Anyone seen these? Xii neck copies

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Anyone seen these? Xii neck copies

Post by brianjdc » Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:03 am

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-12-STRING- ... SwIO9caxT6

Found these listed yesterday. Maple or rosewood boards and flame or plain maple. I grabbed a non flame for $59. The specs listed seem kind of off. Ie says trust plug at headstock but pic shows adjustment on heel. Fake fender sticker. I figured it's a good starting point for a 12 string project and I'll just finish over the fake decal. I'll post some pics when it shows up

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Re: Anyone seen these? Xii neck copies

Post by Rgand » Sun Feb 24, 2019 12:59 pm

There are some good buys to be had from that seller. Good find.

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Re: Anyone seen these? Xii neck copies

Post by Horsefeather » Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:31 pm

It's a shame so many Chinese neckers get the Tele headstock shape so unrecoverably wrong. I would have been tempted by one of theirs but they don't leave enough material south of the low E peg.

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Post by cmatthes » Sun Feb 24, 2019 7:47 pm

Dang! I was actually looking at XII necks last week for a project!!!

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Post by HNB » Sun Feb 24, 2019 8:05 pm

Does the fretboard hang off at the end in the first pic? Is it supposed to?
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Post by RolandJC120 » Mon Feb 25, 2019 6:28 am

Hopefully these fit in a blacktop jazzmaster

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Post by _nash » Thu Feb 28, 2019 5:54 am

He’s listed more now.
I bought a flame XII. I was going for the non-flame, but after $10 in shipping the flame was only $10 more. So...
We’ll see. I’ve had a few ideas for a XII neck for a long while. Wasn’t ever willing to give what people wanted for the necks though.

Anyone received there’s yet?

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Post by brianjdc » Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:05 am

Mine is out for delivery today. Will post pics and info when I get out of work. He started tacking on shipping on the relisted ones. I ordered the non flame for 59 shipped

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Post by _nash » Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:42 am

I'm not upset that I "had" to get the flame. I wanted the flame... but the total of $59 was hard to beat. So, I'm happy overall if it shows up and is usable.

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Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:02 am

im considering the maple one but last time i had to deal with getting things from the USA i had to pay a fuck tonne of tax.
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Re: Anyone seen these? Xii neck copies

Post by Embenny » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:10 am

Looking forward to hearing about these.

I could see myself slapping one onto an Affinity Jazzmaster body with a 12-string Strat bridge. Seems like an easy project with a low price of entry.

It could also save me from spending 4x as much on the Alternate Reality XII which otherwise strikes me as an inevitability :fp:
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Post by valley_parade » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:47 am

Horsefeather wrote:
Sun Feb 24, 2019 3:31 pm
It's a shame so many Chinese neckers get the Tele headstock shape so unrecoverably wrong. I would have been tempted by one of theirs but they don't leave enough material south of the low E peg.
Woof. I was thinking one of their b&b necks would be cool to give my Partsmaster a 70s vibe but the headstock shape looks ridiculous.

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Post by _nash » Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:18 pm

The flame 12 string neck he listed after I bought one he has added $15 shipping to...

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Re: Anyone seen these? Xii neck copies

Post by brianjdc » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:46 pm

Ok, here we go! It's a nice neck. Fret work is good (no sharp ends) preinstalled slotted nut. Nice gloss finish. No fretboard overhang. Truss adjustment at the heel. Nods neck screw holes drilled. Now the one down side, this is wider than a standard strat heel. I have no comparison but I do believe this is the width of an actual fender xii neck. So dont buy it thinking it's a drop in replacement. Your going to have to do some neck pocket adjustments how does everyone post pics now that photo bucket sucks?

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Post by YALCaster » Thu Feb 28, 2019 1:55 pm

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