Members jedistar Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Am not sure if I have this right but a 1996 model custom shop Les Paul guitar I am looking at claims to have a 1 piece neck - which I assume to mean the headstock and neck are made from a single piece of wood vs separate timber for each? If this is true when did Gibson start doing 2 piece necks for standard models?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 I could be wrong here but I believe that Standards have a specific neck design. The neck is made in such a way that it is all the same width and then 2 small pieces are added to the headstock where the tuners are. If you look closely you can see what I mean here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Am not sure if I have this right but a 1996 model custom shop Les Paul guitar I am looking at claims to have a 1 piece neck - which I assume to mean the headstock and neck are made from a single piece of wood vs separate timber for each?If this is true when did Gibson start doing 2 piece necks for standard models?? I don't understand. Your saying the LP your looking at is a one piece neck but are asking if gibson makes a 2 piece neck? Where are you getting the two piece thing from? As that picture shows they do glue on the little wings to the headstock but I wouldn't consider that "multi piece" by any stretch of the imagination. Just decoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 I don't understand. Your saying the LP your looking at is a one piece neck but are asking if gibson makes a 2 piece neck? Where are you getting the two piece thing from?As that picture shows they do glue on the little wings to the headstock but I wouldn't consider that "multi piece" by any stretch of the imagination. Just decoration. As far as I'm aware it isn't done for decoration. The wings are added on so that a great deal of wood isn't wasted when making each neck. If you imagine what the total width of the wood that would be required to make a one piece neck would be, you'll get an idea of the amount of wasted wood. Now imagine if every LP had a one piece headstock. That's a lot of leftover, wasted wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Longhair Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Techinally, a company would be able to take a piece of wood (for example 12' x 12'), cut it to the point where they made 98 parts and then pieced together the scraps to make 2 more of the same exact parts and legally be able to say it all came from 1 piece of wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 I've never seen a real Gibson that didn't have a one piece neck. Many of the import fakes have a two piece scarf joint neck, but I think all real Gibson LPs are one piece (minus the headstock wings, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 As far as I'm aware it isn't done for decoration.The wings are added on so that a great deal of wood isn't wasted when making each neck. If you imagine what the total width of the wood that would be required to make a one piece neck would be, you'll get an idea of the amount of wasted wood.Now imagine if every LP had a one piece headstock. That's a lot of leftover, wasted wood. OK that's true and maybe I worded it wrong. I just meant that those little wings don't make it a "multi piece" neck like most people would think of. ie sandwiched layers of woods running the length of the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhorne Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 OK that's true but and maybe I worded it wrong. I just meant that those little wings don't make it a "multi piece" neck like most people would think of. ie sandwiched layers of woods running the length of the neck. Those 'little wings' actually make it a multi-piece headstock, not a multi-piece neck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 I've never seen a real Gibson that didn't have a one piece neck. Many of the import fakes have a two piece scarf joint neck, but I think all real Gibson LPs are one piece (minus the headstock wings, of course). from 1969 through the 1980s they had three piece necks. You don't get out much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 from 1969 through the 1980s they had three piece necks. You don't get out much. Oh the irony of that statement! I too am confused tho, who the hell says that Gibson now makes 2 piece necks?? Ive noticed that Epis have a scarf joint, but thats a pretty dumb mistake to confuse one with a gibson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jedistar Posted February 20, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 I found this http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/309-gibson-usa/ which looks like a one piece neck (not counting wings) and the neck pics in build look similar to this http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Features/219-gibson-custom/ so I guess my seller's "one piece" neck claim is meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalrulez Posted February 20, 2010 Members Share Posted February 20, 2010 Multi piece wings and scarf joined head stocks have been around for a loooooong time.:deadhorse::deadhorse::deadhorse: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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