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Cabronita bass neck on a std precision bass?

Mr_Martin

Mr_Martin

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Does the cabronita neck fit to a standard p-bass body (different neck pocket)?

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Gorn said:
I've done the swap being discussed here. It fits perfectly other than the gap and the need for new holes.
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Did you check the intonation up the neck, or do something else to compensate for it? It sounds like your neck would be too far out that way You shouldn't need to redrill the holes on a Fender neck swap if the neck heel is in the same place.

A square tele neck fits on a strat with gaps If you redrill the holes too, but the intonation is off then because the neck is pushed further out from the body by the rounded pocket corners.

So the square carbronita neck in the round p pocket would need sanded on the necks corners to fit in the right place and not change your scale length /mess with intonation up the neck

A rounded p bass neck should fit the cabronita body with a gap showing in the body corners and no intonation issues. But it looks like that's the opposite direction OP is heading.
 
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Rabidhamster said:
Did you check the intonation up the neck, or do something else to compensate for it? It sounds like your neck would be too far out that way You shouldn't need to redrill the holes on a Fender neck swap if the neck heel is in the same place.

A square tele neck fits on a strat with gaps If you redrill the holes too, but the intonation is off then because the neck is pushed further out from the body by the rounded pocket corners.

So the square carbronita neck in the round p pocket would need sanded on the necks corners to fit in the right place and not change your scale length /mess with intonation up the neck

A rounded p bass neck should fit the cabronita body with a gap showing in the body corners and no intonation issues. But it looks like that's the opposite direction OP is heading.
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Yup. I had it on a few different bodies. They only ever required minor intonation tweaks.
 
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Gorn said:
I had the one neck on a few bodies. All long gone.
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Bummer. Simple saddle adjustment definitely doesn't work for a guitar, so I wanna see it work on a bass now. I hope the OP does the mod and posts video. Looking at the g&l in front of me it does seem to have just enough travel room that it would intimate if the neck was moved out that much.
 
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Rabidhamster said:
Bummer. Simple saddle adjustment definitely doesn't work for a guitar, so I wanna see it work on a bass now. I hope the OP does the mod and posts video. Looking at the g&l in front of me it does seem to have just enough travel room that it would intimate if the neck was moved out that much.
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Aside from the little crescent moon shaped gap between the body and neck, it looked great. I had it on a pickguardless black jazz body. It was beautiful. Wish I could find a pic.
 
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I've rigged those two up before.Not the cab but a tele neck all the same.Laid the p bass neck heel on the tele heel and drew a line.Sanded away what was outside the line.Put tele necks on strat all the time back in the day
 
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I use a rotary rasp. It is a file on a drill bit. Very easy way to do minor adjustments to a neck pocket, including squaring it up to minimize a gap. These things are good for truss rod slots in pickguards.
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