JellyBaby Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Hi, I have just bought an Ibanez Wizard II 24 fret AANJ neck and an RG AANJ body. I have an issue where only one of the bolt holes on the neck line up with the hole in the body, the other 3 holes are about a millimeter or 2 out. Does anyone have any ideas how I could rectify this ? I've thought about making the holes in the body bigger to allow the bolts to move a bit so they can find the neck holes but then this would reduce the mechanical strength of the joint. Thanks, Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAI6 Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Plug the holes in the neck, place it, mark holes from body, re-drill holes in neck. Done...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanb Posted October 5, 2006 Report Share Posted October 5, 2006 Right. Do NOT enlarge the holes in the body. Plug the neck holes with dowels and drill new holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 before you do make sure that the scale is the same, not all Ibanez necks are compatible with all the bodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBaby Posted October 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 (edited) Thank you all for your advice, I will plug the holes I'm pretty much 100% sure that the neck should fit the body. The body is a year old RG AANJ that used to have a Wizard II neck and i'm pretty sure it was a 24 fret (25.5") neck and a 24fret Wizard II neck is what I have. Out of curiosity, if the body originaliy had a 21 fret neck and I tried to stick a 24 fret neck on it, wouldn't it just be a case of changing the intonation on the bridge to make it work? Edited October 6, 2006 by JellyBaby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 nope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 listen to Maiden69 you could never get that much adjustment from the bridge alone but you said one of the screw whole's line up right as a test try mounting with that one screw (tighten it just snug) to hold the neck then measure your scale length 1st to 12th fret then 12th to bridge and the double check the nut to bridge measurement then you will know for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Thank you all for your advice, I will plug the holes I'm pretty much 100% sure that the neck should fit the body. The body is a year old RG AANJ that used to have a Wizard II neck and i'm pretty sure it was a 24 fret (25.5") neck and a 24fret Wizard II neck is what I have. Out of curiosity, if the body originaliy had a 21 fret neck and I tried to stick a 24 fret neck on it, wouldn't it just be a case of changing the intonation on the bridge to make it work? On the older, non AANJ necks/bodies, I believe that you could do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 On the older, non AANJ necks/bodies, I believe that you could do that. On some of the old ones maybe, but it all depends if they have the ugly overhang (a la Warmoth), I don't know if the JS are compatible with the Jems from that era, since the JS is much like the fender and I think that the early 24 frets were close to fender but with the overhang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBaby Posted October 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2006 I measured to the 12th fret which was 32.5cm and then from the 12th fret to the bridge which was also 32.5cm... and 25.5" from nut to bridge - so that's good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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