Weird neck...

[Chris D]

So, I was looking for a 7 string neck for a project (compact/travel 7) & I scored a dirt-cheap donor off the ebay.

It was a real Franken-V!

Set-up for a lefty, real beaten-up 6 string Jackson King V body with everything filled, cheap fixed-bridge, 1x EMG 707 and neck pocket routed into the (filled) neck pickup cavity to fit the 7-string neck (which is the part I'm after).
Neckplate has the Jackson s/n on there.
The neck is 25-fret with a B.C.Rich-shaped head, pearl dots.
SO much crud on the fretboard but after cleaning I found ebony under there!

Anyway, this is the widest neck I've ever seen!

Check it:

Did B.C.Rich ever make a neck like this?
If not, what this could be off? Maybe it's a custom neck?

I have a Floyd for this project but something tells me I ain't gonna find a locking-nut off the shelf for this!

 

[Necromagnon]

What surprise me also is that the neck is really low tapered. Look at the fretboard overhang on the bottom of the neck. There's really small place after strings... Very strange.

For the extra width on the nut, you can easily remove material and come back to a more common width.

 

[skeels]

That is crazy. Is the intonation right on that thing? The scale?

It must be a custom jobby. 2 1/8" at the nut is crazy wide! What is it at the other end?

 

[pondman]

That nut width is 8 string .

 

[Chris D]

25th fret is 2 5/8"

 

[ilmari]

Mother of god, has he done it again?

 

[Chris D]

I got this off a bloke in London who said he got it from a pawn shop.
When I found out how wide the neck is I thought "8 string" but it's too narrow @ the heel.

 

[Necromagnon]

Mother of god, has he done it again?

But this time, it's even more innovating: to increase string spacing, he removed the middle string.

Separation of lead and rythm channel.

 

[TomParenteau]

Warmoth sells a really wide 7-string locking nut.

 

[Chris D]

Yeah, I saw the Warmoth nut but that's only 50.4mm, still too narrow.
Also, not black.