CodFather Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 ok well i have a 21 fret neck lying around in my house. Im just wondering if i can use it for a strat. It is "strat like" but i have noticed most strats are 22 frets ect...could i use my neck for that strat? or would i have to change the scale lenght? Im a newb so i might not be making any sence at all, thx anyways coddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantaClaws Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Yeah i'd say so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 as long as the scale is the same. check the scale of the neck. it wont intonate properly if its not the right scale i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 deleted because i reread the question/checked my facts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodFather Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 thx for that guys, heres the guitar neck, how do i find out what the scale is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 The best way to tell is to measure from the nut to the 12th fret it should be 12-3/4" if you have a true 25" scale neck. Also, measure from nut to the end of the neck and if it is 18-7/16" in middle of neck then it should fit any strat body. Most 22 fret necks have the same neck pocket, they just have a fretboard extention on it that holds the 22nd fret. pictures taken from Warmoth's site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodFather Posted July 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 thx for that, yeah its a 25" scale neck. thanks for the help everyone, looks like i can use it for my strat though i still need the body wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 it should be 12-3/4" if you have a true 25" scale neck It should be 12.5 inches. nut to 12th fret is supposed to be exactly half of scale length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 its not the distance to the 12th fret from the nuit that matters, put it on and measure from your bridge to the 12th fret if its about 12.5 inches then it should be right. since the problem is the neck being too short not that its an improper scale length, and on my strat the 22nd fret is without an extension... ohhh right your not retrofitting this on another strat, my bad, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 its not the distance to the 12th fret from the nuit that matters, put it on and measure from your bridge to the 12th fret if its about 12.5 inches then it should be right. since the problem is the neck being too short not that its an improper scale length, and on my strat the 22nd fret is without an extension... ohhh right your not retrofitting this on another strat, my bad, yes it is, the 12th fret should be halfway between the nut and the bridge and if the distance is 12 3/4 in. shouldn't the scale length be 25.5"? thats what strats usually are. PRS's are 25" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 it should be 12-3/4" if you have a true 25" scale neck It should be 12.5 inches. nut to 12th fret is supposed to be exactly half of scale length. Thanks for the correction I was in a hurry to load up for the gig I played tonight when I posted that. What it should have said is 25 1/2" scale. Sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litchfield Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 the problem i see is that you would have to move the bridge back, because strats where disigned to end on the 23 fret, being the end of the neck (even if it isnt fretted), so if it has 21 frets, (plus 1 unfretted), it becomes too short by 1/2 and inch or so, so you would have to move the bridge back a half an inch and then intonate, unless the neck ends after the fretboard ends Sorry, but that makes a: no sense and b: is generally bad advice. Vintage strats are 21 fret 25.5" scale. It wasnt until the mid 80s that the 22 fret strat came to be. 23 frets is a figment of you imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 the problem i see is that you would have to move the bridge back, because strats where disigned to end on the 23 fret, being the end of the neck (even if it isnt fretted), so if it has 21 frets, (plus 1 unfretted), it becomes too short by 1/2 and inch or so, so you would have to move the bridge back a half an inch and then intonate, unless the neck ends after the fretboard ends Maybe in Russia, but where I come from the strats with 22 frets require a fret-board longer than the main body of the neck. The 22nd fret is like that little added on laundry room on the back of a house. My main strat has 21 frets. I think it was made in the 90's (the clown who owned it before sanded the serial number off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 must be my crappy strat knockoff its has a 22 fret fretboard without an extension how strange, oh and by 23 frets i ment the 23d fret isnt fretted, if you measure the distances it would be on that small piece of wood leftover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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