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05-30-2006, 02:40 PM
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swapping 1 3/4" NT necks
Not sure if this is a viable option but, a friend of mine has as 814CE and wants to swap necks with my 414CE. I'm not sure why he wants to as his is almost new and mine has the large dot inlays on the fretboard. While I don't mind having the 814 neck with nicer inlays, is it a viable option to swap the necks? They're both 1 3/4" NT necks and both 2005 models. Would this be a simple swap? I know how to remove the neck but are there any discrepancies between the bodies that would make this impossible? I know you can't swap a 1 11/16" onto a 1 3/4" but my intuition is telling me that it should be pretty simple... any thoughts?
mike
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05-30-2006, 03:32 PM
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You might have to get a bunch of shims from Taylor to get the set right. Frank Ford has some pics of how the NT neck goes together - I assume setting the angle is just a matter of working with the shims (same formula would apply as to removing material in a normal dovetail or MT neck). I would also assume that shims would be available to any authorized Taylor repair person as they would have to have them to do neck resets.
http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luth...t/99joint.html
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05-30-2006, 03:53 PM
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This came up last week. I think the answer was no, but you should call Taylor and ask.
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05-30-2006, 06:07 PM
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Freeman - Thanks for the link
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05-30-2006, 09:55 PM
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I asked Taylor to swap necks, both on guitars with the same nut width, same body size. They would not do it. The reason given was that the neck pocket could be different on the two guitars, so one neck might not fit into the pocket cut. I don't know if that's the real reason they won't do it, but it was what they told me.
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