infor-bumeran Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 A few days ago I changed the neck of my JTV-69S by a neck of a Fender American Special.The guitar has improved 100%It has a bit of work but it is easy to doHere some photos of the two necks, the differences are in the curvature of the heel and the anchor points of the screwsThe first is to close holes in the fender neck(to be continued) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infor-bumeran Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 (Here) Then you have to file the Fender neck curvature to the frets are at the same height as the original After verifying the distance put the neck on the body and put the 1st and 6th strings to align correctly We hold firmly to the body and neck make the holes with appropriate depth. Keep in mind that the front screws are shorter than the rear screws We put the screws and completed work This is how it has been finally Now if I love my JTV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay-man Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Fender maple neck <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Nice! I put an aftermarket (MightyMite) Strat neck on my JTV-69 last year and it does make a huge improvement in playability. There was no need to fiddle with the heel on mine, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 To each his own. I happen to like my JTV 69S Neck better than my American Strat Neck. It's narrower and nicer for my very undersized hands. Nice job though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snhirsch Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 To mix metaphors, choosing the perfect neck is like choosing the perfect Unix editor. I am blessed/cursed with large hands and long fingers. No matter how carefully I played, I was always coming down on multiple strings when playing open chords on the stock JTV neck. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dshow Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Nice work but I like the Neck on my jtv-96s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airforceguitar Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Great Mod! I love a 1-pc maple neck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugdealer Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 It looks awesome...I wish I had a maple neck on mine! I just find it a bit strange, to say the least, that you kept the fender strat logo...it's like driving a bmw with a mercedes badge :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: Neck looks great though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay-man Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I wish they offered maple on all 69 models. I like a humbucker bridge a lot, and would probably use it more than a single coil bridge (though I love that too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyMcO Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Don't know if any of you were still hoping for a maple neck for your JTV69; I have an extra one on Reverb: https://reverb.com/my/selling/listings?condition=used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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