Stitch
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Hey y'all. Final specs go to the builder this week on my 8...
We're trying to figure out what to make the neck from. Having read that the Ibanez 8 has been pulled back from its original release date for what may be neck stability issues, I think we're going to go for a thru-neck made up of 5-7 splices of maple/ebony/maple/ebony/maple or maple/wenge/maple/ebony/maple/wenge/maple, which should provide necessary stiffness. Its gonna be a looker, for sure. Im going for Ebony as it is such a stiff wood, and it isnt my tools that are being used. It will have an ebony board too, so this should help.
The real issue, in my head, is that ebony has a history of being very badly felled and being a bit eco-conscious, i don't really want to think my guitar is contributing to the decline of the worlds forests...call me weird, but these things matter to me. Your talking to a guy who seperates his plastics according to type![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
Does anyone know how reliable dealers are for sourcing "ethical" timber, or can anyone point me in the direction of someone?
Another option would be to use a Rosewood fingerboard and graphite support strips in the neck, but those won't look quite as cool.
I'll probably post more questions as the week progresses as i start to worry about more things, but this'll do for now![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
We're trying to figure out what to make the neck from. Having read that the Ibanez 8 has been pulled back from its original release date for what may be neck stability issues, I think we're going to go for a thru-neck made up of 5-7 splices of maple/ebony/maple/ebony/maple or maple/wenge/maple/ebony/maple/wenge/maple, which should provide necessary stiffness. Its gonna be a looker, for sure. Im going for Ebony as it is such a stiff wood, and it isnt my tools that are being used. It will have an ebony board too, so this should help.
The real issue, in my head, is that ebony has a history of being very badly felled and being a bit eco-conscious, i don't really want to think my guitar is contributing to the decline of the worlds forests...call me weird, but these things matter to me. Your talking to a guy who seperates his plastics according to type
![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
Does anyone know how reliable dealers are for sourcing "ethical" timber, or can anyone point me in the direction of someone?
Another option would be to use a Rosewood fingerboard and graphite support strips in the neck, but those won't look quite as cool.
I'll probably post more questions as the week progresses as i start to worry about more things, but this'll do for now
![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)