wayja

Thank you all for your quick responses and great information/advice. I contacted the eBayer with the Les Paul replacement neck and it just so happens he has a Korean Epiphone neck that will fit my body. After several painstaking hours of decision making, I decided to take the easier way out and purchase the Epi neck. It seems like the logical choice for my first neck replacement. Thanks again for the invaluable input. I will try and post some pictures of the repair for others who might be entertaining a neck replacement. Maybe I can be of some help to someone else. Wayja

Filling the body and rerouting makes good sense and is probably the easier way. Maybe I should just leave the existing tenon "stub" in place and get a les paul neck pocket template and route it as is and then fill any voids? What do you think? I have several types of routers available to me, from huge to Dremel size.

westhemann, You bring up a very good point. My thought was to route the neck to fit the tenon cavity on this body, which does have an offset. I am thinking the wrong way? Maybe it would be easier to reroute the body. This whole set neck thing is turning into a pain in the butt, but a good learning experience. I appreciate all your input. Wayja

Tim37! You are a genius! This wasn't there last time I checked eBay. This may just solve my problem with a reasonable price. Now to get the old tenon out!

Thank you for the input. I am honestly not sure of the origin of this body, but after looking it over, there is no way it is a Gibson. The quality of the cavity cut outs gives it away. It could be an Epiphone. I really would like to put a set neck back in, but my fear is doing more damage trying to take out the tenon remainder. Using this body as a training aid, I think I will take your advice and try Soulmate. Do you know anybody else who makes set necks? Thanks again for your help. Wayja

Hello Forum, I have an idea that I have not seen addressed any where. I purchased a Les Paul body with a set neck that had been sawed off flush with the body. I have no idea why. After a fruitless attempt to find a reasonable set neck replacement, I thought maybe my purchase wasn't the best. Then I had a brain storm. With the availability of plenty of bolt on necks, maybe I could pull out what is remaining of the tenon, and "attach" it to a bolt on neck and reset it. My other thought was to fill the set neck pocket, and reroute for a bolt on? As much as I would love to have a set neck Les Paul, I have played many guitars and there does not seem to me to be much of a tone difference between the set neck and bolt on to me. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thank you, Wayja