Can Anyone Tell Me How To Get Measurments On A Gutar Neck |
actually though i loved the guitar as it had a very thin neck perfect for shred and the humbucker sounds better than any duncan deigned i have heard.I want to buy one on Ebay but i need to figure out what i need to be looking for.I need to know what will fit and how to measure my guitar neck heel so i dont buy one that doesnt fit.If anyone can help me on this it would be appericated,also the neck i have now is a 22 fret but i can still put a 24fret on it as long as it fits right in body right???
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Jul 26 2007, 01:10 AM
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Not sure m8 even once you measure your kneck how you would get the profile of another before you have it. Best advice I can think of is to find a good guitar tech who could fit a new neck regardless of the profile. I think for a strat type neck (or Gibson in the same type of situation) going into a strat type cavity the tech might need to add a few shims or plane away a little bit of wood. Doubt its much more than this for a like to like switch... Really don't know though as I've never tried so suggest you talk to a guitar tech at your local shop.
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Jul 27 2007, 09:56 PM
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As long as the scale length is the same between two necks, the number of frets won't matter provided that both necks fit properly onto the guitar. The fret spacing is controlled by the scale length only and doesn't change based on the number of frets -in other words, the first 22 frets of a 24 fret neck will line up exactly with the frets of a 22 fret neck of the same scale length. So, in theory, it's possible to put a 24 fret neck in place of your 22 fret neck.
In practice though, converting necks usually isn't very easy. The reason it's usually a problem is that the length of the heel on the neck and the location of the neck screws is often different for 24 fret necks compared to 22 fret necks. Here's how an article I wrote about scale length with instructions on how to measure the scale length of a neck in case you needed to know how to do it: 
Scale_Length_Draft.pdf ( 714.21K )
Number of downloads: 660Regardless of what new neck you get, here's what has to be correct for it to work with your guitar: The neck must be of the same scale length, or you will need to move the bridge. The heel of the neck must be able to physically fit into the neck pocket of the guitar body. The tighter the fit, the better the tone. The thickness of the heel and angle of the flat part on the bottom of the heel where the neck screws go in must match the original neck. Most of the time, this angle is just parallel to the fretboard and you only have to worry about the thickness -but the angle and thickness still have to match so the fingerboard ends up at the same height and angle from the guitar body as the old neck. Once the neck is screwed in, the nut must be in the same place as it was on the old neck -everything else aside, if the nut ends up in the same place and the scale length matches, you'll be fine. The distance from the face of the nut to the center of the trem's pivot screws or the posts of a tune-o-matic bridge should match the scale length of the guitar -in this case I guess that's 25.5". Hope that helps some -any questions just let me know. Good luck! -and don't worry it's really not as hard as it sounds. |
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Jul 27 2007, 10:39 PM
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Thankyou all for your responses
 .I really apperciate it.I'm excited about finding a new neck and rebuilding this guitar from scratch basically.It was my first guitar and it has that sentamental value to me,as i would like to hand it down to my son in afew years to learn on.How cool would that be for my son to learn to play on the first electric that i learned on I hope so bad that he will want to play.I will not force him to it has to be his choice.The only thing im very firm on is once he says 'yes dad i want to play'' there will be no quiting from there.  I want to teach him that once he starts something in life he finishes it.Any of you have children of your own that play guitar?and if so how did they get interested.Thanks again Shredmandan QUOTE (Evan @ Jul 27 2007, 04:56 PM)  As long as the scale length is the same between two necks, the number of frets won't matter provided that both necks fit properly onto the guitar. The fret spacing is controlled by the scale length only and doesn't change based on the number of frets -in other words, the first 22 frets of a 24 fret neck will line up exactly with the frets of a 22 fret neck of the same scale length. So, in theory, it's possible to put a 24 fret neck in place of your 22 fret neck. In practice though, converting necks usually isn't very easy. The reason it's usually a problem is that the length of the heel on the neck and the location of the neck screws is often different for 24 fret necks compared to 22 fret necks. Here's how an article I wrote about scale length with instructions on how to measure the scale length of a neck in case you needed to know how to do it:
Scale_Length_Draft.pdf ( 714.21K )
Number of downloads: 660Regardless of what new neck you get, here's what has to be correct for it to work with your guitar: The neck must be of the same scale length, or you will need to move the bridge. The heel of the neck must be able to physically fit into the neck pocket of the guitar body. The tighter the fit, the better the tone. The thickness of the heel and angle of the flat part on the bottom of the heel where the neck screws go in must match the original neck. Most of the time, this angle is just parallel to the fretboard and you only have to worry about the thickness -but the angle and thickness still have to match so the fingerboard ends up at the same height and angle from the guitar body as the old neck. Once the neck is screwed in, the nut must be in the same place as it was on the old neck -everything else aside, if the nut ends up in the same place and the scale length matches, you'll be fine. The distance from the face of the nut to the center of the trem's pivot screws or the posts of a tune-o-matic bridge should match the scale length of the guitar -in this case I guess that's 25.5". Hope that helps some -any questions just let me know. Good luck! -and don't worry it's really not as hard as it sounds. This was great help dude thanks
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