mack10series Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 My explorer got flooded out in the recent hurricane; the neck fell off, i scrapped all the hardware and electronics, but the body is salvageable. I wanted to know how would i go about converting it to a bolt-on. I know there will be routing involved, but does anyone have experience with this type of thing? Any advice on what to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 It'd be tricky since you don't have a heel to bolt the neck on to. I'd imagine that aside from cutting off the existing neck and fretboard extending into the body, you'd have some grafting to do in order to create a heel. Could probably be done with some careful planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted December 16, 2005 Report Share Posted December 16, 2005 Don’t know your level of wood working skills, but I would suggest this: Get a thru body neck from Carver or something similar. Plan down the thickness of the neck, leaving something like 1” excluding the fret board Cut the neck to length, leaving enough to have something to glue into the body Make a jig for a neck pocket and practise the routing on scrap Cut a neck pocket that let the neck sit a bit proud of the body’s face (making away with the need for a neck angle if using a t-o-m bridge) Screw the neck in place This is only the outline of the job. I have skipped a lot of details, but I cannot se any reasons it wouldn’t work. For a much neater job, make if with a neck angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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