This has been bugging me for the last two days
This original concept was created by Leo Fender so that a guitar's neck could be replaced quite easily. However obtaining the neck is another matter. *Or was it just a manufacturing issue?
Leo's idea has flaws in it. Why does the Tele and strat have different neck pockets? one does not fit in another and the other leaves gaps. if this was a vision of maintenence then they should have been the same but....
Also the idea of interchangeable necks (Great thought it is) depends on availibility of parts and a standardisation of build.
This news is old to some but think about it. If a bolt on neck design was standard it would end a lot of grief.
The old standard IS the strat but with new nnovative ideas (The AANJ and Washburn's Stephens cutaway, Yamaha's Z design) getting a replacement neck would be a nightmare for these guitars.
Also new design ideas like the jem jack socket could be made available on all guitars. Take a standard strat jack plate and put it upside down on the side. No special routing is required just an oval hole.
I tell you, I'd like to be in charge on Warmoth guitar parts. ...and on that note
Has anybody had an Ibanez replacement neck from them? They say they will cut the
headstock shape of your choice if you send in a tracing. I quite fancy a Clapton profile
ebony fretboard straight through (Satch style) for my Power
