Dickey Guitars
In the handmade tradition. One at a time. Just for you.
In the handmade tradition. One at a time. Just for you.
| Neck Glue Up |
| Resawing, Planing, and Gluing |
| Click Pics to enlarge. This is a photoessay of the process. |
| While some use solid four inch genuine mahogany, I use six quarter or 1 1/2 inch planks. You can see the board on the bandsaw. The second cut is underway, giving two slices four inches tall. The two pieces fold together, giving opposing grain structure to each side. Mahogany is a very stable and easy-working wood for necks. Add some hard rock maple slices and even a rosewood slice for color, makes this lamination of solid neck wood very strong. Strength, sustain, and good looks add up to a winning combination over an all solid wood neck. It's more work, but in my view, worth the effort. With the grain orientation becoming vertical, this wood is in a quartersawn orientation in the final piece, yielding it's greatest strength. |
| This picture shows four blanks being glued at once, separated by wax paper. This way I'm preparing eight neck blanks at once. The photo above with my dust mask hanging on it, is the same procedure but is preparing only one double blank. Click on the photos for enlarged photo detail. One has rosewood with two maple stripes, the others all have a single maple line. |
| I really love this picture. On top is a neck made for my neice's L-Double Oh! Then in the middle is a neck being prepared for my brother's guitar, a Grand A! Then on the bottom is a neck blank ready for two more guitars. This shows the progression from blank to finished neck. |
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