Re: Is is possible to increase neck mass by buiding it up somehow
Originally Posted by
Joey McKenzie
You may be able to accomplish much of the feel you are after with a new fingerboard. It could be left on the thick side to increase the overall neck depth, and also flared on the edges a bit to increase the width if you want. Mike Marshall had a similar oversized fingerboard installed on his Loar many years ago as he has large hands that made playing the narrow Loar neck super cramped. If you or a future owner don't like the new board, it can be reversed and the original board reinstalled.
I was going to suggest pretty much the same thing, glue an unslotted fingerboard on after removing original, then glue the original on top of the blank. The blank would be shaped to closely match the original fingerboard. I suppose you could tape the blank on top of the instrument fingerboard first to get an idea if the overall front-to-back depth would be enough or too much.
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