70s Alvarez neck joint
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 11:21 am
I couldn’t find much info on the neck joints in 70s Alvarez guitars, so I thought I would put this on the net somewhere to help someone else. The guitar is #5045 00 12 fret. I had come across the terms AMJ and AMG, and I think this would fall under the former term. I had a feeling this would not be a dovetail, but it wasn’t until I had eventually removed the lower fret board and sawn the neck off, that the joint was revealed, dowels. Tanglewood are using a similar neck joint with dowels on some models.
The truss rod is encased in a thick aluminum extrusion, which effectively becomes part of the neck joint.
Hopefully someday, some very knowledgeable person will put together a data base on guitar models and their neck joints
The truss rod is encased in a thick aluminum extrusion, which effectively becomes part of the neck joint.
Hopefully someday, some very knowledgeable person will put together a data base on guitar models and their neck joints