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Neck heel dimensions

burkhardty10

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Feb 23, 2006
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Greenville, SC
I have a Marcus Miller 5 string body and I'm trying to pair a neck with it. Warmoth's deluxe 5 neck is ever so slightly larger than the typical fender 5 string. Will it work with some sanding or would it be trouble?

Marcus Miller - 2.85"
Warmoth - 2.906"
 
Assuming you mean the Miller pocket is tighter than the Warmoth neck heel width by an amount less than 1/16", it should.

Different pieces of wood, different species, from different places are bound to shrink or swell differently merely from existing in normal/typical environments. Now matter how precisely cut (using CNC machines) the neck pocket and neck heel I've never had neck pocket and neck heel fit well without at least a little bit of sanding the walls of the pocket. In other words, seems within normal range.

It's better to start with a neck pocket that's a tiny bit too tight than one that's too big because carefully removing a tiny amount of material is easier than adding material.