To Think it Never Intonated

[Silence Kid]

The frets are all spaced right on. But...

[ICTGoober]

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Oh, wow.....

[elelpe]

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Zero fret to the rescue.

[VinceT]

To Think it Never Intonated

Zero fret to the rescue.

That was my first thought - originally spec’d for zero fret, but forgot to put one in!


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[Silence Kid]

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Huh, a zero fret is prob. the easiest fix - Must be a Gibson then right? it’s actually one of the cheap sub-$30 necks you can buy on eBay. Has a variety of deviations from standard Fender spec. and several particular quality shortcomings I worked through, but little did I know the neck has zero chance of playing properly as-is. Mostly I just had it on a ‘test-bed’ guitar that I used to experiment with wiring and didn’t care how it actually played. Wondering what sorts of arts/crafts I can make from it now.

[ICTGoober]

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Wondering what sorts of arts/crafts I can make from it now.

Well, it COULD be fixed - it's probably not worth it. It's an excellent candidate for learning how to refret or refinish.... Or serve as a handy cudgel in a bar fight.

[VinceT]

To Think it Never Intonated

Put hooks on each of the dotted frets, it’d make a great key/cable hanger [emoji1]


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[Silence Kid]

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Yep I could fix it or make it actually functional/just for practice, but I’d first consider the more immutable ‘odd things’ :

-Giant heel that goes to the 14th fret
-27mm ‘height’ from the flat end to the edge of the fretboard - means the saddles are sky high vs. a ‘real’ neck, if a setup is possible at all.
-Abt. 1mm wider at the heel than a standard Fender neck; had to hog out a cheap body to make it fit.

Not to mention the fretwork was awful, but that’s the first thing I (more or less) resolved. Headstock is small-Strat, may now become a shift knob.

[ICTGoober]

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I'm gonna say it was a production error - but have no way to determine if it was a tooling flaw, or operator error (I'd bet that's what it is).

[NegativeEase]

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The nut was installed on the wrong side of the indexing during production.

Easy first time mistake to make, if your an apprentice employee.

[Clint 55]

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Just play it. There's no point in optimizing your gear. Because... pedals.

[Silence Kid]

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Just play it. There's no point in optimizing your gear. Because... pedals.

Not really sure what the point is in digging up a post we were done with last week, to make an obtuse/straw man sort of reference to something I said in response to you claiming you’re unable to make music except with super-specific tools? In your defense, I know you’re better than that- and better than this.

[Clint 55]

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Yes, I was joking. I'd for sure be able to walk into a grunge session with a bullet strat jam pack. But if I'm going to pursue guitar assembly, I may as well do it my best and in a way which pleases me.

[Ewizard]

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I got a China neck for $30 that too was cut wrong at the nut. Except mine was too close to the first fret as opposed to too far away..... It was/is fixable and was also for an experimental guitar I was building. Needles to say, I will just pay the extra $100 for a real neck next time. Both of the Stratosphere WD necks I have gotten thus far have been amazing in terms of quality, accuracy, and finish. Looking at another one now for another build!!!

[Diego]

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Set it up for slide, I guess?