Les Pul with bolton Warmth neck

Cavi · March 11th, 2010, 01:56 PM

I am putting togeather a Les Paul with a bolt on Warmoth neck. My dilema is do I route the pocket with a 3.5 degree slope and sink the neck to the deck or should I do more like my epiphone special that the neck pockt is done like a strat and the neck is just a couple of mm off the deck to compensate for the height of the tunamatic bridge, or do a combo of both, with avery slight angle and leave the neck slightly off the deck?

guitarbuilder · March 11th, 2010, 05:07 PM

Well what does the neck heel look like? If it is angled, you just need a flat mortise like a tele. If it is straight like a tele, then do about a 2 degree ramp for a LP jr/spec. or about a 4.5 degree ramp for a carved top. You can always put a little shim in there if you need to. I have a "real" 70's -80's gibson bolt- on neck here that is angled. In fact I can't recall a true gibson bolt on neck that was flat like a tele.

ehawley · March 11th, 2010, 05:18 PM

I can't recall a Gibson bolt on neck EVER!

BritishBluesBoy · March 11th, 2010, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ehawley

I can't recall a Gibson bolt on neck EVER!

It's not. Look at the OP again - it's a Warmoth neck.

BigDaddyLH · March 11th, 2010, 05:41 PM

Gibson Invader, anyone?

BTW, googling around for that image, I found a thread in another forum where someone was assembling a LP-copy with a bolt-on neck. He asked if he should glue the neck on, anyway

guitarbuilder · March 11th, 2010, 05:52 PM

Sonex, L6-S, S1, Marauder, Invader, Corvus, etc. I've owned all of these at one time or another except the invader. Some of these also had set neck versions with a higher price tag. Also I forgot the Kalamazoo guitars. They were bolt on too.

Cavi · March 11th, 2010, 06:12 PM

yeah I am going for around 2 degrees on the pocket and that should be good. at least i hope so!!

ehawley · March 11th, 2010, 09:07 PM

sorry. double post

ehawley · March 11th, 2010, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BritishBluesBoy

It's not. Look at the OP again - it's a Warmoth neck.

I was refering to guitarbuilders thread above my original post

68thinline · March 12th, 2010, 10:17 AM

I've played an old SG that sure could have benefitted from a bolt on neck.

bigbandtele · March 12th, 2010, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guitarbuilder

Sonex, L6-S, S1, Marauder, Invader, Corvus, etc. I've owned all of these at one time or another except the invader. Some of these also had set neck versions with a higher price tag. Also I forgot the Kalamazoo guitars. They were bolt on too.

Only some of the L6S guitars had a bolt on. The majority were a set neck.

The Marauders and the S1 sprang to mind immediately, as I played a Marauder in the late 70s.

guitarbuilder · March 12th, 2010, 04:16 PM

Only some of the L6S guitars had a bolt on. The majority were a set neck.

Which is why I said this above....:-)

"Some of these also had set neck versions with a higher price tag." :-)

March 11th, 2010, 01:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cavi Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Red Bluff Age: 43 Posts: 149	Les Pul with bolton Warmth neck I am putting togeather a Les Paul with a bolt on Warmoth neck. My dilema is do I route the pocket with a 3.5 degree slope and sink the neck to the deck or should I do more like my epiphone special that the neck pockt is done like a strat and the neck is just a couple of mm off the deck to compensate for the height of the tunamatic bridge, or do a combo of both, with avery slight angle and leave the neck slightly off the deck?

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68thinline Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hoggetowne, FL Age: 37 Posts: 1,321	I've played an old SG that sure could have benefitted from a bolt on neck. __________________ ...

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March 11th, 2010, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
guitarbuilder Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hemlock, NY Age: 56 Posts: 1,586	Well what does the neck heel look like? If it is angled, you just need a flat mortise like a tele. If it is straight like a tele, then do about a 2 degree ramp for a LP jr/spec. or about a 4.5 degree ramp for a carved top. You can always put a little shim in there if you need to. I have a "real" 70's -80's gibson bolt- on neck here that is angled. In fact I can't recall a true gibson bolt on neck that was flat like a tele.

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ehawley Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Keyport, New Jersey Age: 57 Posts: 1,370 48 Photos	I can't recall a Gibson bolt on neck EVER!

March 11th, 2010, 05:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
BigDaddyLH Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Age: 49 Posts: 4,890	Gibson Invader, anyone? BTW, googling around for that image, I found a thread in another forum where someone was assembling a LP-copy with a bolt-on neck. He asked if he should glue the neck on, anyway

March 11th, 2010, 05:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
guitarbuilder Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hemlock, NY Age: 56 Posts: 1,586	Sonex, L6-S, S1, Marauder, Invader, Corvus, etc. I've owned all of these at one time or another except the invader. Some of these also had set neck versions with a higher price tag. Also I forgot the Kalamazoo guitars. They were bolt on too.

March 11th, 2010, 06:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cavi Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Red Bluff Age: 43 Posts: 149	yeah I am going for around 2 degrees on the pocket and that should be good. at least i hope so!!

March 11th, 2010, 09:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
ehawley Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Keyport, New Jersey Age: 57 Posts: 1,370 48 Photos	sorry. double post

March 12th, 2010, 04:16 PM	#12 (permalink)
guitarbuilder Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hemlock, NY Age: 56 Posts: 1,586	Only some of the L6S guitars had a bolt on. The majority were a set neck. Which is why I said this above....:-) "Some of these also had set neck versions with a higher price tag." :-)

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