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I have bought a 59-61 strat body with a 57 soft v profile neck.. I understood that these parts were used together in the past thousand years. However, after I ordered some reissue parts to fit to it, I encountered a few problems..
1. The neck and body can be connected together but there are empty spaces between the edge of the neck to the body and the upper part of the neck to the body.. which looks a bit wierd to my eyes.
2.I ordered a 62 reissue bridge and a 62 reissue input jack plate..
The bridge I could fit in easily, but the claw did not fit in its place at all, because the screws on this claw are too far from each other then the holes on the body.. Also the input jack does not fit because the screw holes on the body are closer to each other then on the reissue jack plate.. I find these things a bit wierd to happen.. but I was wondering if anyone has had these problems in the past? (this body seems real and not a fake in any way at all)
The neck would be hard to play since the low E string keeps going off the fretboard when you play on it... sux?
Anyhow I find these problems wierd, or perhaps the 62 parts and the 59 parts are different? and perhaps the 57 neck would fit a 57 neck pocket and not a 59?
Would appriciate any help you guys can gimme regarding those issues..
In the meanwhile I am still waiting on some other parts so that I can complete this guitar and see if I can get it to play at all.
I have bought a 59-61 strat body with a 57 soft v profile neck.. I understood that these parts were used together in the past thousand years. However, after I ordered some reissue parts to fit to it, I encountered a few problems..
1. The neck and body can be connected together but there are empty spaces between the edge of the neck to the body and the upper part of the neck to the body.. which looks a bit wierd to my eyes.
2.I ordered a 62 reissue bridge and a 62 reissue input jack plate..
The bridge I could fit in easily, but the claw did not fit in its place at all, because the screws on this claw are too far from each other then the holes on the body.. Also the input jack does not fit because the screw holes on the body are closer to each other then on the reissue jack plate.. I find these things a bit wierd to happen.. but I was wondering if anyone has had these problems in the past? (this body seems real and not a fake in any way at all)
The neck would be hard to play since the low E string keeps going off the fretboard when you play on it... sux?
Anyhow I find these problems wierd, or perhaps the 62 parts and the 59 parts are different? and perhaps the 57 neck would fit a 57 neck pocket and not a 59?
Would appriciate any help you guys can gimme regarding those issues..
In the meanwhile I am still waiting on some other parts so that I can complete this guitar and see if I can get it to play at all.
Grandturk is correct, better to dowel the screw holes in the neck and redrill to match the body. Then you can adjust for neck alignment in relation to the body. A good way to check this, is to use a padded (wood, plastic) woodworkers clamp to hold the neck and body together. String the guitar with both E strings and look for alignment from the bridge to the nut. Note the spacing of the outside strings to the edge of the fretboard. You can make adjustments at the bridge first. If the neck and body look pretty good as far as alignment, you can go ahead and drill the neck for the mounting screws. To mark your mounting screws, use a drill bit the diameter of the holes in the body, then use a 1/8" drill bit to drill the holes in the neck. Make sure to use a piece of masking tape on the drill bit to mark and control your depth.
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