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I'm kinda in love with the Gibson Q-3000 body shape and the Gibson WRC headstock shape...aaaaah....if only I had the knowledge, experience and tools...

Yeah, but still. Is it worth doing it? I guess what kinda "intrigues" me is the quality of the woods. The list price for the guitar is $300, and I can buy it for about half the price. Is it worth spending money and time on such a guitar? Will it turn out to be a good guitar or will it just remain a crappy cheap guitar? I don't mind spending 100 euros on a guitar, but I hate having a guitar that I won't be playing. I can always save some more money, but I really get connected to my instruments, and I just hate watching a guitar rot a stand. So should I just buy the guitar or save up and try to mod a more expensive instrument?

Hi again guys! Over the past few months I've become somewhat of a Gibson spam. I really like superstrat style guitars, and the Epiphone EM-1 (along with it's siblings, Epiphone EM-2 EX & FX) are the only Gibson/Epiphone superstrat style guitars there are (I'm talking about new guitars, not vintage ones like the Q series or the U2 etc). I found this Epiphone on a really good price (around $150 with shipping and everything), and it seems like a perfect candidate for several mods like: changing the pickups, refinishing, adding a nice Kahler blah blah. But my question is: Is it worth it? Considering I do everything right, will I have a good quality guitar in the end, or just a bad quality guitar with expensive parts on it? What do you think? Thanks in advance!

I'm still not sure I got it right . If I got it right, the neck pocket dimension has nothing to do with how wide or narrow the fretboard is going to be. So, what defines how wide or narrow the fretboard is going to be? Radius? Nut width? Neck profile? My main concern is: if I get a Warmoth neck with 1-11/16" nut width, 12" radius and a Wizard (or maybe Standard) neck profile, the neck will be as wide (or as narrow) as the necks found on Stratocasters (say 9.5" radius) or will it be wider than that? Sorry if I'm going off topic, I hope that my question is clear enough (and that you don't think that I'm an idiot).

Ok, I think I got it now. Thanks a lot you guys, 95% chance I'll get the neck from Warmoth! Again, thanks!!!

Ok, my post was kinda weird so I'm going to say exactly what I'm thinking of doing. I want to buy a Meanie Green body from Wayne Guitars. The neck pocket options are either 2-1/4" or 2-3/16. A little research on the Internet (without sending any emails to stores with replacement necks for Strats) showed me that almost everyone is selling 2-3/16" necks (musikraft sells custom necks with 2-1/4" heels, but I didn't get a good vibe from that whole thing and I have lots of issues...don't ask). My question is: If I decide to tell them to build me the body with a 2-3/16" neck pocket, and I buy a Strat replacement neck, say from StewMac, will that result in my neck having a narrower fretboard? If that's the case, I might consider trying and building a neck myself (I know it's a tedious job, but I don't care). As for the neck profile, I'm thing of sanding the neck (even if it's a ready one) to a D profile (I'll have to figure out how to do that, but I'll try to make it work). P.S.: I will replace the fretboard, because I want it to have 24-frets (I'll have Wayne Charvel route only the bridge pickup, so that I can make my adjustments for routing the other 2 pickups with the 24-fret neck). Hope that clears out what I've in my (sick) mind.

I'm planning my next guitar project and I have found the guitar body I want. They can either make it with a 2-1/4" or a 2-3/16" neck pocket. What's the difference between these two? Will the fretboard be wider on a neck with a 2-1/4" heel or is that completely irrelevant (if it is completely irrelevant, what spec determines how wide the neck is going to be?)? Thanks in advance!

Hey guys! I am planning my next guitar project (a Meanie Green style guitar) and I want to put in either a Kahler Spyder or a Kahler Killer. I have the option to get the body with a recessed Floyd Rose bridge route (of course with the Lion's Claw, with or without the holes for the posts). Will the bridges mentioned above fit the FR route (I will drill the posts myself) or will I have to get the body with no bridge routing or with a hardtail and then try to figure out how to route the bridge cavity myself? Also, these bridges need the Kahler SD Locking Nuts or some other locking nut? Thanks in advance!