Phyllis Frankenstein
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Hi,
I'm new here. I only just discovered Warmoth a couple of months ago.
Hoping to pick the brains of people who have experience building parts geetars. ???
Most of the discussions I'm reading seem to be people fitting new Warmoth necks to their old guitars.
I want to do the opposite. My plan is to keep my old Fender necks and fit them to Warmoth bodies.
I'll try just one for a start and see how it goes. I'll be engaging the help of a local luthier to fit pickups etc and set it up.
I have an 80's MIJ Tele & and early 00's CIJ Strat. I love the necks more than most new Fenders I try so I want to keep them but have them on different bodies more suitable to my personal tastes.
I'm just a bit concerned about the fit because I see Warmoth specifies that they make their bodies compatible with American Fenders. I don't know if there is a size difference in the necks between American and CIJ/MIJ Fenders. I can't physically check because the only Am Fender I have is an old 70's model with a three bolt neck.
I've taken the neck & pocket measurements from the Warmoth website and they seem to match with the guitars I have.
Maybe that should be enough to be reasonably confident of a decent fit and I'm just being paranoid?
I've never actually swapped necks before so I'm apprehensive.
Is there anyone here who has used an old Fender CIJ or MIJ neck on a Warmoth body with success?
I'm new here. I only just discovered Warmoth a couple of months ago.
Hoping to pick the brains of people who have experience building parts geetars. ???
Most of the discussions I'm reading seem to be people fitting new Warmoth necks to their old guitars.
I want to do the opposite. My plan is to keep my old Fender necks and fit them to Warmoth bodies.
I'll try just one for a start and see how it goes. I'll be engaging the help of a local luthier to fit pickups etc and set it up.
I have an 80's MIJ Tele & and early 00's CIJ Strat. I love the necks more than most new Fenders I try so I want to keep them but have them on different bodies more suitable to my personal tastes.
I'm just a bit concerned about the fit because I see Warmoth specifies that they make their bodies compatible with American Fenders. I don't know if there is a size difference in the necks between American and CIJ/MIJ Fenders. I can't physically check because the only Am Fender I have is an old 70's model with a three bolt neck.
I've taken the neck & pocket measurements from the Warmoth website and they seem to match with the guitars I have.
Maybe that should be enough to be reasonably confident of a decent fit and I'm just being paranoid?
I've never actually swapped necks before so I'm apprehensive.
Is there anyone here who has used an old Fender CIJ or MIJ neck on a Warmoth body with success?