Why Every Vintage Guitar Should Have Been Made With A Multi-Laminate Neck...

[@docsiltanen]

Cool video brother !!!!... i agree there is no effect on tone from glue in a neck... my Firebird has a 9 piece laminate neck-thru midsection, therefore lots of glued joints... and it absolutely sings..so I'm definitely a fan of laminated necks !!!

[@busabrye]

I have a 77 Les Paul standard, bought it new, 3 piece maple neck, I have never had to adjust the truss rod. Best guitar ever

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@busabrye well engineered necks on those babies

[@randywarren2877]

I've been a long time TTG viewer and finally decided to pull the trigger and become a member of the channel and I can't wait for neck thru video series.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@randywarren2877 thanks so much Randy

[@SteveResor]

This video series has been Fun.. Thanks for doing it and Sharing Your knowledge Matt !

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@SteveResor it has been fun Steve glad to hear you enjoyed it

[@petedazer3381]

Good video, thanks for the info Matt.

[@danandratis]

Great video Matt, really enjoyed the video a day - so appreciate all the extra time and effort - Cheers from Canada

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@danandratis thanks brougham I'm glad you are here and I'm glad you enjoyed them

[@mikeivey8471]

I really enjoy these videos !! Much education happening !! Great job , Matt !! Thanks for the effort !!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@mikeivey8471 thanks very much Mike

[@currituck]

I've owned many Hamer 3 piece neck guitars. Hamer nailed that.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@currituck you got that right. The dry wood was the main thing as I recall from reading Mr. Danzig's writing on the subject

[@currituck]

@TexasToastGuitars For sure Matt. By the way, this is Jack from Pittsburgh. Kahler Pro mention!

[@markinthemix6055]

Great discussion. Neck tech talk is such a big deal to consider. 😉 well done

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@markinthemix6055 you know thanks right

[@FangPaw]

There is another downside - if using dissimilar woods, especially in a multi-laminate neck - there is a tendency for differential shrinkage/expansion, resulting in very slight ridges between the laminations.

[@tonehouseguitars]

Thanks for October fun and learning...kept it up Matt

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@tonehouseguitars one more my friend

[@cheapskate8656]

Excellent advice. I have only made 6 guitars. All but 1 have laminated necks. I 100% agree with everything you said in this video. The only down side for me is that I dont have a thicknesser so all the joints have to be hand sanded on a beam or on my belt sander. So, 80% of my build time goes into the neck.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@cheapskate8656 that sounds like a huge amount of work amigo. I'm sorry it has to be that way

[@cheapskate8656]

@@TexasToastGuitars It probably doesn't have to be that way. I thought I was only going to make one :)

[@iamgumbydammit2217]

I just adjusted my’ laminated 77 LP maple neck for the first time since 1977. That was probably only needed because I moved from a very, very dry climate to a very, very humid one. It was still a tiny adjustment but I’m particular

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@iamgumbydammit2217 it's funny how changing just a little bit of humidity will do that. Colorado to Nashville was a big one for sure

[@leftyo9589]

thinking on your roberto venn comment about splitting the wood, and flipping 1 side over. i may be wrong, but i would think that flipping both halves 180 out would make them try to move opposite of each other, negating each others movement.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@leftyo9589 you describe it better than I do

[@willholly7526]

12:46 I can't believe people still believe the type of wood effects the tone of an electric guitar. Tonewood only matters in acoustic instruments. Dozens of tests have shown indisputable data proving that it doesn't matter. There was even a guy on KZbin that set up a set of strings between two platforms with pickups properly located where they'd be in an electric guitar and the tone didn't change whatsoever from the same pickups and strings being located in a guitar.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

I think they like to double down

[@melanie_kujat]

@will - I think you mean 'Jim Lill - Tested: Where does the tone come from in an electric guitar' . In Germany, we have a professor on YT who also demonstrates this - like a lecture - with measuring instruments : ' Physik der Elektrogitarre ' ; sorry, only in German.

[@nfamousnfernos8948]

You're obviously not a guitar builder or you would know... 😂

[@seanjoynt2605]

Thanks Matt

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@seanjoynt2605 thanks so much Sean

[@aluminati9918]

Highly instructive, thanks. A company building (most of) their necks this way is actually Rickenbacker. As a result you rarely see them with major neck problems, even vintage ones. (Will not go into the dual truss discussion 😅)

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@aluminati9918 I have lots of respect for Ricenbacker. I learned a lot about them when I built some 4001 style bases many many years ago

[@aluminati9918]

@@TexasToastGuitars Great. That being said, your own builds look pretty awesome too! Keep on truckin´!

[@coneyislandguitars]

Laminated necks are the way to go. They sound better too because they are stiffer. I like to use purpleheart in the laminations. You can hear how one piece Fender bass necks sound hollow. You lose some low end. A 7 piece laminated maple/purpleheart (or other woods) makes the bass sound more even with a tighter low end.

[@rvaguitars]

Thanks uncle Matt!

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@rvaguitars thank you my friend

[@djpenton779]

Hey Matt. What about the complaint that Chris at Highline makes: that wood movement causes detectable (feelable) lines in the back of the neck?

[@86OEd]

👍👍👍

[@TexasToastGuitars]

Thanks Ed

[@TomL-]

I prefer the added stability of a 2 pc, personally.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@TomL- I'm a fan to Tom

[@rickfinsta2951]

Yeah I only like Les Pauls if they have the Super 400 neck on them. My number one guitar is a '79 LP Artist with all the garbage pulled out and Rio Grandes installed. I also have the only Robin Avalon that Dave ever made with a multi ply neck. The tuning stability is pretty remarkable and I also prefer the more articulate sound of a maple neck over mahogany.

[@jeremyvonk6853]

Do a shot every time Matt says vertically...

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@jeremyvonk6853 that's a fun game, but y'all will have a terrible hangover in the morning. You could also eat pieces of your kids Halloween candy every time I say vertical

[@srcastic8764]

Does a strip like that down the back of the neck always indicate a laminated neck?

[@brian770]

i would not call a 2pc a laminated neck.... i get what your saying, but plywood is laminated, a 3-5-7 may be able to get away with it, but 2 boards glued together is not laminated.

[@TexasToastGuitars]

@@brian770 I think it is a technically correct description. But I respect your choice to not call it a laminated neck. Just put of curiosity what would you call it? Perhaps the term two piece neck is more to your liking?

[@kmichaelp4508]

Yeah! Benedetto guitar necks really look weird. And I just wouldn’t have one. Their crap. They eeeeease in so many directions.

[@bluglass7819]

You and your damned clickbait!😂