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are you adding them for stiffness, stability, or tonal reasons?
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If it makes any difference the bass will have a rippled maple neck and ebony (boy, this ebony is stunning) on an alder body. Hadnt planned on it, but am quite happy to laminate the neck with purpleheart or simillar. The uke will have necks of ash, afromosia or hornbeam (havent decided yet) onto a hornbeam B&S via a butt joint.
I was planning on using a rectangular cross section rod, but i dont know (despite googling) what dimensions to aim for (depth x width).
Cheers,
Adam
if you are putting rods either side of a truss rod on the bass I would go with a lower profile. You don’t need a lot here and it’s possible to make the neck too stiff if also laminated. Stiff enough that the truss rod doesn’t respond as much as normal
i tend to use solid bars on modern guitars, and hollow rods when I want to maintain more vintage tones. The hollow rods don’t add much stiffness, but seem to even out the tension in the neck and keep it predictable. I am planning to try hollow square bars at some point too
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if you are putting rods either side of a truss rod on the bass I would go with a lower profile. You don’t need a lot here and it’s possible to make the neck too stiff if also laminated. Stiff enough that the truss rod doesn’t respond as much as normal
i tend to use solid bars on modern guitars, and hollow rods when I want to maintain more vintage tones. The hollow rods don’t add much stiffness, but seem to even out the tension in the neck and keep it predictable. I am planning to try hollow square bars at some point too
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Cheers,
Adam
6x8mm is the minimum I would use for a truss rod less guitar neck, assuming it was a short and stiff neck not expecting a lot of tension
layout is important too. Two bars either side of a truss rod can either be parallel to the truss rod, or parallel to the sides of the neck. The second option is more difficult, but a bit more stable. I normally go with the first. Most importantly, don’t go too close to the edge of the neck as it limits your carve options
if you buy some 6x6mm bars for the bass you could always use two offcuts in the uke neck either side of the centre line, rather than a single central bar.
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Ta,
Adam
So probably not a useful answer.
Adam
Having taken onboard the above advice, I am struggling to find somewhere that supplies the 6mm sq rod in non-astronomical prices.
Where might I find such CF rods?
Cheers,
Adam
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Many thanks, again, WezV,
Adam
https://www.carbonfibreprofiles.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7_155
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I assume there is minimal loss of strength using box vs solid, in the context of a bass neck?
Adam
Which makes it hard to answer, because it depends very much on the wall thickness.
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Thing is, i dont have time (3-necked ukulele plus bass guitar for Chrimbo) to get it wrong, so am trying to cover everything before I start.
So. Should I just go with the box section and hope for the best (rippled maple for bass neck and maple or afromosia for uke)?
Cheers,
Adam