FS/FT 24 3/4" Fender Japan neck $40

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frankfalbo

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I'm cleaning out clutter, and would love to build a guitar around this but I won't have time. It's a Japanese Fender Squire neck, black headstock, that's 24 3/4" scale. You can not use it on any regular Strat body. You either need a 24 3/4" scale body, (Warmoth sells them) or you have to build a guitar with it.

It is exactly as I got it. While overall in mediocre shape, the frets are great, and it doesn't need a refret. But there are some scuffs and bruises on it. The best thing to do would be to strip and oil the back of the neck. I would do that for FREE if anyone wanted it that way. The headstock has some scratches on it but the logo and text are still intact.

Feel free to make pickup trade offers, and to use e-mail if pms get full.
 
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Re: FS/FT 24 3/4" Fender Japan neck $40

I have a few of questions, man.

Is it maple/rosewood, or maple/maple? Is the nut width the standard vintage 1 and 5/8"? Is it a small and narrow neck like your typical Fender neck or does it get a bit wider toward the upper registers? How many frets does it have?

Thanks.
 
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The neck is Maple/Rosewood with Walnut skunk stripe. It has a 1 5/8" nut width, and it's on the narrow side as it goes to the upper frets. There are 22 frets, with a small overhang. It has 3/16" dot inlays (smaller than normal) and has a very "Japanese Strat" feel to the back of the neck. The frets are not narrow like vintage Strat frets, they are wider, but definitely not large jumbos. They probably began life as .095 x .045. It has "5-7 85" in pencil under the lacquer on the heel.
 
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wait... what was this neck from... a Cyclone?one of those weird telecaster things?

If it's not a warmoth conversion neck, it won't intonate on a warmoth body. unless you tell them to place the bridge specially. But I dunno if they do that. The 24 3/4 necks warmoth sells are made to bolt on normal strat bodies... there's no specific body warmoth makes for 24 3/4. this one *probably* won't intonate on a normal strat body, and nothing warmoth makes
 
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danglybanger said:
wait... what was this neck from... a Cyclone?one of those weird telecaster things?

If it's not a warmoth conversion neck, it won't intonate on a warmoth body. unless you tell them to place the bridge specially. But I dunno if they do that. The 24 3/4 necks warmoth sells are made to bolt on normal strat bodies... there's no specific body warmoth makes for 24 3/4. this one *probably* won't intonate on a normal strat body, and nothing warmoth makes
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Are you sure about that, man? :eek13:

How does the conversion neck work then? How is this different than that? Are you sure Warmoth doesn't make a body that works with a 24.75" scale?

If that's the case, then I don't want it.
 
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PFFFT! The old Warmoth (i.e. the cool Warmoth) had 24 3/4" scale strat bodies. They had a Soloist, LP, and LP Junior all routed for a 24 3/4" scale. I even have an old catalog here that shows it. They used to sell 24 3/4" scale necks, too. (NON-conversion necks)

Now they've gone and standardized their programs so every body is the same and they sell the conversion necks only. I don't know if Tommy from USA Custom guitars or Warmoth would cut you a 24 3/4" scale body. I would think Warmoth would still be able to run the program, but I don't know. Either way, you can order a body with no bridge holes and simply mount it yourself.

The neck joint and overhang on this guitar is such that you really only need about 3/16" forward movement at the bridge. I have tested it on a couple of 25 1/2" scale bodies here, and on two of them I have enough room at the bridge saddles to make it work! So if you had a regular body that was not drilled, (especially for a hardtail strat) you would have no trouble with this neck.

No the neck isn't from a cyclone, I assume the 5-7 85 means the guitar is from 1985, and all construction details agree. I'm sure it was some kind of short scale strat. It says "stratocaster" on the headstock. It was probably a single humbucker or something. They had a lot of cool Japanese superstrats in the 80's. I found a short scale strat in a 1993 catalog, but it's actually 24" scale. My neck is indeed 24 3/4" scale.
 
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yeah... I'd just order a body without a bridge stuff :) not too hard to place the thing.

A conversion neck will bolt on to a 25.5 strat body and intonate. Alot like how the 24" necks were adapted to the 22.5" mustang bodies without any modification.
 
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I have a Japanese Strat with a 24.75" scale:

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It practically plays itself.

Frank, if I buy it would you ship it faster than the last one? :D
 
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Frank, I may be interested. Can you take a dial caliper and measure the heal? Is it the exact same size as an American heal? Are you 100% sure its 24.75 (not doubting you, just making sure bro)?
 
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pinto79-It's exactly like yours in the pic, and yes, I would ship instantly :)

theodie-Yes I'm 100% sure it's 24.75. How dare you doubt me? Oh wait, I see, you're not doubting me. But then why would you ask? :)

The neck heel is narrow. If you aren't making a scratch body for it, you'll have a little slop in the neck joint. It measures roughly 2 1/8" at the 22nd fret.
 
Re: FS/FT 24 3/4" Fender Japan neck $40

frankfalbo i would like to purchase the 24.3/4 strat neck if you still have it .
 
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gordon said:
frankfalbo i would like to purchase the 24.3/4 strat neck if you still have it .
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The Book of Prophesies said you'd come looking for this one day, I didn't think it would be this soon.
 
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