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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on June 6, 2018 at 5:33pm

Almost all Gibson necks are glued in(set neck). They have a neck tenon that goes into a cavity that's usually large. Usually the Gibson bolt on necks are for the lower cost Melody Maker and Special models. Epiphones and Maestro are almost all bolt on necks with 24.5" to 24.75" Gibson scales.

Aftermarket neck makers that make all bolt on necks, will list their necks as Fender or Gibson or other usually talking about scale length. So look them over good to make sure your getting a bolt on neck or set neck. Make sure you're ordering the right neck and the right scale length. Be sure they send you the right one when you get it too.

One of the necks I got from GuitarFetish listed the neck as being 25" scale. but the one I got was 24.5" scale. Luckily I had a bridge mounted on a "floating arched wood blank".

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