625 to 425 Conversion

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:30 pm

Hey everybody, I've got a simple question. Has anybody ever tried to convert a 625 to a 425? Thanks!

~Nick

jsm610 · Post by **jsm610** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:46 pm

I'm guessing that would be hard to do. The 625 fretboard is 'high' off the body compared to a 425: the 625 has the pickups sitting on the body' the 425 has them sitting 'in' the body...

tony_carey · Post by **tony_carey** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:59 pm

I agree...I think the neck differences would make it impossible.

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:57 pm

Ah, alright. I honesty didn't know that.

I thought that, since the 425 and the 625 have the same body shape, a conversion would be as easy as a pickguard swap.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:13 am

Is the routing different?

Also isn't the 425 a student model?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:37 pm

From what I have read, the 425 is not considered a student model, that term applying instead to Models 900 and 1000.

I believe that the routings are quite different. I don't have a 625/425 for comparison, but I do have a 620/450v63:

grinch · Post by **grinch** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:39 pm

Are they the same thickness, though?

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:00 pm

Yes, both bodies are about 1-5/16", 33.2 mm.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 6:23 pm

All I know is that I love my 425V63's. They are lovely sounding guitars.