camhello Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Howdy. I just found this forum - nice! And thanx to the tutorials, I'm going to be converting an Ibanez Edge trem to lefty...very nice!!! Basically, I'm converting a Tokai Flying V (FV-65 I think) to lefty - rerouting the body for the electronics, putting in an EMG '81/'85 set, swapping out the Ayers Rocker trem for the Ibanez...and... I'd like to glue the neck onto the guitar. I'm wondering if this is possible? I want better upper fret access, and don't like the square 'hump' where the body/neck joint is. I figure if I glue the neck in, I can shave it down. Any thoughts on this? Anybody ever done it? Any tutorials? I've gotta hope... Thanx!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 This has been discussed, just do a search to get some other viewpoints. There's no need to glue though --you can reshape the heel, then use inserts and shorter screws instead of a plate. Should work--plan it out ahead, of course. And you'll need to refinish the guitar too. Gluing the neck in will likely change the tone, and loses the advantages of the bolt on style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camhello Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 cool man - thanx! any suggestions as to what terms to do a search for? i did a few searches and drew a blank... This has been discussed, just do a search to get some other viewpoints. There's no need to glue though --you can reshape the heel, then use inserts and shorter screws instead of a plate. Should work--plan it out ahead, of course. And you'll need to refinish the guitar too. Gluing the neck in will likely change the tone, and loses the advantages of the bolt on style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Yeah, the search function is less than user friendly here, I agree. Try "bolt on to setneck conversion" (believe I started one of those way back when I still thought setnecks were the bee's knees. Now I'm a bolt on convert. Yuk yuk.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fookgub Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Yeah, the search function is less than user friendly here, I agree. Try "bolt on to setneck conversion" Or do what I do: google "(search words) site:projectguitar.ibforums.com" Much more powerful than the forum's search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camhello Posted February 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanx for the help - I found some info. Now to read it and try to make a decision... Has anyone got any links for any projects that use shortened bolts and have a shaved-down neck/body joint? Thanx for the help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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