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Location: Upper Left USA | Looking for a K-bar style Slothead neck that is unbroken. finish issues are not a problem but I'd prefer one without re-glue issues.
Kaman Bar necks have the TRC-less Peghead and an Aluminum Two-Bolt attachment.
Available is an OPP pickup with Concentric One-Knob Preamp. |
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Location: Scotland | Mike, I may be mistaken, but I don't think such a thing exists. As far as I'm aware all the K-bar necks were 14-fret paddle headstocks, the only slotheads from that era were 12-fret necks and used a standard trussrod, no K-bar. No reason with your BFLG woodworking skills that you couldn't attempt a "Dadi Conversion" on a standard Ovation 14-fret K-bar neck. Might work |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Wait a minute. I can't recall if my Academy KA-17 has a K-bar, or if its urelite, with a rosewood fretboard.
I'll have to check. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thanks Paul, I was think'in that but didn't know for sure.
Time to get a new can of bondo and rob the parts bin at the machine shop again! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | So, are you considering paring away the neck-heel to the 12th fret, on a 14-fret K-bar, and grafting on a slothead? Or, going with the 1624 idea?
You're a better man than I, Gunga Din.
I did, however, graft a replacement 6-string slothead, onto an 1115 neck. Nice critter, too! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | OK, I was right (sets a bad precedent, too!).
The Academy KA-17 has a 1 13/16", 12-fret, no TRC, woodgrain-urelite, rosewood-fretboard, 2-bolt neck. With the truss rod adjustment inside the bowl.
Now, go find one, without the rest of the critter attached! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | ain't no such animal, Paul gets the prize. |
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WTB: Kaman Bar Slothead Neck
