'Kay, here's the situation. I've found out that my el-cheapo Pyramid brand Strat copy has developed a twist in the neck. This has given me additional problems with adjusting the string heights and fixing the intonation. Taken to the guitar shop I bought it from and was told that adjusting the truss rod would only give a temporary solution; the bend would come back in anyway between a few days and a month.

A few questions:

1) How hard is it to change the neck on a bolt-on electric guitar? Would I be able to do it by myself or would I need to bring it in to a shop or something? What sort of things would I be expected to do?

2) Where can I find and buy electric Strat copy necks in the Klang Valley area? How much can I expect to pay?

Well, I'm keeping all my options open.

No offence taken. I mean, for RM 300, of course it's not going to be of the highest quality. I just thought that since the body is still pretty solid (minus some dings here and there), it might be worth it to just change the neck. I kind of already figured that it'd be cheaper/easier to just buy a new guitar from the beginning. Like I said, I'm just keeping my options open.

Thanks for the warning about proper mating. I figured there'd be something to do along those lines. Worth remembering for future reference.

PSY84's site doesn't seem to have anything resembling a neck around. It's mostly accessories and smaller parts.

Out of interest, what about custom guitar shops? Might they have separate parts on sale?

And thanks for the advice, gentlemen.

Okay, slightly related question:

How hard would it be to take some suitable blocks of wood and shape it into an electric guitar?

Thanks for the pointer to Woh Fatt. I'll check it out next time I have a chance to go down that way.

About the adjustment thing: well, twisting wasn't the only problem. There's an actual bend in the neck around the 5th to 8th frets too. So it's a combined problem. I should've mentioned that instead of giving the wrong impression of what I was told the truss rod adjustment was supposed to fix.

I considered refretting a long time ago because I couldn't get my action down as low as I wanted without buzzing back then, but that's just too damn expensive to be worth it.