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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017011923583790414-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > problem would be long term stability.  Short term, it'd be fine.   
      
   I never heard anything about that, but I'd sure like to know how that  part   
   of it turned out.   
      
   > there is also a thing about the grain direction in guitar necks. Wood   
   > necks absorb or lose moisture seasonally, swelling or shrinking slightly   
   > as that happens.  The grain needs to run in a direction that causes the   
   > neck to change dimensions as thickening or widening when it swells, not   
   > changing length.  If it swells in length, the fret spacing would go all   
   > wrong and cause tuning issues.  not super tricky, but has to be done right   
   > for a guitar that will play well and stay in tune.   
      
   One of the many problems of wood. On the other hand, I'm sure it's possible   
   to process it in such a way as to greatly minimize if not eliminate the   
   problems...but of course then, it might be getting very close to making it a   
   composite, which after all, is how carbon fiber exists in the form practical   
   for making things, like instruments ;)   
      
   > carbon fiber is real tricky to work with.  but you know that.   
      
   Anything used in such a manner as to produce multiple contours and shapes is   
   going to be more or less 'tricky' to work with, but I'm sure carbon fiber   
   composite is at least very predictable and therefore not anywhere near as   
   much trouble as wood.   
      
      
   > cf could be used to build a guitar, stiffness is apparently more important   
   > than just mass.   
      
   I've seen "X" bracing used in carbon fiber acoustic guitars.   
      
   > but making a nice level ( not realy, it's a curve ) fretboard would be   
   > crucial, and then how to install the frets ? I guess start with frets that   
   > are FAR to tall, let the neck cure however it does, then machine the frets   
   > down to something usable.   
      
   Jim   
      
   Carbon composite should be ideal for holding frets - it doesn't swell or   
   warp, and can be made to very precise tolerances so it should easily,   
   consistently, and very strongly hold onto the frets.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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