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  • Twisted neck - fixable?

    Posted this in reply to another thread, but i can't find it.....

    I have this old KE3 neck that i scrapped a few years ago. It's been in the shed the whole winter. Lately i tried to fix it & put new frets on it but the fretboard is "twisted" .... if you hold the nut horizontal, the upper fretboard area is at a good 10 degree angle from horizontal. ie, string action would be way high on the lower strings above the 15th fret or so. Something like this:



    (i exaggerated the deformation in the sketch for illustration purposes) Any way to fix that?
    "It wasn't the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn't flat. [ ... ]
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    I've never have attemped one myself. On a bolt on I usually scrap them. I've heard of some luthiers using a steam press after the finish has been stripped to bare wood. The neck is clamped in a fixture and steam is introduced through holes. Other methods are steaming the neck, then clamping in a special fixture. Other than that I don't know what else to suggest, but contact a good luthier.
    Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.

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    • #3
      Steam.
      Really? well screw Mark Twain.

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      • #4
        i think i would be cheaper to find another neck for it, unless you ambitious and want to learn then................... put that bitch in a jig and have your way with, similar to that of an Asian hooker
        "slappy, slappy" bill sings, happily, as he dick slaps random people on the streets of Cleveland.

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        • #5
          I think if you did get it back in shape, it would start to twist again over time but each neck/wood is different so who knows.

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          • #6
            I had a soloist with that problem, Jackson took off the frets and re-planed the neck, came out great.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by jcm800x View Post
              I had a soloist with that problem, Jackson took off the frets and re-planed the neck, came out great.
              Just a thought! That would work great if the twist were not severe. When planing the fretboard on a severly twisted neck you could end up with one side of the board thinner than the other. It would most likely be a cosmetic issue though.
              Tone is like Art: Your opinion is valid. Listen, learn, have fun, draw your own conclusions.

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              • #8
                That and the fret slots might not be deep enough. This is a problem if the neck has bindings and you don't have the same kind of binding to replace it after taking it off.

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                "It wasn't the world being round that agitated people, but that the world wasn't flat. [ ... ]
                The truth will seem utterly preposterous, and its speaker, a raving lunatic."

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                • #9
                  If steam or high heat & humidity with clamping to a flat level surface doesn't do it (which can be a many days process) then you have to resign to removing the freboard and replaning the neck surface level again.

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                  • #10
                    New neck or steam
                    Cold Hollow Machinery

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                    • #11
                      i had a neck twist on a charvel years ago. Bob Willcutt at Willcuttguitars said it's pretty common with Charvels. He fixed it for $100+

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