White Sparkle JP's nut?

[MusicManJP6]

I would love to have a White Sparkle JP, but would it have the compensated nut?

 

[Dead-Eye]

Nope. The comp nut was introduced in late 05 I believe and IIRC the sparkles went out of production before that - excluding the 07 LE obviously

 

[MusicManJP6]

That's what I thought... Thanks!

 

[ernie1966]

If you really, really, really want a white sparkle Pet witha compensated nut.
1) Buy a white sparkle Pet if you can find one.
2) Break the neck.
3)Send it to EBMM for a new neck
4)Shell out the replacement costs
5) Viola, the new neck you get back will have the compensated nut.

or,

after findind a white spark Pet, you could swap out the neck with a newer one from another Pet that has a nat headstock.

 

[MusicManJP6]

Haha, good point Ernie. Hey, you have a White Sparkle JP don't you? Why don't you trade it for my White JP?

 

[Larry]

I don't think EB will put a compensated on it. They would put a regular nut on it. I believe it has to do with the routing for the nut slot.

 

[greenwizard]

I really don't think you should break an MM neck. To me it's like shredding up a Monet or a Rembrandt. But I guess that's just me.
I seriously doubt that any Pre-compensated nut JP owners are crying over their intonation problems...

 

[ernie1966]

Haha, good point Ernie. Hey, you have a White Sparkle JP don't you? Why don't you trade it for my White JP?

uhhhmm, let me think about it...

 

[paranoid70]

If you really, really, really want a white sparkle Pet witha compensated nut.
1) Buy a white sparkle Pet if you can find one.
2) Break the neck.
3)Send it to EBMM for a new neck
4)Shell out the replacement costs
5) Viola, the new neck you get back will have the compensated nut.

or,

after findind a white spark Pet, you could swap out the neck with a newer one from another Pet that has a nat headstock.

Do they even make JPs with natural headstocks anymore?

BTW, don't break the neck on the JP.... that just seems wrong.

 

[greenwizard]

Do they even make JPs with natural headstocks anymore?

Yes they do. Matching stock is an upcharge.

 

[the24thfret]

I don't think they'd replace it with a comp nut either.

 

[MusicManJP6]

Yeah, they wouldn't...

 

[beej]

Yeah, they would. The replacement necks are done with the comp nut.

 

[Larry]

I thought he said break the nut My mistake.

 

[ernie1966]

Yeah, they would. The replacement necks are done with the comp nut.

Yep, that's the way they makes 'em now-adays.

 

[MusicManJP6]

I see. I read a few months ago that they only replace the neck with what was there originally. Maybe that was referring to the inlays and matching headstock options...

 

[Petersonic]

I really don't think you should break an MM neck. To me it's like shredding up a Monet or a Rembrandt. But I guess that's just me.
I seriously doubt that any Pre-compensated nut JP owners are crying over their intonation problems...

Well, it would like shredding up a Monet to get a compensated frame for it... or something.
If you really really need a compensated nut, you could just buy some other nut, right? I mean, non-MM. Just make sure it fits. But I'm partial to leaving it as it is, if you wanna know.