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Josh H

Post subject: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:32 pm

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I have a customer that likes the feel of a Taylor neck and would like a similar profile on the guitar I'm building for him. I have one of Tracy's neck profile templates (luthiersuppliers.com) taken off of a 2006 Taylor Grand Concert. Is there anyone who knows if this is the current neck shape Taylor is using? I have done some searching for info on Taylor neck shapes but haven't come up with much. I believe they offer some different profiles under their build to order program but I'm looking for the generic shape they use on stock guitars. I don't know anyone around here who has a Taylor I can measure.

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cphanna

Post subject: Re: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:13 pm

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I think you should ask your customer to borrow a Taylor of the shape that suits him/her, and bring it to you so you can take off your own profiles.

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David Malicky

Post subject: Re: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:35 am

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This 4th thread in the post below has the Taylor neck options as of 2006:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... p?t=219818

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Josh H

Post subject: Re: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:17 am

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cphanna wrote:

I think you should ask your customer to borrow a Taylor of the shape that suits him/her, and bring it to you so you can take off your own profiles.

I have often done this, but in this case I think it would be about a 20 hour drive for the customer.

David Malicky wrote:

This 4th thread in the post below has the Taylor neck options as of 2006:
http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... p?t=219818

That is what I was looking for. It appears that my template matches the standard neck shape.

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jfmckenna

Post subject: Re: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:42 am

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Maybe your customer can take it to a local shop and have them profile the neck, scan the images and email them to you.

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woody b

Post subject: Re: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:28 am

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Josh H wrote:

cphanna wrote:

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That is what I was looking for. It appears that my template matches the standard neck shape.

Thanks

It does. It will match all of the "standard" models for the last 10 years or so.

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Josh H

Post subject: Re: Taylor neck shapes

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:35 am

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Thanks everyone, I've got what I needed to know.

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