I was recently given a Dean Cadillac, the cheaper Korean version. It came with a Wilkinson tremolo that looks like it was an aftermarket install. The factory headstock is kind of ugly, not the classic Dean V, and the tuning posts are way off the line of the strings so there are considerable binding/tuning problems. I decided to replace the neck, as it is a bolt on, but the scale is 24.75 which is hard to find. I have a Carvin bolt on neck, that is left over from a defunct project, but it is for a 25.5 scale guitar. Just for the hell of it I took the stock neck off, got out a measuring tape and checked to see how far out of scale the bridge would be with the Carvin neck. To my surprise it was dead on 25.5 inches away from the nut. Did I just get lucky? Is there something I’m missing? Should I bolt it on? Any info is appreciated.
