Increasing neck thickness in refinishing?
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2023 1:46 am
There may yet be a more appropriate subforum for this topic (the trash? 
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Though my Flys are a joy to play, I find my thicker-necked guitars more comfortable. Being as I have a refinishing project coming up, I'm considering an experiment which may cause some to clutch their pearls: Cutting a thin fabric sheet to the length of the Fly neck, soaking it with a thin epoxy resin, applying it in a laminate layer to the rear of the neck, curing, then sanding a smooth transition in and out of the layered area prior to applying the new paint.
The idea is inspired by the now-commonplace CF cloth patch repair of guitars with painted necks (Gibson does this with popped headstocks), as well as the CF lamination construction of the Fly and Nitefly necks. FWIW, I've seen this method successfully utilized within repairs in which a slight increase in neck thickness was a byproduct to be compensated for in reshaping the neck carve afterward - But I've never seen or read of it being done for its own sake. I have three beater/project Flys I want to refinish - Even if I don't work up the nerve with the first one, I'm liable to attempt it with one of the others.
Thoughts? Why is everyone holding a tomato? Why is that person demanding I hand over the guitar? I'm aware there are other materials I could build up the neck with - I'm open to suggestions.
).Though my Flys are a joy to play, I find my thicker-necked guitars more comfortable. Being as I have a refinishing project coming up, I'm considering an experiment which may cause some to clutch their pearls: Cutting a thin fabric sheet to the length of the Fly neck, soaking it with a thin epoxy resin, applying it in a laminate layer to the rear of the neck, curing, then sanding a smooth transition in and out of the layered area prior to applying the new paint.
The idea is inspired by the now-commonplace CF cloth patch repair of guitars with painted necks (Gibson does this with popped headstocks), as well as the CF lamination construction of the Fly and Nitefly necks. FWIW, I've seen this method successfully utilized within repairs in which a slight increase in neck thickness was a byproduct to be compensated for in reshaping the neck carve afterward - But I've never seen or read of it being done for its own sake. I have three beater/project Flys I want to refinish - Even if I don't work up the nerve with the first one, I'm liable to attempt it with one of the others.
Thoughts? Why is everyone holding a tomato? Why is that person demanding I hand over the guitar? I'm aware there are other materials I could build up the neck with - I'm open to suggestions.
