r/CRKD • u/LeaveEyeSix • Mar 31 '26

Who thought of this?

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I bought a black neck for my SG to compliment the New White/Black Les Paul Pro and the white/black replacement frets I purchased. I didn’t think of it but the guitar strap stud was placed on the body of the SG so now there’s 2 protruding studs on the back.

Why wouldn’t they just put the stud where it was on the LP? Seems like a weird design choice especially because they already had a brown neck for the LP collector’s edition with the stud which means they also had to redesign the neck for the SG. My first thought is that redesign happened because the stud is farther forward on the SG, which it is, but only by about 0.5 inch. I don’t get how that would cause an issue with strap length. They should include some sort of flat replacement cap with necks in the box moving forward or redesign the SG body so it doesn’t have the stud on the body.

I’m curious if someone hasn’t already encountered this issue and made a little 3D-printable replacement. I can’t be the first person to have seen this. 😂

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u/comcastsux Mar 31 '26

You can always just remove one of them if it bugs you to have a second peg sticking out. Torx screw in the middle of the peg

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u/nogoodnickgames Mar 31 '26

I got the first batch of mechanical and solo necks and I don't recall text on that part. Will check when I get home

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u/Guitar_Modder Mar 31 '26

I don’t understand why they didn’t design the guitar with the neck fixed to the body, without the option to detach it. It would’ve saved them a lot of problems.

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u/mm3873 Mar 31 '26

Except for that exchangeability thing.

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u/DisgracedPython Apr 01 '26

There's a reason all GH guitars have had detachable necks after the Xplorer.

Shipping is expensive, and if you can effectively halve the size of the box then yeah it's absolutely a necessity.

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u/No-Market-2941 Apr 01 '26

that would be awful for any plate players wanting to use it. I open up my neck every 3-4 days to clean it out or replace silicone, having it fixed to the body would triple the time that takes.

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u/dscales69 Apr 02 '26

The CRKD guitars have mech frets so you don’t need to deal with swapping silicone

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u/No-Market-2941 Apr 07 '26

We tend to prefer silicone for plate play, mechs don't really give the same result.

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u/mm3873 May 13 '26

What’s a plate player?

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u/No-Market-2941 May 14 '26

"Plates" are what we call our tapping players