Please help me fitting this neck PICS INSIDE!!

[skiscem]

so i have this sx neck that i want to fit in to a custom body, the problem is that the neck has a heel radius and the neck pocket doesnt(no radius, just straight), the neck fits right on the pocket besides the heel.
so what kind of modification you recomend, can i just make the heel on the neck straight or should i mod the body?

any othe solutions

thanks

 

[bassksun]

Pics?

 

[skiscem]

so here are the pictures!

this is the body of the bass, note the heel on the pocket. is straight, go down and check the sx neck and look at the heel, is has a little curve

 

[skiscem]

this is the old neck

 

[Greenman]

Myself I would make a MDF template of the new neck, place it over the existing route. Check your scale length and route away.

Good luck.

 

[Mon Rominee]

Well, you have to do some measuring. Place the new neck in place, and set your bridge saddles to their middlemost position. Then, measure the distance from the front part of the nut to the mid point of the saddle. If it's more than 34", to the point where you could sand the round edge square to meet 34" even, do that.

If the distance is LESS than 34", do nothing but bolt in place and live with the gaps, or put the original back on.

OR, square up the new neck, bolt in and reposition the bridge, as per conditions above, to get proper intonation.

 

[skiscem]

if i leave a gap on the neck heel is just a matter of estetics?
is it going to affect like sustain or dead spots on the neck?

 

[Mon Rominee]

looks, yes. As for sustain, that's only as good as the joint (meaning snug it up tight)

as for dead spots, that is a result of construction / materials and not a gap or two.

 

[skiscem]

thanks alot for the info, ill be getting the neck this thursday so if anyone is inetered how this project comes out, ill post some pictures whenever im done

please if there is more things to say, keep it coming

thanks