Laminate Guitar Neck Grain Orientation

I guess i was curious whether mahogany was more often used for a one piece or laminate neck.

Laminate guitar neck grain orientation. Many guitars are laminate wood in their entire body construction. Consider a neck center strip. Look for a change in grain direction at the edges of the soundhole. There s a famous guitar maker i once visited who cuts his blocks out of top.

So obviously maple is commonly used either way. Laminated necks are much more stable produce longer sustain and keep better action throughout. On the other hand my lakand has a one piece neck. Martin guitars for instance have widely embraced hpl materials and offer a number of models where some or even all of the back sides or top are made from hpl.

Traditional thinking is that flat grain orientation in a neck is a bad idea with most otherwise appropriate materials. Another consideration with both classical guitars acoustic guitars and ukuleles is the use of a center accent strip down the center of the neck. Neck end grain orientation discussion in tele home depot started by bill scheltema jun 5 2010. What i mean by this is that the neck should absorb as little energy from the vibrating of the strings as possible.

Thought you were talking about the neck grain orientation. 50 videos play all mix guitar building neck blank grain orientation on 5 piece neck youtube birth of a one piece neck the snakehead duration. Plain old alphatic pva titebond works a treat for laminating you don t need epoxy. Finally the neck plays a supporting role in the tonality of the guitar.

Classical guitars typically use a piece of ebony about 5 16 thick to add a lot of beef to the neck because it is otherwise unreinforced. Fletcher handcrafted guitars 67 339 views. A keen eye can spot these tiny layers in the top if you look at the soundhole opening. Ryan martin of becker guitars laminates bloodwood stiffening accents into a curly maple 5 piece neck.

Page 1 of 2 1 2. My george benson guitar has a 3 piece maple neck and i assume they could have found a bigger piece of wood if they had wanted. 3 will be a bit short for your neck heel if you laminate unless it s a tiny guitar. One way to remove any doubt is to laminate the material you use for blocks.

The last image showing the end grain shows 1 neck as the best for that grain orientation. It doesn t really influence the sound of the guitar directly but it can support it by not getting in the way. While a spinal tap none more black colour is popular hpls for guitar use will often have a wood grain pattern printed onto that decorative layer we mentioned earlier.