TL-1 By Nitroburner1000

[FrankenWashie]

Hypothetically, what would you do FW? pull the frets and re-radius? or chop the fretboard off and replace it?

Something like that Andy, if the board is only a wee bit cockeyed, then you might get away with it. If it’s a long way out, then strip and replace.

If the neck under the board is on the incline though it’s a doorstop, I’m not sure you could true it up without striking other issues with neck width, TRC angles and depths, potential relative angle issues with the headstock also.

The all maple construction on this one kind of obscures the end of the neck so you can’t quite see whats going on at the end there. The heel looks square enough , but I can’t quite make out where neck and fretboard join.

EDIT: The more I look at it the more I am convinced it’s an issue with a lopsided board, rather than the actual neck itself. Hard to tell with the end on shot, unless nitro sands that up some to see the grain differentiation. It would be interesting to see how it looks from the other end, or just a straight Sid on shot of each side of it.

[nitroburner1000]

Something like that Andy, if the board is only a wee bit cockeyed, then you might get away with it. If it’s a long way out, then strip and replace.

If the neck under the board is on the incline though it’s a doorstop, I’m not sure you could true it up without striking other issues with neck width, TRC angles and depths, potential relative angle issues with the headstock also.

The all maple construction on this one kind of obscures the end of the neck so you can’t quite see whats going on at the end there. The heel looks square enough , but I can’t quite make out where neck and fretboard join.

EDIT: The more I look at it the more I am convinced it’s an issue with a lopsided board, rather than the actual neck itself. Hard to tell with the end on shot, unless nitro sands that up some to see the grain differentiation. It would be interesting to see how it looks from the other end, or just a straight Sid on shot of each side of it.

When I get 5 I'll post some more, like to see what you guys think.

[nitroburner1000]

All good mate!

The more I thought about it the knottier potential solutions became. It would be a one shot deal to attempt a fix, as a slip in the fixing may have been curtains for it anyway.

Yeah, I've always dreaded working on the heel in case I go too far.

[Andyxlh]

Unreal. Agreed, it would be a hard fix. I wonder how this can happen when these things are Cnc machined, I presume, they should all be the same dimensions..........

[FrankenWashie]

Unreal. Agreed, it would be a hard fix. I wonder how this can happen when these things are Cnc machined, I presume, they should all be the same dimensions..........

I’m not so sure they are CNC produced, more likely routed by hand to existing trmplates.

[Simon Barden]

I’m not so sure they are CNC produced, more likely routed by hand to existing trmplates.

From what Adam has said, this would seem to be the case. It's a shame, as it's an area that would really benefit from CNC machining.

But I assume CNC means less jobs for the workers and quite a heavy investment for each CNC machine, so in China where labour is (relatively) cheap, the old ways will continue for some time.

[nitroburner1000]

Unreal. Agreed, it would be a hard fix. I wonder how this can happen when these things are Cnc machined, I presume, they should all be the same dimensions..........

I wonder if the wood is twisted before it goes in the machine?

[nitroburner1000]

After many months of absence im back.
Its bee a bad ride but im through the worst of it. 2 more cases of cancer in the family, one fatal.

Picked up the tele the other day and decided id better get into it. Wanted my head in a better space.
Been doing some refining on my jaguar and S.G. they both had some issues.

So back to the neck issue.
I received a replacement neck but it was the wrong size, so after receiving another i returned the other two.
This second neck fits perfect.
Decided to shape the neck and settled on copying the horn curves of the tele body.
Will upload pics in a while. Its too hard on a phone.

[nitroburner1000]

btw its good to be back!

[nitroburner1000]

Update.... Heading to Hamilton on sunday to catch up with my luthier bro in law. He is going to show me how to replace the black frett markers with white pearloid ones.

Wish me luck...lol