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Post subject: 2012 American Special neck on a 2006 Mexican Deluxe body?
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:06 pm
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Does anyone know if there would be a problem with putting a 2012 American Special Jazz neck on a 2006 Mexican Deluxe jazz body? I'd imagine if anything it would be a problem with how the neck actually sits in the body, but I'd appreciate anything that anyone could tell me. Thanks


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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Special neck on a 2006 Mexican Deluxe body
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:39 pm
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Hi and Welcome,

Yes you can put a 2012 US Special neck into a 2006 body since it's a 20-fret neck.

However, American Special necks feature graphite neck reinforcements, meaning the truss rod could be accessible via the body instead of the headstock. Therefore you'll need either to drill a notch between the A and D strings into the pickguard or buy an American Standard scratchplate having that notch if you want to access the truss rod.


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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Special neck on a 2006 Mexican Deluxe body
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:14 am
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Thanks for the reply! And I had planned on drilling the hole that you spoke of, but I hadn't even considered a scratch plate. Much appreciated!


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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Special neck on a 2006 Mexican Deluxe body
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:51 am
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I suppose that you want to convert your MIM Deluxe into a maple-neck instrument as the MIM Deluxe Active Js came only with a rosewood fretboard.

Of course you can later upgrade the preamp with a genuine USA Deluxe 3-band EQ featuring a 18V power supply. You'll get more headroom and the advantage having the best of both worlds, active and passive, with the flip of a switch.


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Post subject: Re: 2012 American Special neck on a 2006 Mexican Deluxe body
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 1:30 pm
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No, actually. I just wanted to rebuild my MIM and got a deal on an American Special rosewood neck. And as of now I'm just putting an EMG JVX set in, which is a battery powered system but not active in the sense that it only has two pup volumes and a master tone. I have looked into a seperate cicruit that EMG has that has your active bass, treble, boost, cut and all of that.


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