is it possible to make a bolt on neck a set neck without interfering with the transfer of vibes necessary for a good sound?
Sure, you could set the neck in epoxy. It would then be pretty much one with the guitar body.
If I were to do this, I would tape around the junction point, lightly sand the neck and pocket slather in the epoxy and bold the neck in place. immediately wipe off any excess and remove the tape.
Just make sure the neck is where you want it. There is no re-setting after that epoxy kicks.
Sure, you could set the neck in epoxy. It would then be pretty much one with the guitar body.
If I were to do this, I would tape around the junction point, lightly sand the neck and pocket slather in the epoxy and bold the neck in place. immediately wipe off any excess and remove the tape.
Just make sure the neck is where you want it. There is no re-setting after that epoxy kicks.
If the object is to create a presumably stronger bond between the neck and the guitar, might it make more sense to keep the bolts AND throw some glue in there?
Disclaimer: I have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about.
Never use epoxy as an adhesive on a guitar.
If you are WANTING to make it permanent.. epoxy is the way to go... Granted.. you will NEVER be able to remove that neck..
Not that I would ever do this.. there is no advantage unless the neck isn't a good fit. Then like an above post mentioned, a epoxy bedding kit is a good way to go without actually glueing it in place.
If you are WANTING to make it permanent.. epoxy is the way to go... Granted.. you will NEVER be able to remove that neck..
Not that I would ever do this.. there is no advantage unless the neck isn't a good fit. Then like an above post mentioned, a epoxy bedding kit is a good way to go without actually glueing it in place.
is it possible to make a bolt on neck a set neck without interfering with the transfer of vibes necessary for a good sound?
Never use epoxy as an adhesive on a guitar.
I stand by my statement that epoxy is not a good adhesive for this application. It is not the miracle glue everyone seems to think it is. You can do what you want.
Rubbish,
For those that are interested epoxy (at least the publicly available stuff) is not used in guitar building except in a few very rare circumstances. There are good reasons for this. It has very little creep and is generally weaker than other wood glues such as aliphatic resins (titebond original, elmers, other white glues) cascamite, hide glue. It's main drawback is it forms purely a mechanical bond and is viscoelsastic in that is stretches and then returns to it's original position. It is also entirely reversible with heat should you need to separate it just the same as aliphatic resin glues. Cascamite is the only glue mentioned above that is not reversible. The other glue that is used in the industry is urea-formaldehyde which is also not reversible and behaves in the same was as cascamite.
Epoxy is a mess to clean up once you have the joint separated and is impossible to remove from the pores causing subsequent glueing to be a problem. The best use of epoxy in luthiery is as a grain filler in the finishing process because of this fact.
Using epoxy as a filler for a poorly fitted joint is amateurish in the extreme. Do not do it.
Uh never seen a set neck Strat or Telebut a set neck Strat or Tele is no better guitar than its bolted on brother.
This Idea has FAIL written all over it
that is all I will say about that idiotic idea