VanHalenJr Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi! I made this new topic because I want to make my own guitar but I want a original Gibson Custom(or Standard) neck for my new guitar......Does anyone know any safe websites who sell original Gibson necks???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaz Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 None. The only place you'll find them is some NOS on Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanHalenJr Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Thanks man......Then I wont bother looking all over the internet any more:P But don't you think Gibson should start selling orginal necks and bodies?? at least I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Do you already own a Wolfgang? They maybe easier to make, I am pretty sure they have a bolt on neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 No. Why not? Wouldn't you think Gibson would just love to sell Gibson Original components so that making counterfeits would be a whole bunches easier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 You cannot get gibson parts, what you can get is gibson parts. You cannot get the wood. If you want a neck or a body your best bet is to get the whole guitar, take out what you need and sell the rest piece by pice on ebay... But then why would you want just a gibson neck? Even if you bought a body to match (and where the neck would fit) and all the electronics you would a) spend as much as you would on a whole gibby, or B) spend just a little less in a guitar with a quality that would otherwise cost you 2 hundred bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laaz Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 Why not? Wouldn't you think Gibson would just love to sell Gibson Original components so that making counterfeits would be a whole bunches easier? B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 You cannot get gibson parts' date=' what you can get is gibson parts. You cannot get the wood. If you want a neck or a body your best bet is to get the whole guitar, take out what you need and sell the rest piece by pice on ebay... But then why would you want just a gibson neck? Even if you bought a body to match (and where the neck would fit) and all the electronics you would a) spend as much as you would on a whole gibby, or B) spend just a little less in a guitar with a quality that would otherwise cost you 2 hundred bucks. [/quote'] This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanHalenJr Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Thundergod said: You cannot get gibson parts, what you can get is gibson parts. You cannot get the wood. If you want a neck or a body your best bet is to get the whole guitar, take out what you need and sell the rest piece by pice on ebay... But then why would you want just a gibson neck? Even if you bought a body to match (and where the neck would fit) and all the electronics you would a) spend as much as you would on a whole gibby, or :- spend just a little less in a guitar with a quality that would otherwise cost you 2 hundred bucks. I want a Gibson custom neck because I have: a Les Paul Custom body(epiphone), EMG 81 and EMG 85, all electronics and tuners. So it would be cheaper for me to buy a neck instead of a whole guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Thundergod said: You cannot get gibson parts' date=' what you can get is gibson parts. You cannot get the wood. If you want a neck or a body your best bet is to get the whole guitar, take out what you need and sell the rest piece by pice on ebay... But then why would you want just a gibson neck? Even if you bought a body to match (and where the neck would fit) and all the electronics you would a) spend as much as you would on a whole gibby, or spend just a little less in a guitar with a quality that would otherwise cost you 2 hundred bucks. I want a Gibson custom neck because I have: a Les Paul Custom body(epiphone), EMG 81 and EMG 85, all electronics and tuners. So it would be cheaper for me to buy a neck instead of a whole guitar. Come on now........I know it seems like that would work........but it will be a waste of your time and you will ruin the guitar you have....( is the neck broken on it ? ).......Anyway what you might find is a stripped Gibson maybe an SG or LP that you could use your hardware and electronics in.....and that would be a Gibson.....but if you put a Gibson neck on an Epi body that will still be an Epi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I want a Gibson custom neck because I have: a Les Paul Custom body(epiphone)' date=' EMG 81 and EMG 85, all electronics and tuners. So it would be cheaper for me to buy a neck instead of a whole guitar.[/quote'] ...why put a gibson neck on a epi body? it would probably damage a perfectly good guitar. Epis are nice guitars, I know some people cannot get over the headstock shape and others cannot get over the name on the headstock, but they are good guitars, and changing the neck will probably ruin yours, and if it doesn't it wont do a lot of difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KL Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 If Gibson started selling parts like Fender do then you would get lots of people building "Gibsons" just they they build "Fenders" from parts then selling them on places like ebay as "New" Gibsons. It's easier with Fenders because they have bolt on necks, but people are making an industry out of building bitsers and selling them as factory new Fenders. Maybe lots of them are very good, but if I buy a guitar I want it to be made by who's name it has on it. There are enough fraudulent guitars out there already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanHalenJr Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Come on now........I know it seems like that would work........but it will be a waste of your time and you will ruin the guitar you have....( is the neck broken on it ? ).......Anyway what you might find is a stripped Gibson maybe an SGor LP that you could use your hardware and electronics in.....and that would be a Gibson.....but if you put a Gibson neck on an Epi body that will still be an Epi. I like your thinking becuase I thought the same. But the problem is that I only find the Les Paul Studio and what I really want is the Standard or the Custom....But anyway. I thought about buying a Les Paul studio that is stripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Wow this feels good.....ah.....contradicting all of you.... though not really since its not an actual gibson neck. Actually you can buy necks, they are unfinished, but they have a long neck tenon. If you are still interested, I'll PM you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanHalenJr Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I also wondered how difficult it is to change from les paul custom inlays to Modern Split Block on my Les Paul Custom???? Gear: 2002-Epiphone Les Paul Custom( with EMG 81 and 82) 2007-Morgan Legend 1980-Ibanez M340WN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I also wondered how difficult it is to change from les paul custom inlays to Modern Split Block on my Les Paul Custom???? Gear: 2002-Epiphone Les Paul Custom( with EMG 81 and 82) 2007-Morgan Legend 1980-Ibanez M340WN Can't help you there....sorry... But I can tell you that you would need some sort of filler, to fill the space between the splits.. You might get more advice on the building aspect of guitars at mylespaul.com/forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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