Heel

It wasn't me!

Probably a stupid question. I apologise in advance if I'm wasting anyone's time. The heel on guitars, in this case an SG being the main guitar in my mind, can be rather restrictive when it comes to hitting upper frets accurately and smoothly. What I want to know is whether it would be possible to shave down the neck joint to the point where it tapers up into the body.

If anyone wants to see the kind of progression I want, the neck joint on an SG would be the starting point. The neck joint on a high-range Ibanez SR would be the proposed end point. I have no intention of doing anything that would be detrimental to the sound quality or strength of construction but I'd really like to know if it's possible to smoothen off the neck joint.

I'd like an SG but the neck joint is rather prohibitive. A modification like this would be the crowning touch and would probably lead me to buy it, when I have the money of course. Funds are still rather short at the moment.

Doctor J

Are you talking about a bolt on or a set neck?

It wasn't me!

It'd be a set-neck.

Doctor J

I'd say leave it be. The good people at Gibson know what they're doing, they wouldn't have unnecessary bulk for the sake of it. Maybe you should consider having a look at the Tony Iommi SG, which has 24 frets, so should have quite respectable access to the 22nd fret, which is what you're thinking of at the moment.

Also, Eggle do an SG, formerly their Tony Iommi SG. I played one when I visited the factory back in 96 and the thing is still sustaining, the only time a guitar gave me a stiffy . Well, well worth a look if you fancy something slightly different.

It wasn't me!

Thanks Doc. Might do that. What kind of price range would the Eggle be in?
On a side note, has anyone ever played a Cort M600. I played one the other day and it's the nicest playing guitar I've ever laid my grubby mitts on. I'm seriously considering one. Lol.

HusseinSarhan

You might want to check this out. Its a fairly similar process. Seems a bit silly to me. CLICK HERE

I'd agree about Patrick Eggle guitars though. I own one. They are VERY good quality and well made. I think the bet ones are "supposedly" pre '94 like mine. dont know how true this is to be sure. Two of my mates also own Eggles. Great value, pick one up second hand and It'll be a bargain (what I did).

The Tony Iommi SG model is expensive : There was one floating around on Ebay for ages a while ago. That was extra expensive as it was a prototype though. Good luck anyway.

HusseinSarhan

It wasn't me! wrote:

Cort M600. .

That was actually the guitar that I was going to buy but I went for the eggle instead. The Cort is really very good also. I think that if you can afford it a great guitar would be the Hamer USA Korina Artist (or regular artist ...costs more) with the three P90's ( the regular artist has 2 humbuckers). Its around €1000 or maybe a bit more. They seem excellent. Also Check out Framus. They are ridiculously good guitars. Pro instruments all the way. You can pick up a cammarillo custom, tennessee custom, or Panthera Studio Custom for around the €1000 (give or take €200-€300). A friend of mine owns one. They are keepers!

Eoin Madsen

A lot of the first SGs collapsed because the double cut away left the guitar structurally unsound. They reinforced the neck joint in the following runs, which is probably where your problem is coming from.

It wasn't me!

Thanks. That would explain it. Ah well, I really do like that Cort, and if I remember correctly, it's under a grand, which would leave money left over for a Warwick Streamer 5-string. Mmmmm....
/Goes off to scheme.