I want Knuckleheads to volunteer - neck profile project.

**redburst21** · 10-11-2008, 09:09 PM

guess this thread is very cool, and pretty intresting =D thx all for helping. Very cool

**Spudmurphy** · 10-12-2008, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by banjoplayer

I could do the Morse and the Silo (also AL 1994 if wanted) but have no idea how to do???

Instruct me and I´ll try

94 AL - no problem - infact if people had guitars from different years then they could post their neck profiles - the more the merrier.

A smorgasbord of necks !!!

I've also requested bass guitar neck profiles from the EB Bass forum

**strummer** · 10-12-2008, 02:29 PM

Spud, I'll do the Bongo 5, and maybe the SR5 and SR4 too (my brother plays 4-bangers)
But I think we could use a 17:th fret measurement too, that'll be a real eye opener on the Bongo 6 if my hands remember correctly.

**Spudmurphy** · 10-12-2008, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by strummer

Spud, I'll do the Bongo 5, and maybe the SR5 and SR4 too (my brother plays 4-bangers)
But I think we could use a 17:th fret measurement too, that'll be a real eye opener on the Bongo 6 if my hands remember correctly.

I think that would be a great idea - go for it! - we make up the rules as we go along !!!

**travs** · 10-12-2008, 03:08 PM

great vid sir-spud. my neck at the nut, 5th and 12th are loaded with bird eyes and I dont think they like being measured.

**strummer** · 10-12-2008, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Spudmurphy

I think that would be a great idea - go for it! - we make up the rules as we go along !!!

Course we'll make the rules as we go along, don't we always;-)
Bongo 5 measured, but I'll probably have to wait until tuesday to scan.

**candid_x** · 10-12-2008, 05:44 PM

Originally Posted by Spudmurphy

or a plastic one like this (cost me £1)

What a cool thingy.

I wondered how you were getting those measurements.

**whitestrat** · 10-14-2008, 03:09 AM

If I could find one of these instruments, I'd help with the Silhouette and JP bits... Lemme go raid my local hardware store to see.

wolf5150 · 10-14-2008, 03:57 AM

Hey Spud
I can bring my Silhouette special to yours and you can measure that if you like.

Can bring the rest of my hareem too if you like.

Let me know dude.

**Spudmurphy** · 10-14-2008, 02:11 PM

That would be cool by me - maybe we can arrange something via PM.

NorM has sent me loads of pictures of the the profile guage (without transposing the profiles to card - but he was VERY quick in replying to me)

Wanna see them???

**brokenvail** · 10-14-2008, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Spudmurphy

That would be cool by me - maybe we can arrange something via PM.

NorM has sent me loads of pictures of the the profile guage (without transposing the profiles to card - but he was VERY quick in replying to me)

Wanna see them???

Heck yea we want to see them. I started the take a side profile pic of your neck thread and it did not get alot of responses but I am glad this one is. i will eventually get around to doing good old rosewood. I once heard that the guitars with Rosewood fret are a tad bit thicker. Don't know it it's true of not but an interesting idea.

**banjoplayer** · 10-14-2008, 04:48 PM

My local hardware store didn´t have any profile gauges, so I tried another method.

I protected the back of the neck with plastic wrap and made some imprints with gypsum which were traced onto paper after dried.

the result is probably not as acurate as with the profile gauge but you might get an idea of the difference (or similarity) between the necks. Strange but true: Morse and Silo look similar but to me they feel very different.

I think it would be great if someone could redo it properly with a profile gauge !

**Spudmurphy** · 10-14-2008, 05:12 PM

Wow good one - a "plaster caster" huh?

It looks great when they are all together so you can see the comparisons in the neck.

**whitestrat** · 10-14-2008, 08:27 PM

I'm going to go find one of these and confirm if there IS a difference (which I think there is in terms of dimensions) between a Silhouette and Silhouette Special neck profiles.