Warwick Corvette "Hybrid" Neck build pics.

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Hi everyone,
I got the photos from the build, so I thought I would post em.

The guy responsible is Dale Blevins here in West Texas. He is a Luthier of great talent, and builds acoustics from scratch. Notably, some of his instruments can be heard on studio albums from the Dixie Chicks, (barf!) and from what I understand, Eric Johnson.






































Koy Carson
West Texas

**60th Anniversary American Strat
**Carvin AC175 Thinline Acoustic
**Ibanez EW20ZW Electric/Acoustic
**Arbor AJ145CR Jazz
**Fender Marcus Miller 5 String Bass
**Fender Geddy Lee Signature Bass
**Warwick Corvette 4 Standard Hybrid
**Tradition Fretless Bass
**Takamine Hollow body Bass





The "PickPocket" The ORIGINAL Guitar Accessory
 
I like how the old fingerboard was removed & re-installed without removing the frets.
That old nack'd make a cool letterbox post or door handle.
 
Wow. That's very interesting. Those are really cool pics. Are you gonna have pics of the finished product?
 
OUCH!
Maybe you missed the original. Try here:


Koy Carson
West Texas

**60th Anniversary American Strat
**Carvin AC175 Thinline Acoustic
**Ibanez EW20ZW Electric/Acoustic
**Arbor AJ145CR Jazz
**Fender Marcus Miller 5 String Bass
**Fender Geddy Lee Signature Bass
**Warwick Corvette 4 Standard Hybrid
**Tradition Fretless Bass
**Takamine Hollow body Bass
 
Greg said:
I like how the old fingerboard was removed & re-installed without removing the frets.
That old nack'd make a cool letterbox post or door handle.
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I would like to know too, and how did he get the headstock veneer off also.Thanks for the pictures .I like how he has a piano as a work table :)
 
james brunnning said:
Greg said:
I like how the old fingerboard was removed & re-installed without removing the frets.
That old nack'd make a cool letterbox post or door handle.
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I would like to know too, and how did he get the headstock veneer off also.Thanks for the pictures .I like how he has a piano as a work table :)
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Powertools are wonderful arent they?
I once saw a luthier remove a maple fingerboard from a maple neck with a bandsaw.The sawblade was very fine & extremely thin.The guy could slice wood on it like strips of ham,then he'd plane them down to veneer like thickness.I think that's what's been done here perhaps.
 
I see what your saying about the band saw but what if you hit the truss rod or those iron bars.I wonder if he steamed the neck to soften the glue and split it apart. :?:
 
Actually, a very good question. Im sure I dont know the answer, I could speculate, but You all can do that. I will ask him next time I see him..

Koy Carson
West Texas

**60th Anniversary American Strat
**Carvin AC175 Thinline Acoustic
**Ibanez EW20ZW Electric/Acoustic
**Arbor AJ145CR Jazz
**Fender Marcus Miller 5 String Bass
**Fender Geddy Lee Signature Bass
**Warwick Corvette 4 string Hybrid
**Tradition Fretless Bass
**Takamine Hollow body Bass

Texas Bass Players Club #66
 
Greg said:
I like how the old fingerboard was removed & re-installed
without removing the frets.

That old nack'd make a cool letterbox post or door handle.
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Since the old neck has already moved, or sprung, it is now
a stable piece of timber; and it could be reshaped for use on
a smaller instrument, like a geetar.


 
james brunnning said:
I see what your saying about the band saw but what if you hit the truss rod or those iron bars.I wonder if he steamed the neck to soften the glue and split it apart. :?:
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I didnt think of that.Good point.
I think once the fingerboard was removed,the truss rod & stiffening bars would be accessable.
 
Excuse me, what is the role of these metal bars specifically? stabilize the neck i guess?
 
FunkyMan said:
Excuse me, what is the role of these metal bars specifically? stabilize the neck i guess?
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Yep.But only between the body & the 12th fret.
 
Wow they are some really cool pics! one hell of a luither you got there!
 
I think it would have been cool if the neck was cut into three pcs and laminate strips added,but the neck looks great as is. :)
 
removing a fret board is very easy but it can consume a lot of time if you are trying to not damage it.
my current project of restoring an 86 Hamer Blitz Bass called for removing the fret board. after researching I found it hard to believe how easy it was, A regular iron that you use to take wrinkles out of your shirts also doubles as a bass restroration tool,,, lol
set it on about mid power with stream and set it on the fret board starting at the heel of the neck. give it 10-15 minutes and it softens the glue. you can slip a razorblade in between the fret board and the neck, then work a thin putty knife in on top of or under the razorblade.
it takes awhile to do this. 2-3 inches at a time between heating sessions.
once the fret board is off clamp it down to a flat surface to keep it from wrapping. all that steam does affect it, so clamp it down to let it dry.
 
can we see some more pictures of the ash neck ?

i was thinking about an ash-necked bass....
ash is said to sound quite a lot like wenge, said michael tobias...
 
I've had a bass with an ash neck (maple fingerboard) and a beech body. It also had 2 P-style pickups. It was my second bass and I was very, very young. The sound was quite dark and had lots of bottom and low-mids. I de-fretted it, painted the body gold, stained the back of the neck dark-red and the fingerboard black and put some epoxy on it. That's the only picture of it that I still have:


oh, and I found more :)
 
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