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...for making a 1959 Les Paul copy yesterday. This will be the fretboard - it's old growth Brazillian Rosewood, a perfect match for the LP.



Instead of going with a very dark brown board of it like the originals, I quickly snapped this up as I love the colour of it. Should make a gorgeous looking guitar.

The bit on the left might make a nice headstock veneer - still unsure on what to do with that right now though to be honest.

You

Yeah ! Do the neck !
Headstock...

Did a little test while back. Took a small square piece of both Standard Rosewood & Brazilian.
Like a coin took each piece and flung it flat-side down on the table as it bounced back in the air snatcing it up again...
Well... The piece of standard rosewood went "thud" and the Brazilian went "ping" ! Yeah... Uh huh !
Doing a neck is a difficult taste but has great rewards.

As previously gestured about the headstock, for me, not on a guitar aestheticly but, for a Bass .

Another recommendation if there is extra BR; is to put it under your bridge pickup adjusted to your original string height so it rests solidly back in place.

If this becomes too much of a project and you decide to give up then you'll have a year supply of insense....wa...? aroma thearapy ain't a bad thing...


Jimmie K.

Bainzy, I might suggest that when you are building the neck, if you are doing this from scratch. Do not make the neck out of a single piece of wood for two reasons.

One: Cost, Getting a workable(no knots, pits, etc.) piece of quarter-sawn Mahogany of the proper size (3"x4"x24") will be so expensive. We are talking upwards of $180-250 depending on your supplier. It is much easier to use 2-3 pieces of flat-sawn and laminate them, as one board that will allow you to pull out three portion of the neck blank will cost a fraction of the single piece. I ate two neck blanks doing it the single piece method.

Two: Stability. Using a multiple laminate neck blank increases the strength of the neck. Especially around the crucial neck/headstock joint. I prefer a three piece laminates as you can glue the center piece the opposite direction of the outer pieces. This will enable you to have a strong neck, if you plan on building a thinner neck and you wont have to use graphite runners.

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