For many guitarists the shape and feel of a guitar’s neck is crucial to how comfortable it feels when played. I have heard many people complain that they love the sound of a certain guitar but just cannot get past the feel of the neck. On the current guitar I am working on this came up as we were planning its features and the client confided that he absolutely loved the feel of his Gibson electric guitar. He had played a recent example of my work and didn’t have any real complaints about that neck but for him his current personal guitar was exactly what he wanted. I had him bring it by and took a look to see if it would be possible to work it into the guitar I was building for him and it turned out to be no problem. Here are a few of the issues I considered in trying to match elements of his electric neck onto his new acoustic guitar.
Archive for August, 2010
Matching a pre-existing neck
Thursday, August 19th, 2010Shop Update 8/17/10
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Currently being worked on in the shop are three bodies in different stages on finishing. I have a few repairs and other small projects happening also but the bulk of my time has been devoted to seeing these three reach completion. The guitar on the left is my contribution to the Sonic Sitka project, an experiment begun by Denis Merrill. See here for more information about this. I am excited to be a part of it and have some high hopes for this guitar. It will be my first guitar built in my CG shape, a slightly expanded version of my CLM shape and I am very impatient to get it strung up. It still may be a few months however as the center guitar is getting all the attention at the moment.