Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build - Pluckers Paradise

RE: Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build

Boo — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 21:24:10 +0000

Posted by: @markbailey
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your router jig! Cheers Mark.
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RE: Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build

mark bailey — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:09:57 +0000

Looking forward to seeing pictures of your router jig! Cheers Mark.

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RE: Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build

Boo — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:31:20 +0000

Posted by: @markbailey
I prefer method 2 as the fretboard will be attached to the same piece all the way along.
In method 1 the fretboard can start to come loose near the nut - this is because it is glued to 'endgrain' in this style...
It is not too difficult - will dig out a pic of my router jig...stand by...

Looking forward to seeing pictures of your router jig! Cheers Mark.

RE: Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build

Boo — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:19:00 +0000

Posted by: @markbailey
I prefer method 2 as the fretboard will be attached to the same piece all the way along.
In method 1 the fretboard can start to come loose near the nut - this is because it is glued to 'endgrain' in this style...
It is not too difficult - will dig out a pic of my router jig...stand by...

Oh I like this reply Mark, thanks.

Some good advice and I fully understand what you are saying about method 1, that would be terrible going to all the trouble of making a wonderful neck, only for it to come apart in that vital area.

I’ll stick with method 2.

RE: Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build

mark bailey — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:00:07 +0000

I prefer method 2 as the fretboard will be attached to the same piece all the way along.

In method 1 the fretboard can start to come loose near the nut - this is because it is glued to 'endgrain' in this style...

It is not too difficult - will dig out a pic of my router jig...stand by...

Darryl Syms Ibanez copy build

Boo — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:23:34 +0000

I am planning to build an Ibanez style electric guitar with trem, at some point. I want to base it on one of my guitar teachers’ Ibanez, Darryl Syms.

My question is, has anyone done a scarf joint for a headstock before?

A lot of Ibanez guitars use this construction method but I have not. They have angled headstocks and even though I own one that is a five piece laminate, it doesn’t have a scarf joint. So, I could buy a thicker neck blank but that would be more expensive and produce more waste. If I bought a thinner neck blank and used a scarf joint it would be cheaper and less waste.

How easy or difficult is it to get a scarf joint accurate enough for guitar making?

Thanks in advance.

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