popeelmo Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Does anyone know which strat style w/pickguard guitar bodies use a 2-1/8" x 3-1/8" x 3/4" neck neck pocket? I'd like to save some money and put together my own Fretlight guitar but I'm having a very hard time finding a body with a neck pocket that will fit it. Pictures and dimensions here. http://www.optekmusic.com/productspage.htm There are quite a few complete Ibanez grx's minus neck flying around but they use a 56mm pocket. All the strat stuff I've been finding has been 2-3/16". I'm new to assembling guitars so any input/help would be great. Thanks, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 might be faster and cheaper to make your own body instead of trying to track down the right body... with the right pocket.... that happens to be the shape you want. Provided you have the tools to make a body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeelmo Posted August 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I was looking at strat style because a cable from the neck runs through the body to a plug. I'm pretty good with metal but suck at wood, I was trying to glue two pieces of a broken drawer back together today and it turned into a debacle. Would like to pick up something already routed and ready to go. Maybe try a fabric finish like the one in the tutorials. I've never even assembled a guitar before so it would make for a nice beginner project. And I have lots of practice painting and masking engine blocks along with plenty of circuit board soldering practice. Fretlight emailed and it seems there is some confusion over the actual neck versus the photo dimensions. Think I'm going to email one of their installers to see if I can learn more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Or look at them on ebay, and ask the sellers what the neck-pocket dimensions are. If I ran ebay, stuff like that would have to be listed right in the item description. Problem is, most bozos out there couldn't properly read a ruler if their life depended on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeelmo Posted August 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 It's amazing how many bodies on ebay have no dimensions at all. And your right about working a ruler, a seller emailed me a few days ago with a neck pocket dimension of 2-11/26". Some of them never even bother to email back. I emailed Fretlight and let them know that 2-3/16" would fit a ton of bodies and that a picture with accurate dimensions, scale, number of frets etc. would make it a lot easier to actually sell. I'll see if they get back to me today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdguitars Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I would avoid buying a fretlight guitar product. I was in line to be a distributor. I placed an order for 5 necks Last year when I first talked to them, you know the company went out of business once... So I waited a whole year to get my necks and figured they went under again, then I get an email a year later asking for payment. I said sorry any company that cannot give me a weekly or monthly update is a joke. From what I heard is that they tried to get some cheap chinese company to make the necks and bodies but there was problems, and problems. just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeelmo Posted August 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Yeah, they are pre-selling right now to be delivered in December. It's a fantastic product idea, but it makes me nervous when the sales people aren't even sure what it will fit, all they are sure of is that it's supposed to fit a strat. I contacted one of their install centers who seem very nice and they don't have any idea either. And then of course add your experience. It's a real bummer because it would be an amazing learning tool coupled with the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I foamed at the mouth over them for a long time, when I was into soloing, learning all the modes/scales, etc. Now that I'm trying to become a better rhythm player, I don't care much if I ever get one of those fret-light guitars. I just find new chords, make diagrams, and put that on the old music stand and it keeps me quite busy with coming up with new music (good thing I'm really good at using my thumb and little finger for chords). Keep bugging them if you feel it's worth it. Companies need to be bugged to get their stuff all worked out. Usually the actual employees at the darn company are no where near as interested in the product as some potential customers are. And It's probably a handful of customers that will do more for the company than most of their own workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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