Re: Guitar neck slots ?


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On Mar 31, 12:48 pm, "tdud...@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <tdud...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi ,
I have an odd question . I have an aluminum guitar neck that has been
cut for frets and
they cut the slots in the wrong place . The slots are quite shallow .
The neck was
later cut properly and has been fretted . I want to fill the empty
slots . Does anyone
have any tips as to how this could be repaired ?
Thanks for your time !
Tim

An aluminium guitar neck - what an abomination! - must be playing
"doof doof" or rap music on it. If the fret slots are in the wrong
place......chuck it, start again. Buy a wooden one for preference.
Nothing you do will fix it, there will be discontinuities between the
fill material and the rest of the neck......might be able to rework it
as a door stop, or a prop for the tailgate on a small truck.....

(Bloody hell - aluminium necks for guitars.......what has the world
come to......must be an American idea...)

Andrew VK3BFA.

Well, actually it's got some interesting aspects. Many guitars have a steel
truss rod in the neck anyway to stabilise it against string tension. A
totally metal neck could be even more stable. If you engineered the
coefficient of expansions right, you could have an instrument that stayed in
tune through the entire gig, that would be something.

Beyond aluminium.... titanium?


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