I love this idea, similar to the Strat mod that I do, to tilt the neck. But the side profile of your guitar design looks very much like a Thomas Humphrey design, a guitar I used to have, where the body hampers towards the heel (neck joint). Where you got the neck angle just where it is buzzing is where a flamenco player would have it set. That would be good for the left hand, but it might be a strain on the right hand because of the technique flamenco players like to use. But I think a flamenco design could also incorporate this neck adjustment which would allow cleaner expression when required. Thanks.
Brilliant. I use a modified version of doolins approach to get the FB off the top all together but this looks much simpler and easier for the player to adjust. Beautiful looking instrument also.
Hello Mr. Lee, I was hoping you might share some details about your adjustable neck design. I’ve looked at pictures you posted elsewhere. Is that 5mm carbon fiber you use as the hinge point? Also is that 3/4 or 1 inch baltic birch you use under the neck in the upper bout. It looks like a very efficient design that you’ve optimized over time. Thanks
The carbon fiber plate is 4 mm thick and rounded at the pivot point to the neck. The plate is affixed to the 3/4 inch baltic birch plywood with polyurethane glue and 1 screw. The plywood is notched and locked into the lower traverese bar. The plywood piece is glued and pinned to the headblock with 2 dowels.
Thanks for the added details. I’m planning my first build and have found all of your information quite helpful. Thanks! And your guitars are just beautiful.
I haven't, only because I haven't built a steel string in a while, but if I did, I definitely would. I've used it successfully on a Puerto Rican cuatro which is a ten string steel string instrument.
Have you encountered any upward deflection of the higher frets from the adjustment screw? Or is the neck/fretboard thick enough to counteract a "ski-jump" effect? Awesome design! I am in the process of building a modular neck travel Sitar/Guitar/Sarode, I was planning on using a bolt-on design, but your design looks like a great possibility for faster neck changes.
Happily, there is no distortion of the frets and fingerboard over time. The combination of the fingerboard, neck extension and twin carbon fiber rods keeps the plane of the fingerboard completely stable.
@@garylee6266 Thanks Garrett, I appreciate your openness and will move forward with a slight variation of your design. The truss rods I have run the full length of my neck design, from the nut, almost to the sound hole. So I think I will make the neck tilt access from the back of the guitar. Can you think of any reason that doing so might be a bad idea? I will be travelling for 3 years by bicycle with this instrument and will swap between 3 necks quite often, one Sitar neck, one fretless neck and one normal guitar neck. In the past I always toured with my Sitar on a trailer behind my bike, but as much as I love the Sitar, sometimes I wanted to play guitar.... anyway... Thanks for the information! PS if you are curious about what I am building, I have a video of a prototype electric banjo with sympathetic strings the is in the same ball park, just imagine it acoustic, with 3 modular necks (one neck at a time) and a sympathetic harp arm. Similar in appearance to an "Imrat Khan Guitar". ruclips.net/video/vX7n8LlIYuw/видео.html
@@davidlynch4338 Ingenious use of the removable convept to create different instruments. There are conceivably many locations to place the adjustment site, so in the back should be fine. Stauffer put it in the heel.
Very clever of you sir. What a practical feature. Good on ya!
I love this idea, similar to the Strat mod that I do, to tilt the neck. But the side profile of your guitar design looks very much like a Thomas Humphrey design, a guitar I used to have, where the body hampers towards the heel (neck joint).
Where you got the neck angle just where it is buzzing is where a flamenco player would have it set. That would be good for the left hand, but it might be a strain on the right hand because of the technique flamenco players like to use. But I think a flamenco design could also incorporate this neck adjustment which would allow cleaner expression when required. Thanks.
Cool! That's the same approach as in Stauffer's guitars but with the bolt in a different place.
Awesome video Garrett! That Greg Smallman design works great. I started using it in 2005. Cool to see others using it.
Brilliant. I use a modified version of doolins approach to get the FB off the top all together but this looks much simpler and easier for the player to adjust. Beautiful looking instrument also.
What a great solution!
Great video, Gary. Thank you!
Hello Mr. Lee, I was hoping you might share some details about your adjustable neck design. I’ve looked at pictures you posted elsewhere. Is that 5mm carbon fiber you use as the hinge point? Also is that 3/4 or 1 inch baltic birch you use under the neck in the upper bout. It looks like a very efficient design that you’ve optimized over time. Thanks
The carbon fiber plate is 4 mm thick and rounded at the pivot point to the neck. The plate is affixed to the 3/4 inch baltic birch plywood with polyurethane glue and 1 screw. The plywood is notched and locked into the lower traverese bar. The plywood piece is glued and pinned to the headblock with 2 dowels.
Thanks for the added details. I’m planning my first build and have found all of your information quite helpful. Thanks! And your guitars are just beautiful.
That's awesome! Great job!
It really works and works well.
thx
Awesome Gary. Do you build steel string guitars with this capability?
I haven't, only because I haven't built a steel string in a while, but if I did, I definitely would. I've used it successfully on a Puerto Rican cuatro which is a ten string steel string instrument.
Have you encountered any upward deflection of the higher frets from the adjustment screw? Or is the neck/fretboard thick enough to counteract a "ski-jump" effect?
Awesome design! I am in the process of building a modular neck travel Sitar/Guitar/Sarode, I was planning on using a bolt-on design, but your design looks like a great possibility for faster neck changes.
Happily, there is no distortion of the frets and fingerboard over time. The combination of the fingerboard, neck extension and twin carbon fiber rods keeps the plane of the fingerboard completely stable.
@@garylee6266 Thanks Garrett, I appreciate your openness and will move forward with a slight variation of your design.
The truss rods I have run the full length of my neck design, from the nut, almost to the sound hole.
So I think I will make the neck tilt access from the back of the guitar.
Can you think of any reason that doing so might be a bad idea?
I will be travelling for 3 years by bicycle with this instrument and will swap between 3 necks quite often, one Sitar neck, one fretless neck and one normal guitar neck.
In the past I always toured with my Sitar on a trailer behind my bike, but as much as I love the Sitar, sometimes I wanted to play guitar.... anyway... Thanks for the information!
PS if you are curious about what I am building, I have a video of a prototype electric banjo with sympathetic strings the is in the same ball park, just imagine it acoustic, with 3 modular necks (one neck at a time) and a sympathetic harp arm. Similar in appearance to an "Imrat Khan Guitar". ruclips.net/video/vX7n8LlIYuw/видео.html
@@davidlynch4338 Ingenious use of the removable convept to create different instruments. There are conceivably many locations to place the adjustment site, so in the back should be fine. Stauffer put it in the heel.
Ingenious!