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If it's a used four bolt neck and four bolt body, they should fit together. However, the holes may be in slightly the wrong place to get a good fit between neck and body, which may mean filling and re-drilling. If it's a new neck, it won't be drilled and you'll just have to drill the holes in the right places.
Another thing to take into account is that a slight change in angle of the neck can make a big difference to a set up. Even a new neck and body could need a little shim in the neck pocket to get the right angle. Doesn't mean it won't work well, it just takes a bit of adjustment to get set up.
Hope that helps!
Good luck!
When you start using necks from other manufacturers it can get tricky.
Not a huge issue if it needs one like, it's really a 'last 2%' kinda thing. Also it might be confirmation bias on my part because I was expecting a difference when I was swapping necks and messing with shims on one of my Strats, in which case I'm talking Eric Johnson levels of tosh and should be ignored
I am not sure I totally agree, although it does seem quite logical to maximise contact to my brain too. except:
- Authentic pre-CBS tones often involve a shim
- A shim often allows for a better set-up, which will improve tone more than the shim itself takes away
- a shimmed neck join is still very solid and the shim is highly compressed
I tend to go for a simple paper or card shim when only a small amount is needed. That's most cases. I break out the full pocket wooden shim for extreme cases.Instagram