Jaen-Pierre-Dowling
Hey there guys
I've been wondering about something. Is it possible to glue 3 pieces of different wood together, vertically (i.e from the headstock to the neck joint) without some kind of warping or twisting (the use of which will be a guitar neck)? The idea here is to glue a piece of maple to a very thin piece of wenge (which will literally be about 0.5 cm wide), and then glue a piece of mahogany to the other side of the wenge. The idea is then to run the thicker strings over the maple side (which IN THEORIE would make the notes played on the lower strings more bright), whilst the mahogany would be facilitating the thinner strings to ad (in theorie yet again) a bit more fatness to the mix. Has anyone ever tried this, will it have the desired effect, and what would be the outcome of a build like this be in terms of the neck's reliability?
Thanks very much!
Vick
Hey man
Iv seen a neck,were the top part is rosewood and the bottom is mabel with a line of motherofpearl inlay runing tru the middel(but i think this was intended as a cosmetic thing)...so i guess what u wnt to do cn be dun...but i dont know if it wil have the effeckt u wnt man...
AlanRatcliffe
The neck acts as a whole, so any laminates alter the tone of all the strings. Laminates make for a stiffer, stronger neck anyway, so will brighten up the guitar a little and increase sustain over a one-piece.
arjunmenon
I have seen guitars made by Maverick guitars that use a very similar idea for their fretboards.
No idea how it affects the sound though. sorry
Jaen-Pierre-Dowling
Thanks a lot guys. Questions like these are due to to much spare time haha! ?
