dwrockdoctor
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Hi guys,
I have been trawling the interwebs looking for the perfect EG and being in Australia makes it even harder as getting guitars with rosewood sent overseas is a difficult process due to CITES rules that came into effect a few years back.
I had a light bulb moment, I have a few CE24's, especially one with a magic neck, and was thinking I could use the neck off of one of them and either make an EG body myself or have a luthier friend of mine do it. It'd be a little different to an original EG due to the 24 fret CE neck and I'd have to factor in a different bridge position into the design but it would get me closer to that EG strat thing I'm hunting down and is totally reversable at any time because of the bolt on neck so no harm no foul.
My question, if I trace the body of my CE24 for a template will I end up with the same body shape as an EG (specifically EGII) or did they alter the shape to accommodate the flat fender style body?
I have been trawling the interwebs looking for the perfect EG and being in Australia makes it even harder as getting guitars with rosewood sent overseas is a difficult process due to CITES rules that came into effect a few years back.
I had a light bulb moment, I have a few CE24's, especially one with a magic neck, and was thinking I could use the neck off of one of them and either make an EG body myself or have a luthier friend of mine do it. It'd be a little different to an original EG due to the 24 fret CE neck and I'd have to factor in a different bridge position into the design but it would get me closer to that EG strat thing I'm hunting down and is totally reversable at any time because of the bolt on neck so no harm no foul.
My question, if I trace the body of my CE24 for a template will I end up with the same body shape as an EG (specifically EGII) or did they alter the shape to accommodate the flat fender style body?