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These are photos of a guitar body available for purchase. Does the location or size of that knot in the neck pocket present a structural problem?
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02-17-2024 09:22 PM
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I wouldn't be ok with that...especially if it was going to be a bolt on neck...
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I am not a luthier, but I’d pass.
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Worse place for a knot, anywhere else would be ok.
Firewood.
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I wouldn't want anything to do with that. The wood around that knot will be weaker.
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Hard no.
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Thanks all. Thought that was the case. I didn't feel it even came close to being stamped a second.
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Originally Posted by srs
Just think - some guy got paid to set up that piece of wood for routing etc., and could've placed that knot anywhere on that body.
Or, he didn't know any better, and / or didn't give a rip.
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The knot is bad, that check is way worse. See that crack down the middle of the pocket? That's where the wood dried, split and is beginning a separation that will in all likelihood continue a serious way through the body. It's already rendered the body unusable and will result in a body that irreparable in any way.
Highest stress point on the body of that guitar. It's a compendium of nightmare disasters. It does have some value though: If you were running a DIY guitar building school, that's a textbook example of what to avoid.
RIP Nick Gravenites
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