Grreth Posted July 27, 2021 Posted July 27, 2021 Please excuse me if there is already a a thread on this but.... Has anybody tried replacing the neck on 34" scale with one of the retrovibe 32" scale necks? Was it straightforward and did it work? Thanks in advance! Quote
bloke_zero Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 The issue will be scale length as the bridge won't be in the right place - if you're happy to re-drill and remount the bridge you'll be ok as long as there is room on the body! Quote
PlungerModerno Posted August 5, 2021 Posted August 5, 2021 (edited) On 27/07/2021 at 13:48, Grreth said: Please excuse me if there is already a a thread on this but.... Has anybody tried replacing the neck on 34" scale with one of the retrovibe 32" scale necks? Was it straightforward and did it work? Thanks in advance! It would need to be custom fit, unless it just happened to be within the intonation adjustment of the saddles. Putting a capo on the first fret, measuring from there to the 12th 13th* fret should give you an idea Spoiler https://www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/ tells me fret 1 on a 34" scale neck is almost 2 inches (1.908" (nut-1)) from the nut. If the 32 inch neck would fit so the back of the nut is roughly where the 1st fret is on your current fretboard, and there is plenty of intonation adjustment in either direction... It should be a fairly simple case of slapping it in and carefully drilling holes. Otherwise you'll have to move the bridge, modify saddles, maybe even have to relocate pickups, even if the neck pops right in! *EDIT: It's the 13th fret on the 34" scale neck, which should correspond closely to the 12th fret position on the 32" scale neck that would be a drop in. Edited August 5, 2021 by PlungerModerno Quote
Grreth Posted August 9, 2021 Author Posted August 9, 2021 On 05/08/2021 at 10:43, bloke_zero said: The issue will be scale length as the bridge won't be in the right place - if you're happy to re-drill and remount the bridge you'll be ok as long as there is room on the body! Yeah, I wasn't totally sure about that. I'm don't think I could be bothered with all that aggro! Thank you for replying! Quote
Grreth Posted August 9, 2021 Author Posted August 9, 2021 On 05/08/2021 at 17:25, PlungerModerno said: It would need to be custom fit, unless it just happened to be within the intonation adjustment of the saddles. Putting a capo on the first fret, measuring from there to the 12th 13th* fret should give you an idea Reveal hidden contents https://www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/ tells me fret 1 on a 34" scale neck is almost 2 inches (1.908" (nut-1)) from the nut. If the 32 inch neck would fit so the back of the nut is roughly where the 1st fret is on your current fretboard, and there is plenty of intonation adjustment in either direction... It should be a fairly simple case of slapping it in and carefully drilling holes. Otherwise you'll have to move the bridge, modify saddles, maybe even have to relocate pickups, even if the neck pops right in! *EDIT: It's the 13th fret on the 34" scale neck, which should correspond closely to the 12th fret position on the 32" scale neck that would be a drop in. That does sound like far too much hassle for me. Thanks for the guidance! Quote
Grreth Posted August 9, 2021 Author Posted August 9, 2021 I think I'll just leave it alone and weigh up my other options. Thank you all! Quote
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