This months
meeting was filled with a lot of information. Gary lectured and entertained us
with his lecture on Neck Building 101.
He calls it all a matter of trade-offs.
The meeting started with the usual new member
introductions which is great. We are adding new members every meeting.
Gary as always passed out more informative handouts. General business
questions were answered and we were shown some choices for the SCALE
member T-shirts. A choice form will be posted on the web site for the
members to choose which shirt design they like best. The form will be
posted on the membership side of our SCALe web
site.
Next, Gary informed us about some of the
correspondence and operating concerns of SCALe. Kirk Sands wrote him a
nice email urging us to continue our efforts with this association. It
is gratifying to know we are getting support from some of the best
builders on the planet. Rudy, our webmaster is deep in the debugging
jungle of our membership side to the web site. We hope to get the bugs
out soon. It has been 3 months since we were ready to post up the new
Guitarbuilder Magazine, but the site is still not ready. Please be
patient. It is going to be worth the wait.
Now on the the meeting. No pictures this time. Gary Forgot the camera.
He said, "There is never a good personal assistant around when you
don't
have one." Yea, right!
I will write more later.
Here are the subjects that were covered in the meeting:
Neck to body joint importance for sound
a pickup produces no sound, a pickup
just transducers what is there.
Headstock shapes styles and string post positions
String break angle 12.73o minimum for hi "E" in order not
to
bounce in nut groove
neck heels
fingerboard scales 24 5/16 etc.
types sizes
Truss Rods
Wood and sound
Building techniques
