Ebony and rosewood are laminated onto the guitar necks but gibson is reacting to a shortage of these two woods because of a raid by the feds in which they seized a stock of illegal woods btw gibson ceo henri juszkicwicz is a political conservative who s anti obama.
2012 gibson laminate necks.
Gibson guitar necks are generally categorized into two types.
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From 1938 and thereafter they were made with 5 piece laminated necks and did have a hidden steel rod about the same time as gibson made instruments for tonk bros.
The 50 s style and the 60 s style necks.
This was a feature we commonly used to help date these instruments before we had the benefit of herbert s book on washburn history and copies of the gibson shipping ledgers.
Regarding stiffness it s absolutely true.
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I generally do a 1 8 laminate of the same material as the rest of the neck then a 3 8 fretboard.
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Woods are more difficult to replace than hardware in the longterm.
Same goes for the body i can get the 2 piece body roasted with the woods i want basswood flame birdseye maple laminate top.
Guitar necks for your builds or as replacements for your projects.
I think most guitar players look for a particular feel about the neck when trying to choose a guitar.
I ve made several horizontally laminated necks.
I will focus on gibson electric guitars in this article because i have limited experience with playing gibson acoustic guitars.
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Great for double cuts and such with long thin necks.