Making Laminated Guitar Necks

Extend the mark that shows the end of the neck the body join mark or if your neck will have a tenon the end of the tenon around to the underside of the neck.

Making laminated guitar necks.

This will weaken the neck making it susceptible to neck breaks or the truss rod punching. Laminate back and sides. A good trick for making a laminated guitar neck is to glue up your pieces just a little bit taller than you actually need the final blank to be. In an effort to offer customers other more affordable options many builders also make guitars featuring laminate back and sides.

The peghead is laminated to the neck using a scarf joint referred to as a spanish luthier s joint. The first step in making a laminated guitar neck is making the blank. If you are a beginner or you have not done much wood lamination before go for a simple design done well. Using solid wood for the top is still preferred by most builders because the top plays a major role in translating the initial energy of vibrating guitar strings into rich acoustic sound.

T he top of your guitar the soundboard is less than inch thick and it s either a solid piece or a layered laminate top. Many guitars are laminate wood in their entire body construction. This gives you a little extra room for running the piece through a thickness planer. Luthiers mercantile international inc.

7975 cameron drive bldg. The example to the left shows a goncalo avles board with an east indian rosewood center stripe. A keen eye can spot these tiny layers in the top if you look at the soundhole opening. This can be very important in wider necks on guitars with seven or more strings and basses with five or more strings.

Before you can glue up your neck you re going to need to flatten the large faces on your lamination. This can be as simple or elaborate as you like.