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Re: Orpheo Guitars Bich: lots of koa and laminations!
Good question.
I experimented a lot over the years to see what works well: I find this neck joint to work extremely well: it's round, so you won't bump your hand to hard corner, it works well if the owner prefers bolt on instead of glued and it gives a LOT of stability! I also tried to 'slim' it down or make it sculpted but that proved to be, in fact, more cumbersome to play than this. I am not exactly sure (I build guitars, I am not an ergonometrist
) but this joint seems to give the best upper fret acces combined with ease of production and stability. If it's easy to route (I don't use CNC, I do it all by hand and with handheld machines and templates) I can more easily produce a neat product and that translates into lower pricing.
As to why it seems to be so comfortable up there despite appearances is, I guess, the fact that there is no slope going from the neck to the heel so your hand really 'rests' against the curve of that part of the body.
Originally posted by Coma
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I experimented a lot over the years to see what works well: I find this neck joint to work extremely well: it's round, so you won't bump your hand to hard corner, it works well if the owner prefers bolt on instead of glued and it gives a LOT of stability! I also tried to 'slim' it down or make it sculpted but that proved to be, in fact, more cumbersome to play than this. I am not exactly sure (I build guitars, I am not an ergonometrist
) but this joint seems to give the best upper fret acces combined with ease of production and stability. If it's easy to route (I don't use CNC, I do it all by hand and with handheld machines and templates) I can more easily produce a neat product and that translates into lower pricing. As to why it seems to be so comfortable up there despite appearances is, I guess, the fact that there is no slope going from the neck to the heel so your hand really 'rests' against the curve of that part of the body.
But I have a bit of bad news; the order books are closed for 2020 
I really have to churn out a couple of amazing builds and guitars so I can load up the website. I've updated a few other guitars I build years ago so they at least look the part, but I simply have at least another 16 guitars to go. That website is now my first priority (plus completing the standing orders) because i still... do... not....have... a... WEBSITE. It's really about time.
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