Why no scallop on short scale / baritone, etc.?

[swarfrat]

I did some searching, even tried using google to search the site. Why does Warmoth only offer scalloping on 25.5" scale necks? I get the no Wizard thing. But what about baritones, 24.75" scale? The neck profiles I'm considering are all on the beefy side.

 

[Cagey]

My guess would be because it's done on a CNC machine and nobody's taken the time to program it for that scale. I'd also guess the existing program was created through trial and error, rather than as a subroutine call that could be easily modified for other scales. So, creating another set of parameters would be very much like starting over.

 

[swarfrat]

I've done parametric programming before (though mostly turning). Need a hand?

 

[Cagey]

According to their website, they're looking for a full-time CNC guy. Send 'em a resume.

 

[Wyliee]

Scalloping is done with an old home-made jig that, I think, Ken's dad made, long, long ago.  That jig only exists for 25.5" scale necks.  Aint got nuthin' else.

 

[stubhead]

If I could have gotten my Mustang neck, my seven-string neck or my 24.75" conversion neck scalloped, I would have done it on all three. I consider it to be a no-brainer improvement in guitar building, like sealed tuners or potted pickups. It takes a little while to learn how to play one in tune again, then it's all positive. Yngwie Malmsteen may make you gasp, giggle or vomit*, but the one thing you can say is his intonation is impeccable, with .008" - .038" strings.

:redflag: *(doing these out-of-order may result in serious injury.)​

 

[swarfrat]

While Yngvie has done a lot for exposure of scalloping, I think the strength of his association with it has probably put more than a few people off from it.

Scalloping is done with an old home-made jig that, I think, Ken's dad made, long, long ago.  That jig only exists for 25.5" scale necks.  Aint got nuthin' else.

Ballnose is not the way - to small for indexable inserts.  A slitting saw with 8mm round inserts should do the trick.

 

[big bob]

I do it the old fashioned way with files and sand paper..

 

[stubhead]

:hello2: :hello2: :hello2:

Nice work! I have all the rattail files I could ever need, but to just look down at a "perfect neck" - with file in hint, evil glint in the eye... well, I'm just not there yet, emotionally-like.  :sad1: Too bad I quit drinking, cause a half-gallon of hootch used to be great for breaking through emotional walls... a course half the time you couldn't tell what you'd invented when you woke up, "such is the plight" and all. The centering slice with the saw is a really good idea too. If I ever get around to buying a boat for my Mustwank, I'll probably scallop it some. There's no need for them to be nearly as deep as most are, as you're not actually squeezing the strings, just getting the board out of the way. Blackmore, not Shankar....

 

[swarfrat]

The saw was my attempt to think out loud through doing it CNC style. 6-8mm round insert would give a nice radius, and you can do more passes for the bigger frets.

Its gotta be CNC  to get it across the board. (No pun intended). it would also let you follow the fingerboard radius. Something like Sandvik's 331 side milling cutter.

 

[Cagey]

CNC is fine for repeatable, accurate production work where the programming, destructive testing and material loss investment pays off. But, to pull off a one-time piece manually with rasps, files and finer abrasives takes huge brass balls that clang when you walk. Take credit; you deserve it.