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Post subject: Clapton Neck Spec
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 4:01 pm
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I know just about everything I need to about the Clapton neck spec, but I'm not sure if the Vintage spec tremolo will work with it. I have a 2000 Standard USA Strat, I want to change the neck from RW to maple, and I want to change the 2pt floater trem to a 6 screw vintage, like the one on my '62 RI ThinSkin.

I understand there are some tweaks I'll have to do with the trem retrofit (i.e. Callaham kit), but I want to make sure the replacement maple neck will work with the vintage trem - I think the frets are radius'd differently, thus the difference in string spacing (albeit only like 3/32"). I also understand there are some string spacing (width) differences between my standard floater and the 6screw, hence the need for a vintage neck to accommodate the vintage trem.

Okay, that said, does anyone here know if the Clapton neck will work with my proposed set up? Isn't it like a '57 - a vintage spec?

The Johnson might work, and I hear it's Standard spec (and Nitro!). But it's kinda chunky, ain't it?

Finally, if anyone has one of those above mentioned necks for sale, I may be interested...


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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:39 pm
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My undestanding is (and I own one) that a EC strat is basically a '57 reissue; with a blocked trem and a special profile on the BACK of the neck; a preamp; preamp compartment on the front side of theguitar and a cut out for the battery on the backside nect to the tren springs. It also has a output jack that turns the preamp on when you plug in cause EC plays preamp on all the time anyway. I see no reason the neck wouldn't fit and work fine.
If you'll check my post in strat guitars titled "my gals" you can see a picture of it's the pewter strat.


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