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A guitar neck should have a slight curve

Some people assume that the neck of a guitar should be perfectly straight. However, the neck of a guitar should always have a slight curve. If it were not the case, the strings would buzz. This has to do with the string’s amplitude, which is not the same everywhere. If this difference in amplitude were not taken into account, the strings would buzz against certain areas of the neck.


The photos of the neck and the steel ruler held against it clearly show that light passes through in certain places.

The video clearly demonstrates that in all areas a piece of paper fits between the frets and the steel ruler, except for the first and the last frets.


And that is precisely the intention.

Filed Under: guitar maintenance, how to ... Tagged With: guitar neck

Otto Vowinkel is a household name in the classical guitar world; a renowned luthier with customers all over the world.

His instruments are physically light, easy to play, ultra-responsive and very powerful. His guitars have outstanding tonal qualities, evenness in sound colour and a perfect intonation.

Otto blogs about making guitars, guitarists who play his instruments, festivals he visits and ‘his’ guitar series Meesters op de Gitaar. He also writes about guitar maintenance.

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