What the hell am I going to do with this thing?

[mayfly]

I broke my own rule: never buy anything at a guitar show.
I bought this body on a whim for a great deal at the end of the Ottawa guitar show:



I did verify that the neck pocket fits a telecaster heel. What I DID NOT verify was scale length! ... and neck construction ... and string height. Turns out that this body is designed for the 24'th fret to be at the outside edge of the neck pocket, and the neck extends under the neck pickup sans fingerboard, and the fingerboard is over 1/2" above the body at that point.

So now what?

I've yet to do some measurements (busy getting ready for another guitar show next weekend) but I'm wondering if I should buy a W Baritone neck sans frets/slots/markers (will they do that?) and route away the fingerboard where it meets the body... assuming the scale length works for that situation... and assuming I can actually properly cut slots and add frets and put in the markers, and assuming the string height works ... and... and.......

Crap. What the hell have I gotten myself into here?

 

[Cheery Zeery]

I'm so jealous I might throw up. Looking forward to seeing what comes of this. Are you going with conventional Rickenbacker electronics, but with a unique neck?

 

[mayfly]

Heck, the electronics will be the easy part with this thing! I need to figure out the neck first...

 

[teleme01]

You can go fretless ?

 

[Don O]

With the right neck, ya never know what could turn out…

 

[TBurst Std]

Any reason for not using a normal neck and relocating the bridge?

 

[mayfly]

Any reason for not using a normal neck and relocating the bridge?

Well, my main worry with that is it would just look weird. But - it's an easy way out for sure.

 

[stratamania]

Maybe sell it to someone else at the upcoming guitar show and save the headache. Just an idea.

 

[teleme01]

I'm just thinking, and of course I'm probably way off base, but if you use a fretless board, would scale length matter, theoretically?

I mean short scale, long scale, baritone, bass?

 

[mayfly]

A dealer of mine identified it as the body of a Jaguar Rick copy (made in Korea). He has one - I'm going to get some measurements when I see him next week.

 

[Scab Pickens]

I'm not sure what a "great deal" could possibly be on that piece of ... ummm ... firewood?

"One man's trash", I guess.

I hope you didn't pay more than 10-20 bucks for it!

 

[mayfly]

I'm not sure what a "great deal" could possibly be on that piece of ... ummm ... firewood?

"One man's trash", I guess.

I hope you didn't pay more than 10-20 bucks for it!

I wish!

 

[Scab Pickens]

I wish!

I seriously hope you can do something awesome with it!

If you can pull it off, I will have even more respect for you than I already have for you (which is a bunch ).

You know I'm just playing around!