As per my other thread I have a JS30WR and am planning to put a DXMGT neck on it. Some other threads suggested there may be issues with the angle in the neck pocket. I am planning to have it professionally installed by a luthier. Can't they route or shave the neck pocket for optimal angle?
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The days of hand-fitting necks are (pretty much) over with CNC. Custom Shop Charvels and such will still have a little bit of variation to them because they're inferior hand-made items produced by stodgy old craftsmen that won't admit they can't compete with the kind of quality that semi-skilled labor and a CNC machine can dish out.
Seriously you can probably just bolt it right on there.
So long as you're replacing a 24-fret neck with a 24-fret neck, there's a good chance you can just bolt it on and go (the intonation might even be very close) on a production-line guitar.
Bolt it on yourself if you can, and save the money for a good setup!
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Originally posted by MakeAJazzNoiseHere View PostSeriously you can probably just bolt it right on there.
So long as you're replacing a 24-fret neck with a 24-fret neck, there's a good chance you can just bolt it on and go (the intonation might even be very close) on a production-line guitar.
Bolt it on yourself if you can, and save the money for a good setup!
Actually, it depends on the neck.
Jackson doesn't use a standard neck heel/pocket anymore. Years ago you could put anything on anything, but in the last 5 or so years, I've noticed a drastic change in neck heel widths and pocket dimensions.
Take the KVX10 BGF that I put a DKMGT neck on (3x3, rosewood, fins): the DX neck heel was noticeably wider and thicker - so much that I thought I was going to bust the sides of the pocket, and had my doubts that the heel was fully seated even though it bolted down.
The KV neck went on the DX body, and there was a very noticeable gap on either side - we're talking Dunlop Jazz III thick.
As well, the DX neck heel was cut at such an angle as to require the pickups and bridge to be raised very high.
However, the DX with the KV neck came out as a phenomenal shredder with smooth, low action comparable to a USA Jackson. I shit you not.
As for the JS30WR, I also put an identical DXMG neck on one of those once, and found the same thing - the angle was a bit steep. Couldn't put it in a case without stressing the headstock and/or neck joint.
However, it did improve the action.
Oh, and can we please stop referring to anyone with a better set of tools than you and who works at the local guitar center as a "luthier". It's an insult to luthiers.I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
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Originally posted by Newc View PostOh, and can we please stop referring to anyone with a better set of tools than you and who works at the local guitar center as a "luthier". It's an insult to luthiers."Quiet, numbskulls, I'm broadcasting!" -Moe Howard, "Micro-Phonies" (1945)
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Only because I have a better set of tools and DON'T work at GC
Actually, no. I'm still a Mad ScientistI want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
My Blog: http://newcenstein.com
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