Dan71 Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Greetings all! My first post here and I'm hoping it's a pretty easy one to answer. I have a Strat copy body. I bought an aftermarket neck and it fits very snugly into the pocket. It's not lose one bit. Is this good? This is my first real project guitar. I have only done one neck replacement in my life (been playing for 25+ years) and I actually had a pro put it on for me and he had to shim it. That was ages ago and my memory is fuzzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Greetings all! My first post here and I'm hoping it's a pretty easy one to answer. I have a Strat copy body. I bought an aftermarket neck and it fits very snugly into the pocket. It's not lose one bit. Is this good? This is my first real project guitar. I have only done one neck replacement in my life (been playing for 25+ years) and I actually had a pro put it on for me and he had to shim it. That was ages ago and my memory is fuzzy. Yes. it is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan71 Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Greetings all! My first post here and I'm hoping it's a pretty easy one to answer. I have a Strat copy body. I bought an aftermarket neck and it fits very snugly into the pocket. It's not lose one bit. Is this good? This is my first real project guitar. I have only done one neck replacement in my life (been playing for 25+ years) and I actually had a pro put it on for me and he had to shim it. That was ages ago and my memory is fuzzy. Yes. it is good. Yaay! All I need now are some tuning keys, trem, neck plate, bolts, jack, jack plate and strap pins. Going to try setting it up too. This will be quite the project for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedishLuthier Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 it fits very snugly into the pocket. It's not lose one bit. Is this good? Its good, but not necessary. With a bolt on neck it is IMHO much more important to get a good "bite" in the neck by the screws, or use threaded steel inserts in the neck (best option, once again IMHO) I actually had a pro put it on for me and he had to shim it. I don't really know if you mean shim as in "a shim on the side walls of the pocket" or "a sim at the bottom of the neck pocket". Just because you have a snug fit in the neck pocket there is no guarantee that you can use the neck without shims. There are several bridges, lice a non recessed FR, that need a bit of neck angle and thus still need to be shimmed at the bottom of the pocket to achieve that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan71 Posted February 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 The guitar that had neck replaced was an Ovation Ultra GS. I came across a Chandler neck and had it put on by my local guitar store. This was back in the late 80's. I believe he put a shim in there between the heel and pocket. I would have to pull that guitar out and look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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