FrankenLab Experiment #5

[Grubsta]

Nice effort there mate gotta be happy with that.

[FrankenWashie]

I reckon the Frankenlab neck wins hands down, it's all hand-made and that gives it extra points in my book, never tried doing anything like that myself though.

Cheers Doc!

[FrankenWashie]

Nice effort there mate gotta be happy with that.

Yep pretty happy Grubsta, it’s the first F style neck I’ve tried so it was all very experimental. Here’s hoping it plays well!

[Grubsta]

Yep pretty happy Grubsta, it’s the first F style neck I’ve tried so it was all very experimental. Here’s hoping it plays well!

Well your 1 F style neck up on me there. I hope to be able to do this myself eventually.

[FrankenWashie]

Well your 1 F style neck up on me there. I hope to be able to do this myself eventually.

Have a bash Grubsta, if you’re scared of buggering up good wood, buy some straightish pine or similar from the Big Green shed, laminate three strips together about an inch thick and three inches wide and call it a neck blank experiment. Or do a robin and recycle some ply (though possibly not the local Vicars pulpit) as a central core and add the pine on either side.

There’s a ton of web resource for doing it, as well as reams of plans for free online. You can get all the raw timber online via eBay and the rest can be sourced through ALS, StewMac, realparts or one of the other web stores.
I’m lucky in that I have the FrankenLab, but Robin does all his builds on the back porch with manual hand tools and methodical MacGuyvering.
You’ve all the support in the world through this forum, as in my experience everyone gets on board for these scratch projects and out of the box experimental builds and advice and good ideas and suggestions flow along with that support.

[Grubsta]

Have a bash Grubsta, if you’re scared of buggering up good wood, buy some straightish pine or similar from the Big Green shed, laminate three strips together about an inch thick and three inches wide and call it a neck blank experiment. Or do a robin and recycle some ply (though possibly not the local Vicars pulpit) as a central core and add the pine on either side.

There’s a ton of web resource for doing it, as well as reams of plans for free online. You can get all the raw timber online via eBay and the rest can be sourced through ALS, StewMac, realparts or one of the other web stores.
I’m lucky in that I have the FrankenLab, but Robin does all his builds on the back porch with manual hand tools and methodical MacGuyvering.
You’ve all the support in the world through this forum, as in my experience everyone gets on board for these scratch projects and out of the box experimental builds and advice and good ideas and suggestions flow along with that support.

No worries thanks for the tips im keen to give it a try. I think having a play around with some cheaper timbers is good way to start. I only have a basic tool set up but im lucky enough to have my father who seems to have an endless stash of tools that i can borrow. Your right about the support i had plenty of help with my first build its nice to be a part of such a positive forum other non-guitar related forums I've been a member of in the past are nowhere near as helpful as this one.

[Sonic Mountain]

Definitely inspired me to have a go at it.

[FrankenWashie]

We started it on the DT neck finish tonight, pics tomorrow once it’s dried a bit.

[FrankenWashie]

At least this one seems to be going to plan.


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[Andy40]

Nice neck there FW