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  1. Oh, I'm considering my skill level OK... and I am somewhat hesitant. There is a guy here in Wichita that does some luthiery that I might be able to have do it. I suppose the thing to do would be to make a template and get the proper router bit. Do folks generally cut their own templates? All I have to work with is a coping saw and a skill saw. I don't have a scroll saw or anything like that. What got me started on this whole thing was a used MIM strat I saw down at Guitar Center. After I looked at it, I came back about 30 minutes later and there was a guy looking it over pretty good. I knew he was going to take it, and when I came back the next day, they said he put it on lay away. $279... that would have been a bargain compared to what I'll have in this by the time I'm done, that is for sure.
  2. That is definitely part of the problem. The heel of the neck is flatish and the neck pocket is rounded. This might make up 3/32" if I reshape the back of the pocket.. I remember back when I got the Dean, I had a local luthier install a Kahler tremolo and he said that guitar had the original bridge in the wrong position also, so I wonder it there isn't something non-standard about it. If that guitar had the bridge in the wrong place, then lots of Dean baby Zs would have also. At the time Dean was a pretty big time guitar maker and soon after, they were selling them in the Sears catalog. Coincidence? OK, Ive never tried to use any links, so we'll see of this works. Neck and Pocket Neck in Pocket Bridge Whole Guitar
  3. Well, at least part of that isn't true, because the body has never had a screw in it, though it is most likely a cheap asian knock-off body, and I'm quite sure the seller wasn't forth-coming with the facts. There isn't a whole lot of wiggle room at either end. I might be able to get an 1/8" at each end. The neck doesn't hit the end of the neck pocket due to slightly different end contour. I think I can just do some sanding to take care of that. The bridge pocket has a lip at the front that would be pretty easy to route. I think the neck proportions are fine. It looks like it would be a drop in replacement on my Telecaster. If anything, I'll just get a different body. The main reason I got this one was that it was already finished, and was the exact color I was looking for. It is a lot of time and money to finish a guitar. There were some others available at the time, but they where ash, and I'm not sure ash is what I am looking for tonewood wise.
  4. It is actually a strat style tremolo from an old 1980s Dean Baby Z. The saddles are about midway through their range and I don't think they'll go far enough, and I really don't want to start out with the saddles that close to either end of their range anyway. It appears to be just a standard Strat style tremolo, but the screw mounts are slightly wider than the pre-drilled holes (american vs. mexican/japanese spacing)and I'm going to get a replacement from guitar fetish that should drop right in. There might be enough difference in the geometry of that bridge that maybe it will be closer. I'll have to wait and see.
  5. The fingerboard is extended beyond the end of the neck, but something is going to have to move. I measured from the nut (at least where the nut will be) to the saddle and it is 25.75 inches. The body came all routed, so either the neck pocket isn't right, or the route for the tailpiece is wrong. It would seem easier to move the neck pocket a little closer to the bridge, but I'll have to think about it for awhile. This is probably not the highest quality body ( or neck for that matter, although it looks and feels pretty nice ), so there is no telling what they have messed up. It is a basswood body. I was really wanting an alder body, but for $52 including shipping for a nitro finished body, I suppose I can do some work.
  6. OK, I have been playing guitar for longer than I care to admit, but I am now building my first guitar... well putting it together from parts. I bought a Strat style body from E-Bay. When I was bidding on the body I asked the seller if it took a 21 or 22 fret neck, and he said either one. Well I got a 22 fret neck, and it looks like to me the neck pocket needs to be about 1/4 closer to the bridge or I won't be able to intonate. So my question is, does the neck pocket USUALLY need to be altered for a 22 fret neck? I'm pretty sure I will have to for this one. The pocket wasn't quite wide enough either, so I sanded it out a little on both sides and it fits at least now. It looks like I will have to do some routing or carving to get this thing to work.
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