop that does custom acoustic guitar necks. I remember many years ago (I think it was on this forum), there was someone who offered custom necks and I even talked to that individual about it. However, I've been looking through the forum and all my emails and can't find anything!

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johnparchem
PostPosted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:26 pm 
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One of the sponsors: Birkonium CNC.


+1 for Andy Birko. I used one of his neck and fret board combos on the last dred I built, the quality was excellent!

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Mike OMelia
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Andy Birko is it. His work is top notch. He is a sponsor here. Look above. Refresh page till u see it. He has a spreadsheet that you fill out with your specifications. It is fairly broad and includes most things u would expect. He uses high grade materials from Hibdon Hardwoods.
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There are domestic makers on Squeebay selling pre-carved necks, but I haven't purchased any.

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I sent Andy Birko a spectacular piece of wood and he made me a perfect neck out of it

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Is Andy in the US?

edit: Never mind, I found the answer.

Thanks for the response everyone, I'm definitely checking him out.
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Has anyone mentioned Andy Birko https://birkonium.com ?

I have worked with a few others, but none with the attention to detail, and level of craftsmanship that Andy puts into in CNC work.
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Has anyone mentioned Andy Birko?


Ye gods.... Read the WHOLE thread before replying, please.

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Chris Pile wrote:
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Has anyone mentioned Andy Birko?


Ye gods.... Read the WHOLE thread before replying, please.


Whoosh!

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George, is that the sound of Dan's joke going over someone's head?


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George L
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That's what it sounded/looked like to me. :D

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You got a lot of good suggestions here, but I would recommend Andy Birko. He’s great and has done both guitar and uke necks for me.


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Had anyone mentioned Andy Birko? I think the site is Birkonium.com
(Had to)


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CarlD wrote:
George, is that the sound of Dan's joke going over someone's head?

[FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]


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If you clowns need a laugh, I'm happy to provide. We kinda need one right now.

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Contrary to popular belief I would go with Any Birko.

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So Andy's the guy?

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dofthesea wrote:
Contrary to popular belief I would go with Any Birko.


That’s right. Any of them, doesn’t matter. All good folks!


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Can someone recommend a pre-carved neck resource?
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Doesn't Andy Birko do that sort of thing? He used to hang out here. Maybe someone remembers what his business was called.

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Dave Rickard
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I think a guy named Birko, or something like that" does that.
Not sure lets see what others have to say.

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I don't know what you guys have against Birko. He made pretty good stuff for me. YMMV...


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