New neck for epiphone t-bird?

[mplsgetscold]

I like how my thunderbird sounds but I hate how it plays. The neck is just too wide.

I wanna put something more akin to my jazz bass neck on it so I can enjoy playing it.

What kind of rules or guidelines should I follow while shopping for a new neck?

 

[Bobster]

The T-bird neck is not a direct fit for Fender-style necks. You will need to do some work on the neck pocket to get that to work, but it can be done.

Best of luck,

Bob

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Assuming fretted...

If You don't mind moving the bridge or changing it, pretty much any "Fender style" BO 34" scale neck will be doable with slight neck heel/neck pocket trimming.

If You want to keep the original bridge at its original place, you have to measure the neck length very carefully.

With un-lined & un-dotted fretless neck anything goes.

Regards
Sam

 

[mplsgetscold]

Well, this is obviously gonna be a much more involved project than purchasing a replacement neck.

Suppose I'll break out the tape measure

 

[lz4005]

You could reduce the width of the existing neck. It'd require a full refret, but it can be done.

 

[hdracer]

Get a real Thunderbird
The Gibson's have Jazz like necks.

 

[Grissle]

It's a relatively minor surgery to the neck pocket plus a Hipshot Supertone bridge that's needed.
Get a Squire or Fender MIM neck. And some lightweight tuners couldn't hurt.

 

[mplsgetscold]

yes. that is exactly what i want. thats the same model i have AND i was looking into a new bridge anyway!

thanks so much!

 

[stiles72]

I would just trade it in on a new Epi T-bird. The new Epi bolt on Birds have a narrow/slim 1.5" nut just like the Gibsons, which is similar to a jazz neck.

 

[solderjunkie]

I used a Fernandes neck and Supertone bridge. I needed to route the neck pocket 5/16" toward the bridge to match scale-length and have good intonation.