Neck block work

[Matthew Tucker]

Ken, there is plenty of block inside the bass and i don't need to set the neck deeper for scale length reasons. On basses where the walls of the mortise are this thin there appears to be little lateral strength, but perhaps this is unimportant, which is why i was after another luthier's view. I can easily rebuild the walls of the mortise but I was wondering how much strength this would really add, as I would have only a small glue surface to the actual block.

The "decorative" strip, in my view, caps perhaps 6-8mm of thickness at either side of the mortise and this thickness provides significant strength to the block area. This is how i build my neck blocks.

On this bass, the back is off, so there is scope for some extra work. I'll look forward to what Arnold and others might have to add.

cheers M