Unclesyd
Good suggestion on Pau Lope.
A wood I was very interested in trying was mesquite which grows like weeds in Texas. Mesquite has some superior properties when it comes to shrinkage, hardness, strength and humidity changes. A Janka hardness test is 2350 on Brazilian cherry, 2345 on...
Compositepro
You know exactly what I'm talking about. Carbon fiber is most likely the ultimate solution. Finding an already made bar stock or t-bar stock made out of carbon fiber that will work for my application has not been easy. I have not found the perfect material yet and you can...
Tr1ntx
Bending the bar is not something I want to do. Too many variables considering the construction and it would be much harder to do.
The easier approach is to use flat/straight stable seasoned quarter-sawn wood that is already very stiff and glue a straight metal or carbon fiber bar/t-bar...
IRstuff
Almost all of the American made guitars are using the traditional adjustable round truss rod which works great. I have been building guitars for over twenty years, so I'm very familiar with it. What I'm not familiar with is having a square bar or t-bar that is so stiff that once you...
EdStainless
I'm just bending the steel and carbon fiber square bar stock by placing the ends up on blocks and then pushing down on the bar stock at the half way point by hand. When the material I'm testing bends too easily then it just will not work.
I have not bought any steel or carbon...
SnTMan, it would be fun to see the Vigier neck construction, and it would cost around $1,400.00 to cut one up. Vigier is most likely doing exactly what you are suggesting with carbon fiber.
My problem has been finding carbon fiber material that is incredibly stiff. A guitar building supply...
Thanks for all of the above posts and I will explain what a guitar truss rod is and what it does.
Electric Guitar strings place around 180 pounds of string pull on the wood guitar neck which will bend the guitar neck and make it unplayable. Different styles of truss rods have been used over...
I'm looking for suggestions on the best square metal bar stock or t bar stock that would resist bending the most while being used as a truss rod in a guitar neck. This would be a non adjustable guitar truss rod of course and the ultimate material would keep the neck perfectly flat under the...
