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by spcv » Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:22 pm
You must keep things in perspective. So, back in the day, every body was done by hand. So, they were different to some degree. The fact that KnE and Musikraft both had Azusas is fine, bute ther is no garantee that they had the exact right shape as the Franky. The KnE neck slot, for instance is wrong. The one I have is too square, hard to explain. Not to mention the fact that I received a body with the Floyd post holes drilled in the wrong position, causing intonation problems - but that is another thing. So, I guess that, presuming each body may have slight differences, the Franky replica may be the most accurate source.
Musikraft necks are great, I love mine, but its headstock was wrong, not to mention the heel - oh and the nut slot was wrong too, they offered an R3 slot with an R3 nut, when it should have been an R5 slot with an R2 nut! I had to shape both heel and headstock by hand. I felt very unhappy that when I mentioned these issues to both manufacturers - KnE and Musikraft - they both disregarded them and none of them ever even suggested correcting the mistake. Divebomb, on the other hand, offered the neck with the correct dimensions and when I mentioned that it was quite large - more than I expected - he offered to re-shape it. I just kept it, since it was accurate to the original.
So, that is to say that some people have bad experiences with even the best manufacturers.