Baritone Neck?

[Elwood]

Maybe an unfretted Bari neck that might have been waiting for the first proto to be christened ?
(or a reeeally short scale fretless bass ...oooh that,d be cool)... any guesses?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/G-L-Leo-Fender- ... 51ad8ef129

Damn tempting to make an offer.


Elwood

[blargfromouterspace]

Very interesting. However, the asking price is a bit steep for a "fretless" (or is it just incomplete?) neck with such a vague description...

I like the blingy ASAT in the pics.

[sirmyghin]

And where is any guarantee of validity there?

If it is in fact supposed to be a baritone neck, the other issue is how many frets does it need to make it work with the bridge in that location (IE what scale length was it made for, and how does that relate to the current bridge position). I doubt it is a straight up conversion neck if it was designed for the purpose of being a baritone.

[Craig]

Maybe an unfretted Bari neck that might have been waiting for the first proto to be christened ?
(or a reeeally short scale fretless bass ...oooh that,d be cool)... any guesses?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/G-L-Leo-Fender- ... 51ad8ef129

Damn tempting to make an offer.


Elwood

I asked Dave about this. Here's his reply:

Hi Craig,

I can't tell if it came from here or not from a few little photos. It may have been a partially processed neck that failed in production
before the fret slots were cut, then somehow went out the door.

Assuming it did come from our shop, I highly doubt Leo had anything to do with it. Unless he can prove that, it is just an incomplete
guitar neck that has an Interceptor-shaped headstock.

Best to you,

Dave

[Elwood]

And where is any guarantee of validity there?

If it is in fact supposed to be a baritone neck, the other issue is how many frets does it need to make it work with the bridge in that location (IE what scale length was it made for, and how does that relate to the current bridge position). I doubt it is a straight up conversion neck if it was designed for the purpose of being a baritone.

Did someone mention it was designed as a conversion? I see it as an unfinished project that could save a luthier a little time if it is built as well as a G&L neck ( could even be one ).

I asked Dave about this.

Thanks Craig for the added input .

[sirmyghin]

I am just playing devil's advocate due to the extreme lack of information. Fretless conversion is irrelevant ofcourse, but that is its own game. To counter the sellers claims I could just as easily claim I built that neck and sold it to him a week ago for 10$.

[KenC]

I suppose anything could be possible, but the holes for the string tree appear to be for the old boxed type used up through late '86 or early '87. The truss rod nut is either recessed or missing. A recessed truss rod nut would have been used with a locking nut (most likely with a fine-tuner or Kahler bridge), which this neck isn't drilled for. AFAIK, the boxed string trees were only used with bullet truss rod nuts.

Ken

[KenC]

One more thing - the early sickle head stocks had the G&L "hook". The hook-less sickles arrived a couple of years after the boxed string trees went away.

Ken

[Elwood]

Thanks Ken for the timeline tidbits.

Sirmhy, I don't know what to say, You must like drama or something.


Elwood