Replacing Roadstar neck with Fender?

[BeastofLove]

I have a friend at work who would like to buy a replacement neck for his Ibanez. Was wondering if a standard Strat replacement neck would work. It'll take him a while to get the serial number, but the guitar is an Ibanez Roadstar (II?), given to him lightly used in 1986. Maroon with black pickguard, SSH pickup config, rosewood fretboard, and non-locking trem. The neck has a 4-screw plate, and looks like it should fit a Fender neck, but he just wanted to be sure before purchasing one off of e8ay.

For a pic of the guitar (not great) check out:
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http://kfgrip.tripod.com/images/mtikka.jpg

Thanks,

-Ben

[vaijem777]

A standard 22-fret Fender-type replacement neck should work fine

[BeastofLove]

Awesome- good to hear! Before I go ahead and advise him of this, can you just share how you know this? I'd hate to offer an opinion and discover that it doesn't work out.. you know.

A 2nd opinion would be welcome, too... and seriously, no offense at ALL to you vaijem777- I have respected all your other thoughts on other posts; it's just I want to be super sure on this before I give this guy a green-light.

-Ben

[EKG]

I would have to agree with vaijem777.

I believe the Roadstar has the same neck pocket as a Strat.

[BeastofLove]

But will the screw holes line up and all... hm. I know it's a long shot to find anyone that's performed this 'surgery'.
Thanks to the both of you though for your input!

-Ben

[EKG]

Typically, necks have the same spacing, even on Ibanez's 6 and 7 string pockets of the standard neck joint (non AANJ).

Another thing is some necks come with no holes in them so that you can make your own.

[BeastofLove]

Right- thanks Eddie.
I know that an unused replacement will most likely not have holes, and that would make life easier
But he's most likely going to try to get a (relatively) inexpensive used Strat neck off of e8ay. He really doesn't want to put a lot of $ or effort into this upgrade (e.g. dowels & glue for improperly lined up holes), since it is for a backup Roadstar after all

-Ben

[vaijem777]

Sorry...forgot about this thread!

I had to have some work done on the neck of my Roadstar II (RS1300NT) and had a spare Warmoth Strat neck laying around. So...out of curiosity I popped it on and it worked perfeclty. Granted, the Warmoth hadn't been used yet and did not have any holes drilled to attach it to the body, so I did that myself. The neck pocket was the same as the American Standard Strat body that the neck eventually went on.

[BeastofLove]

Thanks- that's just what I needed to hear.
You guys both are great, muchos thanks again!

-Ben