Shaving a fat neck.

Hmmmm.......
Sure would be nice if phone books were still a thing. You could fill a couple of cheap/Goodwill file cabinets with them and bolt a piece of plywood down on them.

I use rice filled gunrests on my bench
 
I found my PRS 594 McCarthy neck to fat some claim 59 Les Paul profile what will I do with it sell it as is mint.
I don't use sandpaper on wood working projects the grit gets in bedded in the wood and destroys wood carving tools and scrappers.
My friend Betsy using one of the carving knives I make.

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I found my PRS 594 McCarthy neck to fat some claim 59 Les Paul profile what will I do with it sell it as is mint.
I don't use sandpaper on wood working projects the grit gets in bedded in the wood and destroys wood carving tools and scrappers.
My friend Betsy using one of the carving knives I make.

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I'm not going to follow sanding with a scraping tool so no worries there. And no offense, brother, but I'm not about to use a carving knife to do this. :rolf2:

A 59 roundback profile is close, but still just a little fatter than I want. I think I'm going for somewhere between a 59 and slim 60s profile.
 
Steve, I broke out the Contour Gauge tonight for 2 Gibsons.

My '79 LP and my 07 SG Faded. Testing at the 1st and 12th fret, my 2 contours for each guitar were surprisingly identical despite being a 38 year difference.
 
I got my digital calipers and got some accurate (1st fret) measurements of all my necks.

60s Standard = .8065" (way too thin)
Traditional = .8680" (way too fat)

These 2 are my most comfortable necks...

Tribute = .8465" (very good, but could be slightly thinner)
Melody Maker = .8270" (very good, but could be slightly fatter)


So, based on these measurements I believe I'm aiming for somewhere around .8350" +/-


...and case anyone wants to know, a Warmoth 59 Roundback came in at .8530"
 
Steve, I broke out the Contour Gauge tonight for 2 Gibsons.

My '79 LP and my 07 SG Faded. Testing at the 1st and 12th fret, my 2 contours for each guitar were surprisingly identical despite being a 38 year difference.
I bought the wrong contour gauge, it's too big and doesn't work at all for this. I don't really think I need it anyway, but I might order another one before I get ready to do this.
 
So a weird thing happened. Since I took those measurements and saw on paper that the 2 guitars I've been playing the most are the furthest apart in neck thickness I stopped playing my Standard and started playing my Tribute again. My Traditional neck doesn't feel near as fat to me now that I stopped switching between it and my slim 60s Standard.
 
So a weird thing happened. Since I took those measurements and saw on paper that the 2 guitars I've been playing the most are the furthest apart in neck thickness I stopped playing my Standard and started playing my Tribute again. My Traditional neck doesn't feel near as fat to me now that I stopped switching between it and my slim 60s Standard.
I totally understand this.

Here are a few other viewpoints I am developing as I do lots of switching in stringed instruments. I began with my original 1st guitar ever which was my late 70's EBony LP STD back in the early 80's when I got it.

Long story short, I bought and sold many drums, guitars and amps if I needed extra $$$ to pay bills when things got tight. Eventually, I would get down to 2 kits, lots of cymbals and hardware, and eventually my '89 and '90 Am Std Strats, my '09 EPI LP which would be my main guitars. Then around 2012-2022, I got serious about adding some awesome budget players like my 1st 3 SG's, a PRS Santana SE, my Squier Tele, P and J Basses. Since I also love NICE things, I scattered in some unique pricier pieces such as my Steve Harris signature P bass, an ES 135, and my Cream White '76 SG, and '79 Les Paul KM,

So, as you can see, Neck types and sizes, scale lengths, are all over the place. And to top it all off, I also acquired a Banjo to learn, and finally my Jackson V and my Gib Faded Cherry V.
My point is, if one can learn to play something like a Banjo, or Mandolin on one end of the size spectrum, then play wide necks like a P bass, one can pretty much play anything with enough practice and familiarizing.

That's about it.
 
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Shave off some if these screws too lol
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More METAL!!!

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