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 Post subject: Quartersawn and Plain Sawn Pics
PostPosted: January 18th, 2021, 4:10 am 
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I knew qs made necks strong and that's not bad when you have five strings pulling on the neck. But I didn't know what it meant, so I read up on the different milling techniques.

I opted for a quartersawn fretboard and core wood, even if the fb is just a cosmetic option. Below is a pick of the qs G&L fretboard; the second pic--qs G&L on the left; plain sawn Precision on the right.

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 Post subject: Re: Quartersawn and Plain Sawn Pics
PostPosted: January 18th, 2021, 9:47 pm 
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I'm surmising by looking at the grain on the back of the QS neck, that it is more rigid, and resists the pull of the strings... much like a 2x4 flexes if laid down on it's wide side, but standing it up on its short side, there's almost no flex... Amirite? :)

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 Post subject: Re: Quartersawn and Plain Sawn Pics
PostPosted: January 19th, 2021, 4:35 am 
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fivebass52 wrote:
I'm surmising by looking at the grain on the back of the QS neck, that it is more rigid, and resists the pull of the strings... much like a 2x4 flexes if laid down on it's wide side, but standing it up on its short side, there's almost no flex... Amirite? :)


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ch willie wrote:
fivebass52 wrote:
I'm surmising by looking at the grain on the back of the QS neck, that it is more rigid, and resists the pull of the strings... much like a 2x4 flexes if laid down on it's wide side, but standing it up on its short side, there's almost no flex... Amirite? :)


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Well, generic game show host, Fivebass52 has won a LIFETIME's supply of GOLD star customer service at Walmart, and that's not all because you also geeeeeeeeeeeeeet A BRAND NEW CARbohydrate. Spaghetti, you get spaghetti.


:lol: I'm cool with winning... as long as I avoid the game show taxes... :D

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