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Hey im also making making a guitar out of padauk. But i hollowed it out because my piece was so heavy. Yours is looking really good so far, very tidy work.

82DeanZ, you are correct that if it is an overhang that it would likely work.  I didn't even think of that.  However, he is talking about putting a 21 fret neck where there was a 22 fret neck before, so there may not have been an overhang on it because the guitar was produced with a 22 fret neck, and would likely have the bridge placed accordingly.  I'm really not sure though, whoofnagle is going to have to let us know. 

However, if there is no overhang, the number of frets is of paramount importance.  A 21 fret neck will have a measurement of approximately 18.25" from the nut to the heel (assuming about 1/4" of wood after the 21st fret) while a 24 fret neck will be around 19.375" from nut to heel(with that same 1/4" of extra wood).  That is a 1.125" difference between the two.  Assuming it's an existing guitar and the bridge is in a fixed position in relation to the neck pocket, only a neck with the same number of frets as the original will work.

Now this doesn't mean that you cannot have a 24 fret neck with a 25.5" scale.  It's just that the number of frets has to be taken into account when deciding where to place the bridge.  On an existing guitar that cannot have its bridge moved, you are stuck with whatever number of frets it was designed with, unless of course you have a fretboard overhang.

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Yes, the original neck was 22 frets. I saw a 21 fret neck that I liked, but did not know if this was just changing the overhang or did this actually change the distance to the bridge.

Looks like the 22 is what I need. Hell, maybe I will get over my fear of building a neck and give it a shot!

Bill

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What kind of body is it. Most strat body's are made for the 21 fret heels with the overhang for the 22 fretso even if it came right from the fender factory with A 22 fret it may work with a 21 fret neck .If its not a strat then i dont know.

That is one of the nicest pieces of wood i've seen, it would be a crime if anyone even thought about staining it.

Well I just gave sparkle and inside out a listen and was impressed. As is the case with most music i'll nead to listen to them all a few times before i can pass judgment but so far i like. I'll give the others a listen later.

Hi All

Well I thought I should introduce myself to the rest of the forumers. My name is Gabe, i'm from Canada. I think i've been playing since i as about 12 or 13 and im 17 now. I've always enjoyed building stuff and i'm in a furniture making course at school right now to satisfy my needs. Got interested in building about 7 months ago after my squire craped out on me. I took it apart rebuilt it and then decided i wanted to build one from scratch. Since then i've beebn doing my research so i dont screw up to badley and have been getting supplies and tools for my first build over the past 2 moths. Anyways i look forward to sharing my progress with you guys and getting good advice from the pro's on the board.

hey bison looks like im not the only person from GTU on here lookin for help. but yea the necks on almost every Tele I have ever played are completely aligned with the bridge. I doubt anyone would be impressed with a offset neck now would they? then again sometimes things can warp so it could offset the neck but thats if the strings are all loose.

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Um what are you talking about,he's not asking weather the neck and bridge are aligned wich they need to be, he was asking if Tele's had a neck angle like LP's wich they do not.

Man that looks really nice so far. I'm liking the design, seems to have a nice blend of vintage and modern designs. I'm seeing a little bit of the gibson blueshawk/little lucille on the treble side of the body.

Well I for one unfortunatly cant see the pics.

Its my understanding the on gibsons its 7/8'' thick but that 3/4'' to an inch is fine. ASwell les pauls are not archtops there solid body carved tops.

Wow, so far this is a really nice looking srtat. AS for the neck well i aplaud you for continuing on inspite of that mess up. I nevery would have been able to do that.

Well this is my first time voting for GOTM and I have to say its no as easy as I thought it would be. Anyways I love the bocaster design, i think its brilliant and i think it turned out very well, if you built the body from scratch youd get my vote but ive got to go with the double neck, i cant get my eyes off of that spalted maple.

Well i guess nows as good a time as any for my first post(been reading around heare for a while though). Any ways for many of the same reasons as jnewman the blues at this point in my life is my favorite genre. I also like all sorts of rock(mainly classic rock) and a lil bit o jazz but blues speaks to me the most. Like jnewman said its the fact that some of them(like bb and albert king)can say so much with so little. Of course there are guys like Buddy Guy E.C SRV and robert cray who can play some fast blues and still make it sound very good. And Jnewman if you think its weird that you like the blues so much at 19 well im only 17 and have been listening to the blues for about 2 years. I dont know i guess i just dont let the media tell me what kind of music i should and should not like.