]I have a friend who has been pestering me to convert a cheap six string electric into a short scale tenon electric.
I have not worked on any instruments for a year or so, as I gave up renting a workshop and I am now sort of retired.
However I still have a shed and a few hand tools. so I finally told him to bring it around .
Yesterday I cut off the head just above the truss rod end and cut down the neck.
I left the 12th fret markers so the neck is a little wide but ended up with a 21.5” scale and a 34mm nut.
The truss rod is still in there and accessible from the very end of the headstock.
After glueing on a pair of ears we left it until this morning and I veneered over the joints and sanded it all down .
In all it took me 8 hours ... certainly not a work of art but it does work!
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