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Patrick:
Guys I am wondering how I would fix a warped neck
I think it is made out of pine or maple, I really don't know. It's my '53 Kay acoustic I'm talking about here.
valley_parade:
Truss rod adjustment, homie.
Patrick:
That was the absolute first thing I tried.
jeph:
if it's actually warped there's not much you can do.
Chad K.:
Warped neck, huh? That sucks. I had that happen on my 50's Kay and I ended up just trading it in to a luthier. It can be fixed, but it involves removing the fret board, the truss rod (if your Kay is of the later variety that had one) and occassionally the neck itself. Then the luthier does something involving steam and heavy clamping, followed by some planing. Then, they fill the truss rod channel, re-channel it, and reattach the truss rod and fretboard.
As you can imagine, this is expensive to have done, and should really only be tried by a luthier. Now the even worse news- planing removes wood. If the neck twisted once due to weak, cheap, porous wood, etc., it probably will again now that it has less mass. On the other hand, you can have graphite reinforcement rods installed which may help. Lots of guys who are into restoring sears brands like Kay, Sovereign, etc. put in truss rods and graphite bars as a matter of course.
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