24 fret necks on 22 fret neck guitars and vice versa

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so, if the neck pocket matches and all that, does a 24 fret 25.5 in scale neck work on a guitar body that originally featured a 22 fret 25.5 inch scale neck? any intonation problems?
 
I think it will have an intonation problem. I remember Suhr saying that he had to completely re-design everything to compensate for the different scale between his 22 and 24 fret guitars. Which makes total sense.
Correct me if I am wrong anyone.
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based on MY understanding of what scale length means, i wouldn't think there would be intonation issues. however, you might have a problem if you have a neck pickup because the extra two frets have to go SOMEWHERE.
 
"The trade-off is the neck pickup... That's right, to keep the intonation correct, the extra frets must move towards the bridge and the neck pickup is smack in the middle of the way." Right below the picture of the fret board extension.
 
The way I understand it is:
if the distance from the nut to the 12th fret does not equal the distance from the 12th fret to the bridge then it won't work. And I would guess, that in this example, they would not be equal...although I could be wrong.
 
there's a difference between "to keep the intonation correct" and "it won't intonate".

maybe i'm just splitting hairs :dunno:
 
well, it depends on whether it's an overhang like warmoth or a full-thickness neck all the way through (ibanez, suhr, ebmm, etc). in the former, you're fine on whatever strat body you're using (although you might have trouble getting past the cutaway and using all 24 frets). the latter have manufacturer-specific neck pockets, so interchangeability is very limited.
 
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