Shortening neck to make room for picking (on Godin 5th Ave)

[AllanAllen]

I was also skeptical, but it looks better than before. Enjoy! And post some clips in the showcase

[lawson-stone]

Good decision and excellent execution! You got what you wanted so enjoy, and post a clip or two so we can share your pleasure.

[dconeill]

He charged me his standard labor fee for one hour (although it probably took him longer than that) which was 66 euros.
He made the extra effort to do it up nice, too, with the slight overhang of the fingerboard and the nicely rounded edges.

Well, congratulations! Your judgement was definitely better than mine.

[Cunamara]

Hi all, just checking back in with an update. My luthier did a fantastic job with the cut, and I love the results. I think the guitar looks even better, because it's closer to the 125 ideal, and the space is plenty to allow me to do deep picking in that sweet spot, which I admittedly don't use that much yet, but it comes in handy for paying nice round melodies and certain lines while soloing.

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Looks great! And your guitar didn't explode after all!

As I'm looking at your pictures, I am trying to figure out how your luthier managed to make a little bit of an undercut of the neck beneath the fretboard. It looks very nice and finished that way.

[sgosnell]

Doing the end that way, with the fretboard overhang and the curve under it, is easy enough with the neck off. It must be devilishly difficult with the neck in place.

[Dean_G]

You could find a Loar lh309vs for $400-600 that would give you that space.

[himself]

Nice job!
But I do not understand, why it should be a problem. It's one straight cut?! With propper tools, skills and preparation, of course.

[ccroft]

It's not one straight cut. There's the undercut of the neck end to make an overhanging fretboard, similar to the pre-cut neck end. And rounding the bottom of the neck edge, sanding all that, and finishing. Without messing up the guitar top. It's a bit tricky in there:

[himself]

You are right, I didn't check the picture carefully. So simple curt would be easy enough and working solution. This one is more design thing. Nice!

[jinsog]

My luthier said he removed the last fret wire, cut the fretboard there and removed it from the neck. Then he cut the neck below and sanded, then glued the slightly longer, overhanging piece of the fretboard back in place and replaced the fret wire. I didn't even ask him to do that, he did it on his own volition. Looks great though.

I'll try to record a little sample to show the difference in tone playing just above and just below the pickup when I have some time next week!

[Woody Sound]

He made the extra effort to do it up nice, too, with the slight overhang of the fingerboard

I was wondering how he managed that. It looks fab.