I'm in need of some advice for a current project.
In a nutshell, I have a old USA Peavey Forum neck that I absolutely love and want to use with a Jazz bass control plate.
I'm going to be using an Audere JZ3 (Jazz plate) preamp, so I need to either build a body to house the Audere or find a Jazz bass body that will fit the Peavey neck. Here's the dilemma: The Peavey neck has a square heel where it meets the body at the pocket. The Jazz bodies that I have all have the rounded Fender-type pocket. The Peavey neck heel also has a slightly more narrow width: 2 7/16" (as opposed to 2 1/2" for the Fenders). The 4 neck-plate mounting holes line up (PV neck with Fender body), but there is a substantial gap (1/2") between the heel and the pocket.
I've been up on Warmoth's website for reference purposes, but I'm having trouble locating a definitive description of the different heel configurations (in this case, square vs rounded & 2 7/16" vs 2 1/2").
I'd love to just pick up a Jazz body that will accept the Peavey neck, but I'm curious about the proper terminology for the squared-heel pocket.
The other option is that I have a 2-piece Walnut slab that's been "drying" (read: wastefully sitting in my house) for 3 years and it needs a project. Regardless of which direction I go, if anyone here has an idea as to how I can discern between the two neck pockets when shopping online for a bass body, I'd really appreciate it.
Steve