baritone neck replacement question

[beyond dead]

I just picked up a used LTD viper baritone guitar.

It kicks much ass! I have been playing 7 strings for years, but always struggled with tension and tuning/intonation issues.

The baritone seems to be rid of all these issues! So Now Im considering replacing the neck on my ibanez rg7321 with a warmoth baritone 7 string neck.

Im pretty sure that replacing the neck should be sufficient enough, but I got thinking that the distance of the bridge from the neck may also be a factor.

are there any other things I should be careful of, or consider when choosing the right neck, and installing it?

thanks sneapstaz

 

[Wolfeman]

If you buy a longer neck, you will have to move the bridge down also, since the scale is increasing.

 

[Metaltastic]

Yeah, unfortunately Liam it's not as easy as just extending the neck, the bridge has to be shifted back for proper intonation

 

[beyond dead]

ok, I kinda figured so. shitty, with a string through body strat style bridge thats not really an option lol. guess the diy option isnt viable

 

[beyond dead]

but on another note, the new baritone is uber comfortable. I find it a bit easier to do fast alternate picking and pinch harmonics on the extended scale (because the distance from the bridge to the neck is larger)