Parlor Resos Neck Stick?

[resotonic]

Any owners of the wood or metal bodied parlor resonator guitars out there (Republic, Recording King, Busker, Aiersi, etc) looked inside the sound holes to see if the guitar has a neck stick?
Would be helpful to know before searching to buy...
Thanks,

[pete1951]

Full size Busker guitars usually have a neck stick similar to the lower neck in the pic. ( the upper neck has been repaired and strengthened with 1mm birch ply)
So expect to see that sort of joint if you are looking at a Busker

[Michael Messer]

I don't know about the metal bodied ones, but wood bodied parlour guitars from the manufacturers that you have named do not have a neck stick. The neck is joined to the body as if the guitar was a standard acoustic.

Shine On
Michael

[pete1951]

I have converted several ‘glue in neck’ guitars and in all of them I have put a sort of neck stick. Unless the top is very stiff there is a danger,over time ,of the guitar ‘folding’. The cone stops extra bracing to the top ,so my solution is to fit a rod between the neck and end blocks. Hopefully modern companies make there tops strong enough, though I have seen several cheap wood resos that are just standard guitars with a large hole, time will tell whether they bend eventually!
I expect metal body ones will have neck sticks, I’m sure someone will look inside their guitar and answer your question soon.


Here is my Baby Taylor, not a very elegant shape but very small as resos go. It has an extra 3mm of maple and a front to back rod,
Pete

[Michael Messer]

The wood bodied resonator parlours mentioned in this thread are not manufactured with thick plywood tops.

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michael

[resotonic]

Thanks for the info; very helpful. I have experienced the collapsing top phenom & don't wish to waste $ again.