Loar & neck joint & older A5-L.

[telepbrman]

Question: #What type of neck joint is an old "F" style Loar? #Next, is this the same for the one off Griffith A5? #Last: #The older styled A5-L's, (my 1998), the ones with a more narrow and pronounced neck/body region...what type of neck joint were they made with? #The newer A5-L's have a larger neck/body connection to be more "F" in tone/style and a dove tail neck joint, dy.

Edit: I just did a recheck on that neck/body connection I make reference to above: Over at Elderly the photos really help to understand what I see...much like the old post from before, can't recall who was discussing the A5-L's and their body shapes...anyhow, mine is the older type of body shape, like the original Girffith A5, but I don't know what type of neck joint. Later, dy.

[Darryl Wolfe]

All of the Loar era instruments have a compound dovetail joint..be it F5 A5 F2 or A1

[Frank Russell]

Are you wondering if yours has a bolt-on neck? If so, it's easy enough to shine a flashlight into your f-holes and look up inside. On my old Webers, I could always see the bolt connection. Frank

[telepbrman]

Thanks f5--so compound dove tail is the way to discribe the Loar-era neck joints, and it appears also, newer A5-L's. Is this to mean that my 98 A5-L is not a dove tail? I have what type then, mortise/tenon? Thanks for your time and help on this, dy.

[Darryl Wolfe]

tele...I really know nothing about the newer joints..I'm familiar with the first F5L's and the latest F's (fern, master model)..no idea about anything between and especially the A5 stuff