Right, I've just acquired a Tele type with a maple neck that I LOVE the feel of, and what I'd really love to do is transplant it into my beloved Esquire-alike (with the happy byproduct of making it even more of a Springsteen 'tribute' looks-wise
). Trouble is, the maple neck's a 22 fret and the existing rosewood 'board one's a 21-fretter; having held the guitars face-to-face with their nuts touching (oo-er etc) it looks like there's only 5-6mm at most difference in where the neck meets the end of the pocket, which should be fixable intonation-wise just from the saddles, which leads me to believe that if the neck pockets are similar enough this COULD be a goer.
Anyone done this and/or know whether it's actually just a really fucking stupid idea and could save me a couple of hours of needless faffing?
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That's the board, not my belly.
But my belly too.
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However! I only found out recently, but exact conversion is possible as the official definition of the inch has since about 1930 been 25.4mm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch#Modern_standardisation (1959 international agreement)
However! I only found out recently, but exact conversion is possible as the official definition of the inch has since about 1930 been 25.4mm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch#Modern_standardisation (1959 international agreement)