TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
After much anticipation (those of you who talk to me online most days will know exactly how much anticpation, with many epithets hurled at the UK's "Royal" mail service), the Laz Gajic (aka, Kammo1) neck arrived by post this morning!
It actually took just under a week to reach NYC from the UK, which is very good!
As promised, here are some pics I snapped of the happy union of body + neck.
**QUESTIONS FOR LUTHIER TYPES!!**
ONE. The R5 nut that Warmoth sent me is the kind that screws in through the bottom of the neck; I want a nut that attached via the top. Do you know where I can get this from? My guess is that Warmoth sent me a Schaller R5 nut, not an Original Floyd nut ...
TWO. Does the nut need to be glued in place, or just screwed down? Can I simply glue it in place without screws? If so, what glue should I use?
THREE. According to Schaller's lit for the M6 mini tuners, they are supposed to fit into a 10mm hole. Laz cut perfect 10mm holes, and the fit is just a bit too tight. Should I run very fine sandpaper in the holes to make them big enough to fit the tuners? What grit sanpaper? The holes are the precise diameter of the tuners. With some struggling, I was able to get a tuner 90% of the way into the hole, so I know it needs the barest amount of widening.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!!!!
A word about the construction of this neck: WOW. That is my word. The feel of the neck is just astounding. It has the lightest satin finish I have ever encountered in my life. While the birdseye is not quite as nice as the stock that was used on my Wayne, it is still highly figured and it photographs beautifully, as you can see in the pics.
Laz built this completely to my specs, and I couldn't be happier! I can't wait to actually fnish the project and play the guitar!!!
Neck Specifications:
Here are the vital stats on the neck. These are all the parameters that you can have changed to your own spec, of course, if you were to have a neck made by Laz.
BUILDER: Laz Gajic, www.gajicguitars.com
NUT WIDTH: 1-3/4"
NECK RADIUS: 14"
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5"
NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
FRET WIRE: Dunlop 6100
NECK MATERIAL: 1 piece rock maple
FINGERBOARD: Birdseye maple, no fret markers
HEADSTOCK: 6-in-a-line J Frog reverse hockey stick
TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT: Headstock side, hidden
It actually took just under a week to reach NYC from the UK, which is very good!
As promised, here are some pics I snapped of the happy union of body + neck.
**QUESTIONS FOR LUTHIER TYPES!!**
ONE. The R5 nut that Warmoth sent me is the kind that screws in through the bottom of the neck; I want a nut that attached via the top. Do you know where I can get this from? My guess is that Warmoth sent me a Schaller R5 nut, not an Original Floyd nut ...
TWO. Does the nut need to be glued in place, or just screwed down? Can I simply glue it in place without screws? If so, what glue should I use?
THREE. According to Schaller's lit for the M6 mini tuners, they are supposed to fit into a 10mm hole. Laz cut perfect 10mm holes, and the fit is just a bit too tight. Should I run very fine sandpaper in the holes to make them big enough to fit the tuners? What grit sanpaper? The holes are the precise diameter of the tuners. With some struggling, I was able to get a tuner 90% of the way into the hole, so I know it needs the barest amount of widening.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!!!!
A word about the construction of this neck: WOW. That is my word. The feel of the neck is just astounding. It has the lightest satin finish I have ever encountered in my life. While the birdseye is not quite as nice as the stock that was used on my Wayne, it is still highly figured and it photographs beautifully, as you can see in the pics.
Laz built this completely to my specs, and I couldn't be happier! I can't wait to actually fnish the project and play the guitar!!!
Neck Specifications:
Here are the vital stats on the neck. These are all the parameters that you can have changed to your own spec, of course, if you were to have a neck made by Laz.
BUILDER: Laz Gajic, www.gajicguitars.com
NUT WIDTH: 1-3/4"
NECK RADIUS: 14"
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5"
NUMBER OF FRETS: 22
FRET WIRE: Dunlop 6100
NECK MATERIAL: 1 piece rock maple
FINGERBOARD: Birdseye maple, no fret markers
HEADSTOCK: 6-in-a-line J Frog reverse hockey stick
TRUSS ROD ADJUSTMENT: Headstock side, hidden
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