Thread: Kingwood (Brazil) electric guitar neck experiment

dude.... wheres mine?

pick up a kingwood blank at da local woodshop and send it to me

think bunnings might have it on speshul

i will then return neck to you like this in a few days time

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im going to look for a blank

Originally Posted by R3R

pick up a kingwood blank at da local woodshop and send it to me
think bunnings might have it on speshul

No Bunnings over here has wood like that?!

And why are you going without truss rods? Is that part of the experiment?

Originally Posted by dadovfor

No Bunnings over here has wood like that?!

And why are you going without truss rods? Is that part of the experiment?

tht is the MAIN experiment

NO TRUSS ROD for an electric guitar neck

hypothesis: some woods can be used (remain dimensionally stable and straight) to construct an electric guitar neck of scale length 25.5" (or shorter) without using the re-inforcement and flexibility of a truss rod under the conditions of

1) strings gauge 10's tuned up to standard tuning/pitch

2) i play it regularly

some tentative conclusions might be reached after a year (it has survived through all the seasons) by measuring the deviation from the straight of the neck

the purpose of this experiment which has been borne out by practical usage thus far has been to 'improve the tone of the instrument'

there IS a significant effect on 'tone' of instrument tht is due to the truss rod itself (much much more significant than finish, type of wood, body weight etc etc...but not as significant as changing pickups of varying power and picking styles)

one can hear it for oneself by building a neck without a truss rod ...even if one does not have super premium woods

you just prob need to carve a fuller neck profile than usual out of the usual woods and use light strings like 9's or even 8's or tune down to Eb (e flat)

i am confident that you will be able to replicate wht i have found...though whether yer neck will stand the test of time is subject to experiment ...like this one

P.S. in case anyone is lost on my humour...i did not get this piece from bunnings

Good one Michael, just what we need another tone debate let us stir up Perry, highfieldtonewerks, and Ghostguitarist more fun.
Cheers Bob


the purpose of this experiment which has been borne out by practical usage thus far has been to 'improve the tone of the instrument'

there IS a significant effect on 'tone' of instrument tht is due to the truss rod itself (much much more significant than finish, type of wood, body weight etc etc...but not as significant as changing pickups of varying power and picking styles)

one can hear it for oneself by building a neck without a truss rod ...even if one does not have super premium woods



i am confident that you will be able to replicate wht i have found...though whether yer neck will stand the test of time is subject to experiment ...like this one

P.S. in case anyone is lost on my humour...i did not get this piece from bunnings [/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by woodturner777

Good one Michael, just what we need another tone debate let us stir up Perry, highfieldtonewerks, and Ghostguitarist more fun.
Cheers Bob


the purpose of this experiment which has been borne out by practical usage thus far has been to 'improve the tone of the instrument'

there IS a significant effect on 'tone' of instrument tht is due to the truss rod itself (much much more significant than finish, type of wood, body weight etc etc...but not as significant as changing pickups of varying power and picking styles)

one can hear it for oneself by building a neck without a truss rod ...even if one does not have super premium woods



i am confident that you will be able to replicate wht i have found...though whether yer neck will stand the test of time is subject to experiment ...like this one

P.S. in case anyone is lost on my humour...i did not get this piece from bunnings

[/QUOTE]

just havin a bit of fun playin wiv ma wood Bob

all harmless to me

Same here Michael, all harmless and fun,
But I do love a bit of a stir, some people need a stir.
Cheers Bob

Originally Posted by woodturner777

]just what we need another tone debate let us stir up Perry, highfieldtonewerks, and Ghostguitarist more fun.

pffft tone is a myth