if you were gonna buy a body (SSS) and neck, where would you buy it?
when buying a neck for a body, what measurements do you need to make sure the neck is the best possible choice for the body you have or buying?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Mighty Mite is the most reasonably priced. Warmoth is pricey but dependable the same with WD Music. I have always wondered about Moses graphite necks but they are very expensive.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

does MM and WD both do the custom stuff like warmoth does?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

MM sells parts only and I think WD is the same, Warmoth will do custom work but there is a charge and for what they charge you could buy a guitar. I looked at the Moses website again and their fee for assembly is around the price of a guitar as well. If you can do the work yourself it is a cool way to go.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

was hinking about neck and body binding in pearl.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

way cool jr wrote: "was thinking about neck and body binding in pearl."

That will definitely cost some extra money Bro.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

www.musikraft.com

this is where I would buy one. I have been researching it and speaking to luthiers and others and the musikraft necks and bodies have a very good reputation. I ordered my Tele body and custom Tele neck from there and they are both perfect. The neck is perfect from the wood to the fret work.

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

yeah i know.
i just want something different ya know. when you been at it as long as we have you walk into a store and youve seen them all before 15 yrs ago.
know what i mean? i just want something with a different look
w/o going crazy with body shapes lol.
strat or soloist body in birdseye, some binding, pearliod dots and guard, gold hardware, maybe scalloped or something lol. just wanting something different.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I've ordered once from warmoth and was happy. However they will NOT shoot nitro, only poly.
I've never ordered from Musikraft.

From what I hear from extensive research online, both of these companies have occasional parts that are sub-par. Not usually the case with warmoth, but I've heard a LOT of negative stuff about Musikraft.

However, I've only heard rave reviews for USA Custom Guitars, and I think for my next neck I'm going to go with them.

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life is too short for bad tone.

See I heard the opposite about Warmoth from a few Luthiers I respect. They said that many times the fret work on the Warmoth necks are not finished that well and will often need fret work as soon as you receive the neck. The I asked a few people I know who have put together partscasters and they had A LOT of bad things to say about Warmoth. Could be that the "ready to ship" necks for both companies have issues at times, I am not sure.

Interesting that we both heard differing opinions about the same companies. One thing for sure is I am happy I got lucky with the Musikraft neck I ordered, it is almost a perfect replica of the Hwy 1 neck only with 21 frets. I did get a "custom order" neck though so maybe the put more care into making those, at both companies.

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

For the record, warmoth tacitly admits to not doing fret work... I was under the assumption that they openly admit not doing a lot of fret work since that kind of work should be done after the guitar has been strung and the wood has settled.

http://www.warmoth.com/bass/necks/Fretwork.aspx


But yes, a warmoth neck's fret edges will be pretty sharp. The idea being that you can always take away more material but you can't put more back on.

Don't get me wrong, I've heard quite a few people who weren't happy with their warmoth parts, it just seemed like a lot more to me were unhappy with musikraft.

But since I've in general heard quite a few things from both of these companies, I'm going with USACG for the next one.

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life is too short for bad tone.

In fact, Warmoth do shoot nitro. Check the finish options for necks, for example:

http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/CustomNeck.aspx

Cheers - C

I also like USACG.

http://www.usacustomguitars.com/

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Don't leave home without it!

Years ago I built a Strat using 65 Strat hardware in a walnut body and neck from Double Eagle Guitars in Toronto,ON,Canada.I don't know if they're still in business but their workmanship was sublime and the body and neck contours were identical to an L-series Strat.They also made a onepiece prefinished neck through body and neck with a maple skunk stripe-beautiful but very expensive.BTW the 65 Strat had been wrecked by a restorer who told me he was experienced in such matters-he wasn't-costly lesson.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I don't know how that option on the order form slipped by me. I could have sworn that I emailed them about nitro and that they replied that they didn't do it. Maybe it's more recent that they started...

One thing though, if you look at their page about finishing options, they don't mention one word about nitro. You'd think that'd be a big selling point for people looking to buy vintage-correct specs.

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life is too short for bad tone.