EB3 Neck on my EB0

[Samashton12]

Hello!,

Highly doubt this, but i thought id ask anyway.. for the sake of asking..

is it possible to put an EB3 neck on my EB0?

Or would i have to move the bridge back?

Thanks,

Sam

[chris_b]

My Gibson knowledge is pretty old, but I thought the only difference between the EB0 and the EB3 was the bridge pickup.

Also Gibson basses used to have set necks. They were glued in so couldn't be changed.

[Samashton12]

No man, ive got an Epi' EB0 and its a Short Scale.. and its bolt-on

Thanks,
Sam

[neepheid]

Anything's possible. Whether or not it's worth it is another thing. Let's look at the obstacles (and I assume you're talking about introducing a 34" scale Epi EB-3 neck to an Epi EB-0 body.

1) The EB-3 neck is a set neck, so even if you were able to procure one sans body, it would have a tenon ready for glueing rather than a heel which will fit in the EB-0 neck pocket. So you will either have to fill in the neck pocket, or bulk out the heel of the neck to make 'em fit.

2) The EB-0 is indeed short scale and while it looks like the bridges are in a similar position on the EB-0 vs. EB-3 (the fact that there are a few extra frets on the EB-3 neck means that it's the nut that moves relative to bridge if you interchange the necks) there's no guarantee that it's in the right place.

The amount of effort that this would take, especially if you have to get someone to do this for you would likely outstrip the cost of simply procuring an Epi EB-3 second hand.

[Samashton12]

Ahh! I see now. thanks, neephied