New neck on a guitra...intonation question!

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Hey guys!

I have a cheap 1990 Profile guitar, which is kind of a Strat Copy. The pickups are (from neck to bridge): S-S-H.

The guitar has a cheap Rosewood neck that is pretty long: it can go to second E octave, so it has 24 frets. Do you think it's possible to replace the neck with a Strat type neck. Since a strat type of neck will be shorter (22 frets instead of 24), do you think the intonation will all screw up beyond repair. Would a good tech be able to fix that?

The reason I am asking is that this guitar was my first electric guitar (a Christmas gift) and it has a sentimental value. I was thinking that I would use it more after a neck replacement and a pickup replacement.

Thanks!!!

Jay

 

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Re: New neck on a guitar...intonation question!

Re: New neck on a guitar...intonation question!

You will need to match the scale length,the neck length and the pocket dimensions.If any of these are off and the neck doesn't seat properly it will never tune or intonate properly.

Thanks JohnJohn.

I thought so but I still wanted to confirm (wishfull thinking!). I might just replace the pickups then. The guitar is pretty thin sounding. Any suggestions to beef up the tone?

S-S-H is the pickup configuration.

I'm a big fan of Hendrix's tone. I realize that this ain't a Strat but I'm sure it can sound decent with good pickups in there.

I was thinking some SSL-1 in for both Single Coils and perhaps a 59B for the bridge?