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Post subject: New neck for my strat
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:01 pm
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I have an American Professional strat that came with a c neck. I've tried the v necks and like the feel better. I can get a Mexican neck for 199 and an American neck for 640. Is there a big difference in the two necks. Seems like a big price difference if the quality is the same.


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Post subject: Re: New neck for my strat
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:41 pm
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Bi-Flex truss rod with a walnut plug vs single-action truss rod and plastic.
Actual quality is likely comparable, but keep in mind that the replacement neck will have its own "MX" or "US" serial number that will not match your current guitar, and if a future potential buyer, should you decide to sell, runs the serial number it will show as a replacement neck (unless you keep the original).

There are differences in the dimensions for the frets and finish type between the US and MX necks. Honestly, I agree that it seems like $200-$250 vs $500-$650 seems like a lot. OTOH, Fender's pricing may be to discourage people from building "Partscasters" and attempting to sell them as legitimate guitars.
A MiM Strat is $500-$700, adding a $500 US neck would make the "investment" exceed the used-guitar sales price of a Corona model.
Likewise, a $300 Squier with a $200 MiM neck would not sell for more than a new MiM.

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Post subject: Re: New neck for my strat
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:39 pm
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I'm leaning towards the us neck for the quality. I plan on keeping the original neck in case I do ever sell it. That way I could always put the v neck on the new one. I don't know if Fender is gonna make anymore us v necks. They are hard to find. On their website all they offer is the MiM.
Thanks for the feedback.


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