Verilli Dualtone

guitarman · October 23rd, 2008, 08:03 PM

Fixing to be distribution for this custom builder check her out ,any feedback appreciated,Thanks.

still_fiddlin · October 23rd, 2008, 09:41 PM

There's a reason nobody has ever done that before.

Even if it's dyed maple, having a seam down the middle of the fingerboard, where the truss rod has to work against, is guaranteed to fail when some bonehead overtorques the rod. If you pop out the skunk stripe on the back, you can always shove it back in. Not so easy on the top, what with frets and everything in the way.

And, if they're different woods, it's going to open up when the weather changes, sooner or later.

guitarman · October 24th, 2008, 05:45 AM

glad to see you
your such a great engineer, and haven't the slightest clue how this is made or put together.....

still_fiddlin · October 24th, 2008, 08:49 AM

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your such a great engineer, and haven't the slightest clue how this is made or put together.....

Here's your opportunity to explain that to the rest of us.

I can Google - it's maple and rosewood. I've worked with wood more than a little bit, so all I'm saying is, show me one after 20 years, and I'll be a believer. In the meantime, I'm skeptical. Not saying it's not interesting from a looks point of view. I'm just more in to reliability and function than art.

guitarman · October 24th, 2008, 04:24 PM

I can dig what your saying, the two pieces are actually inner bevel joined and lock together on the back side as an over sized piece, then the radius is planed on, trimmed to size and the fret slots are cut and then fretted , seeing as to this will also come in only 10.5 and 11 radius it will not have a huge roundness to it., and an over torque would probably wreak mayhem, but then again this isn't for a novice or uneducated player either, and if you take care of it the way it should be taken care of, keep in case when not playing,oil the board occasionally like needed it should stand up to time. G