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Location: PDX | Has anyone had a neck reshaped? I am sure it can be done, even if it means putting on a new one. I curious what the downside risks would be, or if it is a simple matter with no downside risk?
I assume too, that it should best be done at the O factory, correct?
Just curious, as the deep V neck is proving to be a challenge. Years of muscle memory is getting in the way of clean fretting.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | It's doable, but only in a subtractive way. In other words, you could take a deep V and start rasping off the back/center and make it a shallower V. But you could never fatten up the edges and make it a C, for example. I'm not sure if the factory would do this, since the necks are not hand carved to begin with. Probably a local luthier (or high school woodshop class) would be a better bet. Dave |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | If you have a neck with a K Bar I wouldn't try it. There's precious little wood covering that aluninum...that's why it's a "V" shape. |
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Location: Ct./ USA | I want to add my 2 pennies worth, but since I do this for a living I can not add my imput. The best bet is to send it back to the Mothership. Reason: finish issues. If I say more I might self destruct, 10, 9, 8 gotta go......... |
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Location: Ct./ USA | Hey Tupperware,
yOU DON'T KNOW SQUAT WHAT WE DO AT THE factory UNLESS YOU WORK THERE |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by adamas72:
Hey Tupperware,
yOU DON'T KNOW SQUAT WHAT WE DO AT THE factory UNLESS YOU WORK THERE You are absolutely correct. I apologize for any opinions or advice I have offered on this topic. If you can take a V neck and turn it in to a C, the person who started this post would probably be very thankful.
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Location: SoCal | Hey adamas72, did you post first, then get a bad night's sleep, then decide to post again, yelling? Usually, people do it in the reverse direction.
Relax, chill, take it easy. On stuff like this, it's understood that it's just an opinion and that the final word comes from the factory. |
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Location: Denmark | The Kaman Bar Patent illustrates the neck design principles. |
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Neck reshaped -- Doable?
