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Hey Sully, been watching your videos and they had some good tips. With everything else I already knew and everything I have read and watched, I pretty much have everything ready to go. However, I can not find a particular answer regarding a neck thru build. There are very few books/videos that touch on neck thrus and even less have complete details.
I have seen some guys leave the center section flush from nut to tail and I have seen some drop the body portion of the center section, directly after the fret board, anywhere from 1/16-3/32". All of the guitars were flat on top so it seems to eliminate the carved top theory I originally had. My next logical thought is these guys, even though they created beautiful guitars, either didn't know how to get the correct neck pitch angle or did not realize that they needed a neck pitch angle. Do you have any thoughts or input on this?
I am thinking that with a non-recessed floyd, I am going to need about 3.5-4 degrees of pitch and about 1- 1.5 with a recessed Floyd. Probably around 4 degrees with a stop tail piece on a Les Paul. This angle is going to be affected also by the thickness of the fretboard and the fret height...so an alteration of 1-2degrees is expected. -Lou
I have seen some guys leave the center section flush from nut to tail and I have seen some drop the body portion of the center section, directly after the fret board, anywhere from 1/16-3/32". All of the guitars were flat on top so it seems to eliminate the carved top theory I originally had. My next logical thought is these guys, even though they created beautiful guitars, either didn't know how to get the correct neck pitch angle or did not realize that they needed a neck pitch angle. Do you have any thoughts or input on this?
I am thinking that with a non-recessed floyd, I am going to need about 3.5-4 degrees of pitch and about 1- 1.5 with a recessed Floyd. Probably around 4 degrees with a stop tail piece on a Les Paul. This angle is going to be affected also by the thickness of the fretboard and the fret height...so an alteration of 1-2degrees is expected. -Lou