From what I have read posted online by others is the regular strat neck fits the JTV69. There is one screw that will need to be drilled in the neck, but other than that I understand it is a good fit.

Remember when you get a Warmoth neck you will need a luthier to file and crown the frets, set up the guitar etc. That may cost an extra $300.

The other thing to consider is L6 will void the warranty on your guitar if you change the neck, including the electronics. There are some people on this board that will probably post that they don't, or that it is not true, but I have been told by different L6 reps that is will void all warranty. Unless I see that it does not in writing by a L6 person who is in a position to say it won't  I am not going to change it.

The new 69 has 6100 frets. They are larger than the ones you have chosen.

If I was buying a JTV69 neck I would get 1/4 sawn maple and Paw Ferro board with 6100 SS frets.

I also see you have not specified a finish. Are you doing this yourself?

A warmoth strat neck should work fine. I have a warmoth strat neck laying around from an old variax 600. I plan to use it in a KTV69 when I finally buy one. You can order the warmoth neck with no neck holes drilled. That way you are good to go. Every person I have seen that ahs swapped the standard neck for a warmoth was more than happy.

Hi guys Ive been reading a lot of neck replacement discussions on various forums with great interest.

I just bought a used but new condition JTV 69 in sunburst off EBay. My initial impression was that the guitar was beautifully finished and quite nicely made. However having got it home, I too found the top E and to a lesser extent, the bottom E string, slipping off the fingerboard. The previous owner bought this guitar new but only used it twice for recording then left it in its bag. Now I know why!

I live in Australia where this guitar new costs $1,700 so it's not a cheap guitar and quite frankly I'm quite appalled that L6 don't seem to be addressing what is undoubtably to a poor quality issue.

L6 demos say they'd like us players to adopt this guitar as our main instrument and this was certainly my aim. Unfortunately this guitar leaves a lot to be desired in basic usability quality before I would depart from my well loved Strat, Telecaster and Gretsch 6120 guitars.

I am fortunate to have originally been trained as a Toolmaker so I have good hand skills, I've also had many years experience in setting up guitars. The main problem is the neck on this guitar has not been installed accurately and it's sitting at a very slight angle. This is evident by aligning the B string down the length of the guitar and it can clearly be see to be offset from the neck marker dots. The topbE is also off line from the P/UP magnets.

I have needed to completely set up the guitar action to make it anywhere near playable and I'm almost there but I'm just not satisfied that the L6 neck pocket has been machined square. Unfortunately no lateral adjustment can be made to the strings. (IE string spacing) as can be done for example on the original Telecaster/Jaguar thread type bridge saddles.

I'm not sure neck replacement is the answer, if the neck socket is machind incorrectly then it may need to be relieved , by that I mean cut and shimmed to straighten it all up. 

The idea of this guitar is good. Some of the sounds are very good. This is not a low priced guitar and its no good L6 spruiking about it's fancy sound modelling if the basic necessity of a usable playable instrument is not provided. This guitar leaves a lot to be desired. The cheapest Squire Strat is better built than this guitar and I'm now seriously considering buying a cheap Mex or Jap Strat neck and building the Variax electronics into a custom Strat body of my own construction.

My message to L6 on behalf of all disgruntled Variax owners. Please put this right before you lose your otherwise good reputation.

OldB47

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Here is the one I got, third one down. Plays like a dream now - no more boat oar neck.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maple-Strat-Neck-Compound-Radius-Full-Speed-Fretjob-and-Micropolish-Speed-/130758219487?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1e71cc16df

Hey Guys,

Thought I would throw my two cents in here, I spoke to Line 6 about the warranty issue and they told me that yess if you replace the neck it will void the warranty BUT if you have it refretted that would not.

Sounds weird to me but whatever. My luthier will refret to any size I want for 225, that includes setup, replacement nut if needed. 250 for SS.

Thats what Im gonna do, smaller SS frets, plays like butter!!!!