neepheid Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I'm definitely more P than J so I'm trying to source a nice wide spaced 5 string neck. I'm quite in love with the Warmoth Wide Gecko 5, but I'm not in love with the price! I'm thinking I could find a cheap 6 string from eBay, change the nut, fill the existing tuner holes, slap a headstock veneer on to cover up and redrill for 5. Does this seem plausible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Burpster Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Sounds VERY plausible, in fact sounds a damn good idea. I might go for the filled and painted headstock as opposed to veneered but give it a go...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-basser Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 the peavey gring 6er is a thinish neck 6er so would make a good wide neck 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 [quote name='neepheid' post='155395' date='Mar 11 2008, 04:32 PM']I'm definitely more P than J so I'm trying to source a nice wide spaced 5 string neck. I'm quite in love with the Warmoth Wide Gecko 5, but I'm not in love with the price! I'm thinking I could find a cheap 6 string from eBay, change the nut, fill the existing tuner holes, slap a headstock veneer on to cover up and redrill for 5. Does this seem plausible?[/quote] As long as the pickups are solid bars all the way across - the Bart 6-string pickups, for example, couldn't be used as there would be no signal from the A string. And there's also the bridge to consider, you'd really want one which started life with a monolithic bridge rather than individual bridge units as you should then have a bit less trouble filling and drilling. Oh, and probably not string-through originally either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 [quote name='tauzero' post='155837' date='Mar 12 2008, 10:43 AM']As long as the pickups are solid bars all the way across - the Bart 6-string pickups, for example, couldn't be used as there would be no signal from the A string. And there's also the bridge to consider, you'd really want one which started life with a monolithic bridge rather than individual bridge units as you should then have a bit less trouble filling and drilling. Oh, and probably not string-through originally either.[/quote] Oh don't worry, I am butchering the 6 string just for the neck. The bridge is a Badass V - can cut the saddles to suit and it will be drilled for string-thru. The body is a rescued mess of someone's aborted project, needs a lot of alterations anyway - neck pocket, pickup routs, control cavity is all to pot. But it's a lovely piece of zebrawood/zebrano and it needs to be made into a viable instrument. I'm intending to use EMG 40 pickups, they're bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 [quote name='neepheid' post='155882' date='Mar 12 2008, 11:46 AM']But it's a lovely piece of zebrawood/zebrano and it needs to be made into a viable instrument.[/quote] PICS!!! have you looked at Squier 5 string necks? mine's like an aircraft carrier, i'm (very) idly considering using it for a six, maybe even some kind of classical thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 12, 2008 Author Share Posted March 12, 2008 [quote name='steve' post='156150' date='Mar 12 2008, 04:17 PM']PICS!!! have you looked at Squier 5 string necks? mine's like an aircraft carrier, i'm (very) idly considering using it for a six, maybe even some kind of classical thing[/quote] They look quite good, but they're not long enough. Because of the body being the shape/size that it is, any neck must be a 24 fret neck to give enough heel/body area. Pics you say? It's got some finish on it already, and someone attacked it with a forstner bit, but I'll rescue it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 (edited) Ummm. That body looks like a Warwick Thumb. Sort of. Not aware of them existing in Zebrano, save in Custom Shoppe guise. Nonetheless, nice body. Beware, that if the body IS modelled on a Thumb BO, they have 26 Frets... And the pick-ups DO need to have blades for pole-pieces in this instance. Sounds like that's covered, though.... Edited March 20, 2008 by Lfalex v1.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 20, 2008 Author Share Posted March 20, 2008 [quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='160728' date='Mar 20 2008, 11:42 AM']Ummm. That body looks like a Warwick Thumb. Sort of. Not aware of them existing in Zebrano, save in Custom Shoppe guise. Nonetheless, nice body. Beware, that if the body IS modelled on a Thumb BO, they have 26 Frets... And the pick-ups DO need to have blades for pole-pieces in this instance. Sounds like that's covered, though....[/quote] Where I've had to put the Badass to cover up the preexisting bridge holes, with the saddles fully out the 24th fret (at 34" scale) is approximately here: There's a lot of scope for intonation adjustment in a Badass bridge, so I could move closer to the bridge a few mms for the right neck. I'm ideally looking for a 24 fret neck with some material beyond the end of the fingerboard. Or as you point out, a 26 fret neck. Not something you see on eBay every day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 [quote name='neepheid' post='160793' date='Mar 20 2008, 01:31 PM']There's a lot of scope for intonation adjustment in a Badass bridge, so I could move closer to the bridge a few mms for the right neck. I'm ideally looking for a 24 fret neck with some material beyond the end of the fingerboard. Or as you point out, a 26 fret neck. Not something you see on eBay every day [/quote] Actually, a couple of years ago, PMT in Brum had several Warwick necks in, assorted peculiar ones - I got two 5s (one's a little twisted and has been defretted) and a short-scale 4, there were also a broadneck (can't remember whether it was 5 or 6) and assorted others. All gone now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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