looking for Ideas

samzadgan

I will soon take delivery of an aluminium neck per the below pic. These necks are set up to fit fender style bodies, Strats, Tele's and Jags. Now I'm sure those measurements that these guitars share are probably shared amongst other brands too (??).

At first i was set on making an Esquire...buying a cheap squire tele and slapping the neck on...buying a good bridge pickup and new scratchplate to cover the neck routing as well. Then, if necessary, in the future slowely upgrade the hardware.

But then i started seeing other bolt on guitar shapes, some weird tele shapes and offsets...now i'm open to more ideas of what this guiatr could be.

I do like the idea of a 1 pickup guitar though, single coil or P90 and not really keen on a trem...so anyone got any ideas for me?

for ref, this is the neck:
 

guitargeek62

Where did you find that magnificent beast? :O

Iamnobody

Have a wow. I don't think I have seen those before.

The Tele Cabronita style suits a single pickup config...

richardhomer

A Cabronita-style Jazzmaster?

Flanging_Fred

I think it might look good on a squier supersonic type body.

RocknRollDave

Something with a Bigsby

samzadgan

hmm...that single pickup cab looks good...and supersonic is ok, but too close to a strat...I dont like strats.

as far as bigsby's go...already covered.

Iamnobody

Im not sure if these have standard Fender size neck pockets but it would be a cheap option. The Ally neck needs to be mated with something different - mother of toiletseat would be perfect.

https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_te_60_pearloid_b_stock.htm?ref=mrl_a_1

DrBob

Go and have a look at Jezz Woodroffe guitars. I reckon the single P90 Starcaster body would look pretty cool

Flanging_Fred

samzadgan;614290" said:

hmm...that single pickup cab looks good...and supersonic is ok, but too close to a strat...I dont like strats.



as far as bigsby's go...already covered.

Are we thinking about the same guitar? Doesn't look like a strat to me...

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb102/flanging_fred/Music/Squier_Super-Sonic_001_zps2lcoxemf.jpg

samzadgan

oh...ok...i was thinking of something else...that does look very interesting!

Flanging_Fred

samzadgan;614344" said:

oh...ok...i was thinking of something else...that does look very interesting!

Ah, good.I thought I was going potty

Flanging_Fred

...and for some reason a schaller piezo hannes bridge and a p90 would be cool. Shit, if you don't build it I might. That neck has got my creative juices going.. Lovely bit o tin that is.

ICBM

The Supersonic body won't fit though - and nor will a Jaguar or Mustang for the same reason… they're 24"-scale and the neck pocket to bridge spacing is different.

It's fairly easy to tell - a 22-fret neck (assuming it's not like a modern Fender US model with an overhang) is a 24" scale, and a 21-fret is a 25.5" scale.

samzadgan

i was just doing some more reading on the neck...its built for a 21 fret strat pocket...it will also work on some tele's but there will be small gaps due to the shape of the pocket, but i can cover it up with a pickguard.

other option is to get a body made up to fit perfectly...which although more expensive might be a good option and may make the guitar a real keeper.

Dinosauria

It'd look spiffy on a black Tele Custom body. Especially with the WRHBs. They have a Strat neck pocket too.

What about a Telemaster? You can get one of those made up for about £80, correct scale and neck pocket.

ThePrettyDamned

It's got to be a black jazzmaster dude.

Strat pocket, and brushed aluminium hardware. You might not find a brushed jazzmaster bridge so you may have to Bigsby it...

Fuck, don't do that, get a Tele body, wudtone it black magic woman, and ask ash for a high output tele bridge pickup. It'll bloody roar! You could use a brushed aluminium Bigsby, too, without invoking the wrath of the gods. Although @bucket may never talk to you again...

Again, like last time, if the neck isn't for you, let me know.

Bucket

Black double-bound Tele Custom, chrome pickguard. Do it.

Sassafras

Don't know where you'd find one but that neck would suit a clear acrylic body.

frankus

guitargeek62 said:

Where did you find that magnificent beast? :O

This! I've read the thread three times, why wouldn't this get answered!?!

samzadgan

Ha sorry...i did a thread on this a while ago with more details.

The neck is made by Bastins guitars in the US. He did a run of 30 or 40 pre-orders. I believe once he finishes the pre-orders his going to start selling them on a regular basis.