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Neck Replacement. How Critical is it?


taha_never
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Hello everyone.
i have a roger waters precision. suddenly i feel the need of a rosewood board. it's very hard and expensive (triple the price of an object!) to order parts from my country, so before placing my order i have to make sure if i'm able to do it myself. i'm okay and have done adjusting the truss rod, action, swapping pups, soldering, etc. am i going to be safe changing my neck?
just want to be aware of the details and if there's something more than unscrew/rescrew...
i will be very thankful for your help.
also if anybody knows and could confirm that a MIM P neck fits to a waters P pocket (MIM also), that's much appreciated.
thanks again.

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From past experience, all the Fender stuff is fairly interchangeable and simple to change. Four screws. Make sure you get a like for like neck and the scale lengths match. That's not to say that once you do swap the neck over it won't need a tweak to get it how you want it.

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Quick note - not sure how many MIM P's that have it (if any) but the neck pocket can have 3 shapes on 4 string fenders (that I know of).

Regular:


1951 style (squared heel):


Ergonomic bolt pattern:


See here for more info: [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/Options/BassNeckPocket.aspx"]http://www.warmoth.c...NeckPocket.aspx[/url]

EDIT: the regular style is by far the most common, however the other two have appeared on basses with "Fender Precision" on it so I thought it could be worth noting.

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If it's a brand new neck then chances are it's not drilled for the neck bolts, so as long as it's the standard width (either 63 or 64mm, I can't remember off the top of my head) and it's got the same end shape (slight radius or square) then you'll be fine.

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thanks guys for the input. thanks PlungerModerno and Paul that really shed a light.
dear Grangur i live in iran. importing tax at our borders for musical instruments and parts is 100 to 120% here!! plus shipping! plus mr.dealer's percent (if i order from him) which is around 20-30%! :|
we buy MIMs for the price of a CS here bahaha! :lol:

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