I've got a 70's Ibanez Challenger lawsuit P. Sounds monstrous, but I've got a nickel allergy so I'm allergic to the frets, and I don't love the neck. I can do a Warmoth neck with Evo Gold hypoallergenic frets for way cheaper than I can get an LA fret job. The question is, will standard Fender-drilled holes line up, or should I go with an undrilled neck and either DIY or have a guitar tech do it?
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Warmoth neck on an Ibanez 70's P
- Thread starter Brent Hahn
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Will line up no problem. Watch out for the Chrome hardware too, plenty of nickel in and under there.
I seem to recall that some of those old Ibanez basses were under 34" scale. I could be wrong, but you might want to measure yours and make sure.
Thanks for the heads up. This one's got a 34" scale and the original neck is a 20-fret.
Followup: the holes didn't line up, and the neck pocket needed a tiny bit of widening and about 1/8 inch of deepening. And one other goofy thing -- the bolt holes in the body weren't wide enough to let the bolts travel freely (the bolts are only supposed to grab the neck, not the body as well). But the end result is wonderful. I got the roasted maple with no finish and I love it. Warmoth totally boned the finish work on the fret ends -- they literally drew blood the first time I played a gig. But another $80 with a local luthier solved that.
