Picture request

[Chapov]

Can anyone here who owns a KV2 post a side shot of the guitar?


Thanks for your time
Alon

[Chapov]

I went through the entire thread (and not for the first time), but I couldnt find a sideways pic.

I am trying to find out whether the KV2 has an angles neck or a raised fingerboard.

If anyone could just tell me that, it would be greatly appreciated.


Alon

[dangerous_dave]

The neck is pretty much level, if there is any angle it's extremely small.. Nothing like a Kahler angle or T.O.M.

[ulijdavid]

If the KV2 has a recessed Cut-out for the Floyd, there would be no need for a neck angle. But, on the non-recessed KV's or tune-o-matic type bridge, there would need to be a 1-2 degree neck angle.

[Chapov]

By reecessed, do you mean that the floyd can go back and forward, or is it deeper then the minimum recess, in order to compensate for the neck angle, if that makes sense?

[ulijdavid]

Recessed has a large route under the fine tuners and screws that lock the strings to the saddles. Non-recessed is basically just a normal strat type route. The picture of the strat shows a non-recessed whereas the Vee is recessed. Both configurations can be set to allow pull ups or dive bombs.

[Chapov]

So if the bridge is recessed, like on a KV2, i should need to create a neck angle or anything like that, right?

I am going to use a Carvin neck through neck and try an recreated a KV2 (though bigger and with a different headstock)

[dangerous_dave]

Recessed floyd= No neck angle

Non-recessed/T.O.M/Kahler= Neck angle

Not sure of the exact angle, but the neck drop at the nut is around 3/8" (I think)

[Chapov]

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a neckdrop?

Also
Will i be able to just buy a carvin neckthrough neck, glue the wings and mount the floyd (not that simply, obviously)? or will i have to carve it so its lower or something?

[dangerous_dave]

Buy a Carvin neck and stick what ever you want to it and it'll work...


When I said neck drop, what I mean is, if you had the guitar laying flat on it's back, the nut would be closer to the floor than the 24th fret by about 3/8", get it?

[randyrhoadsguitar]

takes alot of work to build a guitar, huh?

[Chapov]

Buy a Carvin neck and stick what ever you want to it and it'll work...


When I said neck drop, what I mean is, if you had the guitar laying flat on it's back, the nut would be closer to the floor than the 24th fret by about 3/8", get it?

That's what I thought it mean, but where does it come from if there is no neck angle?

[toejam]

That's what I thought it mean, but where does it come from if there is no neck angle?

The headstock is angled back, not the neck itself.

[dangerous_dave]

That's what I thought it mean, but where does it come from if there is no neck angle?

If your floyd is recessed into the body then you don't need a neck angle because the hight comes from the fretboard thickness and frets and you can put your floyd as low as you want.