Various Ibanez AANJ Neck and Body Fitting

So, you want to assemble your own Ibanez? You want a real Ibanez you can call your own? Easy! All you need to do is to get an AANJ neck with AANJ heel joint body and put them together. Hey if it fits, it should work right?

Fast forward this after you get the parts and then you realized that, the screw holes for the neck doesn't align with the ones in the body or Vice versa? Why is that so, it's all AANJ! Well, for starters, Ibanez has AANJ necks and body being produced by 4 countries through out these years. Namely Japan, China, Indonesia and Korea.

You can ONLY match a neck with a respective made in the same country body if you do not intend to do further modification. My Frankenstein is a good example. It sports a Korean made neck with a Korean made body. No, the screw holes didn't align at all. I had to fill it up and drill in new holes. Yes, it's troublesome. So the next time you decide to build an Ibanez from parts you assembled all over the world, make sure you get parts that are fitting!

The Truth about Thin Necks and Fat Necks

Thin necks and fat necks. What actually makes people go crazy about them? In my opinion, there are 2 things that contribute to a good playing guitar other than a well setup guitar. The neck and the bridge spacing. Some of us likes thinner necks while some of us prefer thick necks.

Does thinner necks equates to faster playing while thicker necks equate to slower playing? My answer to that is no. I have seen players playing slow bluesy tunes on an Ibanez (famous for their thin necks) and I have seen players shred on a Gibson Les Paul (which incidentally is well known for having baseball bat necks).

The truth is however that thinner necks does makes it easier to do fast runs, due to the shape of the neck making you having to curl your fingers at the fretboard, giving you more space to run your scales. Thick necks however gives you more grip, which also means more strength to hold down your strings or when you are performing a very hard bend (Think of opening a door knob).

Either way, do not let what you read affect your decision on your preference on a thin or fat neck. In the end of the day, it is your preference that counts the most.