Memphetic Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 Can someone give me in-depth measurements of a JEM777's neck? I.E., height and width of the end of it, height and width at the nut, thickness of the headstock, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth guitars Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 JEM Neck DimensionsScale Length: 648mm/25.5" Width At Nut: 43mm Width At Last Fret: 56mm Thickness At 1st Fret: 19mm Thickness At 12th Fret: 21mm Radius: 430 http://www.ibanez.com/eg/guitar.aspx?m=JEM...mp;u=138#detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphetic Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thanks much! I bought a compound radius fretboard - this won't affect anything, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammoth guitars Posted April 16, 2007 Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 Thanks much! I bought a compound radius fretboard - this won't affect anything, right? It should not affect making the neck in the same dimension with the exception of the radius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 I came across the same measurements in my web perusal, and was wondering if those measurements are from the top of the fretboard, or just the neck itself? In good ol' American maths, we're looking at .74" and .82" for 19 and 21mm, respectively, which is pretty much the size of the Warmoth "wizard" neck profile. So they match up, I was just wondering if anyone could confirm it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 That would be from the top of the fretboard. The neck on my homebrew Les Paul is 23mm all the way down, and it is pretty chunky. Big difference between it and an Ibanez neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Jee-zus, that's pretty thin. I've played JEMs, and it never came off as THAT thin. So we've got 3/4" from the top of the fretboard, minus 1/4" for the fretboard. The actual neck is 1/2" thick. Were I to get a StewMac truss rod, it needs a channel .437" deep. That leaves .063" behind the truss rod?? That's some mighty tight tolerances..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 You need to play with the variables.Ibanez does not use a 1/4" fretboard as far as i know.most of mine are more like 3/16" They also use a thinner truss rod than the stewmac...try the lmii. Also...plan on a volute. I thickness my fretboards down as far as is feasable,use a volute,and use medium size frets.all that translates to a pretty damn thin neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Yeah, I was planning on a volute regardless. It's style And good point, I forgot about sanding the fretboard down, which is going to happen. Speaking of frets, LMII sells SS fretwire for much cheaper (well, actually, smaller quantities) than the other site you sent me As scary as everyone says it is, I'm looking forward to fretting a board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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