bigbuddy912

Update: I think I can settle with the shape of the ibanez S series (https://i.gyazo.com/a1c7b0baaaf4279f1bee96f7860bd4ad.png) so I'm going to try to get the measurements and plan and make my own template, then body of it. I decided keeping the exact stratocaster shape with 24 frets would be somewhat difficult for me but since the s series and my rg use almost the same wizard neck I think it should be somewhat of a breeze to fit it on. I'm excited to do a custom paint job and custom pickups for my first half-build!

6 minutes ago, curtisa said:

Are you building your own body from scratch or aiming to recycle an existing one?

Was planning on building my own and basing it off of the original body the neck is from and my old mim strat.

23 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

If you're going to build the body from scratch there's no issue at all. It's just a matter of measuring the right place for the bridge. The shape of the body doesn't matter, you "only" have to carve a fitting neck pocket in a right angle which in turns depends on your choice for bridge.

Start by studying the placement of the bridge you're going to use. The basic rule is to have the 12th fret exactly halfways between the nut and the bridge and then adding 3 mm to the bass side and taking 1 mm off the treble side. That can be made by adjusting the bridge blocks so take care to position them so you can adjust both ways for fine tuning. A TuneOMatic or wraparound bridge can be slanted, hardtails and trems and others with a base plate rather not.

After having chosen the bridge, find out the neck angle. It depends on the height of the bridge. @ADFinlayson has a recent post about how he does it with simple tools: http://www.projectguitar.com/forums/topic/48888-first-full-build-from-scratch/?do=findComment&comment=577648

Building the body is the easy part, most of the errors you make can be easily fixed. Happy building!

 

Yea I was planning on building a custom body but using the tight-end Ibanez bridge that’s already on the guitar that I’m taking the neck from. Thanks for all the info! 

Sorry if this isn't the correct forum to post under but I was wondering how hard would it be as a first ever custom guitar builder to slap an ibanez rg1451 neck(Wizard HP Prestige) on a stratocaster type body? I really like the thin neck but I would prefer a more rounded strat-esque body type and it just so happens I've really gotten interested in custom guitars as of late and have this guitar that's been going unused in my house for awhile now so I want to challenge myself.