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I am laid up with a bad cold, but it so happens that all the parts (except strings) have arrived to rebuild the Whippersnapper +1 Luck Guitar gifted me from my friend Sick Rick.
The guitar has always at very best intonated a hair sharp on the low E because the bridge saddle adjustment screw bottoms out. I thought it was perhaps because Sick mis-drilled the bridge-pin holes, but it turns out the original neck could be the culprit.
That neck, a super thick and heavy piece of maple, had the 22nd fret sitting right above the bottom edge of the neck pocket. The replacement neck I found (same 24.75" scale length on a thinner piece of maple) has the 22nd fret sitting about between a 1/4-1/2" down the neck from there. Installing the neck will have the effect to shift the entire scale length away from the bridge providing I estimate a better range for the intonation adjustments on the new saddle without having to drill new post holes.
The rebuild upgrades are:
- Schaller Signum Bridge
- Schaller locking tuners
- Schaller Strap Locks
- Custom mid-scoop switch, 3-way Tone Pot (normal tone, push-pull pulled has bass cut and fixed wah), and volume pot all by KellingSound
- Maple 22-fret Guitar Neck
- Custom Waterslide Headstock Decal from PopsDecals
- Custom Truss Rod Cover by GuitarUpgrade
I am keeping whatever humbucker pickup Sick installed, it is a screamer. Also Sick had put a bone nut in that looks like it will pit perfectly on the new neck.
Only thing is even if I get it all together this weekend strings won't arrive until Tuesday. :~P
P.S. Ohhhh, tired of force-feeding guitar through a 15" speaker bass rig I picked up a used early 1990s Fender Ultimate Chorus...
