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What is the difference between a set neck and a bolt on?
I was under the impression that Tele necks and Strat necks are more or less interchangable yes? no? I've got a cheap Squire Strat in need of a replcement neck and I'm trying to figure out what my opt
...cifica? How do the above compare to the Yamaha super strat, RGS 121 (wood top, HSH)? Is it just the neck humbucker and lack of pickguard? This is a possible gift for a young nephew. Choices ar...
Why don't you look in the used market. I just purchased a Yamaha Pacifica 821R for my son off of E-Bay. It cost me $150 +$25 for shipping. It retailed for $850 new. It has Dimarzio pickups with a Flo
...hat non-traditional. I saw some BC Rich guitars in the shop the other day and I loved the look and the neck seemed OK... Here is the issue: I can't find any reviews for the BC Rich line that are not...
...he 3 humbuckers. I'm trying to loosen the bullet-type truss rod adjuster to get a little relief to the neck. Assuming it adjusts like a Strat, looking down into the hex hole in the bullet, do I turn...
...hts on the micro tilt adjustment on the Fender Strat. Mine has one. I am thinking of just shimming the neck as the tilt set screw keeps backing out causing the neck to go out of adjustment. Has any...
... direct me to an internet site or two where I can learn how to *properly* set up a bass guitar: bridge, neck, string height. I want quite low action. Thanks for any advice....
I am trying to find somebody that makes or has Rickenbacker 4001 style bass body/neck blanks...as I want to add my own hardware and pickups to it..I dont want any pickup holes dug out....as i am plann
Anyone know why Fender discontinued these ? I have one and the neck is the best neck I've ever played. The "star" position markers are kind of cool compared to the dots also. Mine is Lake Placid Blue
...the mistake of leveling them even more with a sanding block. The frets are pretty worn, and I want the neck re-radiused anyway, so I'll be refretting it, but I don't have all the materials yet to do ...
...coustic guitar. Its probably 30 yrs old and has been stored with the strings tight. This has warped the neck slightly raising the strings off the frets to make it somewhat difficult to play. Can I a...
... find. I have seen Mighty Mite P-90's online for $30 for a pair, new (!). Recently I put a P-90 in the neck position of my Epiphone LP Junior Special (a Rio Grande Bluesbar), and I paid a lot more th...
...ieb: The 2mm are correct, obviously I mixed something up by converting to imperial units (-: I had the neck fixed by a professional on Friday evening. It cost me 12 Euros and was worth every cent be...
... Gibson MIII. It's one of the most amazing electric guitars I've ever laid my hands on. One-piece maple neck, maple fretboard, maple body, 2 humbuckers, one single-coil. Anyone heard of it?...
...ve to pull out my Ibanez for the rick stuff I have a real problem getting used to the ultra thin wizard neck, I love the sound of the guitar but switching from other thicker necks to this thin one is ...
...rapy on it, though the fifth string ones below the fifth fret sound better then ones played towards the neck on the sixth string....
I like the fenders and G&Ls. Those all have bolt on necks. Carvin has guitars that have necks integral part of the body. Is that a construction technique that makes a difference in the sound, qu
...ts I had worked out a wiring scheme that gave me series/parallel & in/out phase combinations of the neck/middle & bridge/middle pickups. Since I found all of the resulting sounds useful in va...
Was wondering what the standard neck width (where it bolts on) is on the Fender basses, Jazz and Precision through the years, has it changed? My late seventies schecter P bass and my 1977 Jazz bass b
What do you think of the Warmoth necks in general? Are they of good quality? Have you tried the 'exotic' woods (like Koa, Padouk etc)? How do they sound like? What do you think of their way of gluei
...of an angle. I also think the string height is increasing over time. I wonder if adding a shim at the neck/body joint could fix this problem. Where do I place it? At the bridge side of the body poc...
...g Price paid: $1799 at Music 123 Body: Alder Finish: 3-tone, nitro cellulose Pickguard: Tortoise shell Neck: Maple, satin finish, C shape, quartersawn Fongerboad: East Indian rosewood, block inlays, ...
... pic with no info. Does anybody have any info on this - like what is smaller and how much? Is it a jazz neck on a precision body? Thanks....
Here's the question: bying a cheap electric with pale appearance and give it more character with tinting - how to do it? With Brown shoe polish? What's the technic: how to work with the shoe polish? W
...w surely, someone can help me out here. My IBZ has a P Quarter pounder pickup that I really like in the neck (where else...) I'm looking for a good substitute for the sh1tty Jazz IBZ USA made by dimar...
...*not* be a Teisco is that all the pictures of Teiscos that I see seem to have a notch at the end of the neck pocket to accomodate the truss rod adjuster. This body has no such notch. Is anyone her...
...0 electric that I bought used. You can tell its been around the block a few times. But, it has a thin neck, low action and I can play it (I have some carpel tunnel in my left wrist and have problems...
...o you adjust the truss rod? I would be hard pressed to buy an almost $2,000 bass if you had to take the neck off to adjust the truss...does anyone own one of these and can confirm/deny that you have t...
...p Genz Benz 2x12 cab I also have a Carvin Quad X Tube Preamp. Here is the thing. Whenever I switch to neck humbucker (on my Carvin DC127 or my Ibanez 540S), it sounds, to my ears, aweful. I don't kn...
I want to replace the neck on a 1986 Standard Strat. It has the 4 bolt neck. Should any 4 bolt neck fit? Or are there certain one's that I should look for?
... want a "Tele" position where I can use the center position on my pickup selector to activate both the neck and the bridge pickup. I looked on guitarnuts.com but could not find anything. Has anybody...
...y. I have played and owned a bunch of Mustangs and this is the best of the bunch. Very early Mustang -- neck dates to August of 1964 -- month that Mustang was introduced. Item # 2548619467 Or follow ...
Hi Anybody know where I can find`a wiring diagram for a Gibson twin neck?
It can't be a Les Paul if it blows away a Strat. They are apples and oranges. Incomparable. Yes, I realize you are kidding.

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