Oh, always interested! Sounds very nice - now I have to go and find out about that timber...

Good luck with it - C

Hi all,

Well after a week and 2 days since I ordered my new neck from Warmoth, it is fitted and fully functional, thanks to my local music shop and tech.
I am very happy with it so far, although I haven't had too much time to give it a proper play, and I think it looks great.

Some photos of before and after...







Be interesting to see how it compares to the 62 reissue I have, as I haven't played this Deluxe since I got that due to the neck problems.

Neck details;

Warmoth Vintage Modern
Quilted Maple neck with Ziricote FB
Standard back, 10''-16'' compound radius
6150 size nickel frets
Corian nut
Clear gloss finish
fitted with staggered Gotoh vintage-style tuners to avoid string-trees
(I do like these!)

Will let you know how it sounds and plays later! Rock on!

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'I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me, than a full frontal lobotomy'

2007 Custom Shop Clapton, Mercedes Blue
2006 USA 62 re-issue, 3-tone Sunburst - CS 54s
1988 USA Deluxe
2007 Yamaha SA2200
2005 Pro Reverb
Tube Screamer, Vox Wah

Whoa, that looks very nice, especially that headstock! When you say clear gloss finished, do you mean across the fingerboard as well? I still haven't looked up that timber...

I have a set of those Gotoh staggered vintage tuners, BTW. They're good, aren't they?

Cheers - C

Ceri,

No, the gloss is just on the neck - the fretboard is unfinished similar to most RW boards. Sorry, should have been more specific.

I like the normal Gotohs on my reissue but wanted the staggereds so as not to ruin the look of the new headstock. I personally don't understand what some of the guys on here have against the vintage tuners - I find them far easier to re-string and they feel tighter and surer than the modern styles I've tried.

Cheers,
E

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'I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me, than a full frontal lobotomy'

2007 Custom Shop Clapton, Mercedes Blue
2006 USA 62 re-issue, 3-tone Sunburst - CS 54s
1988 USA Deluxe
2007 Yamaha SA2200
2005 Pro Reverb
Tube Screamer, Vox Wah

Right. And if we (very respectfully) had any tiny issue with Leo over his Strat design it would be the string tree. That's really a bit of a mechanical compromise rather than an elegant solution.

Modern Fenders have staggered pole pieces - but still not staggered enough to get rid of the treble string tree. I wonder why not? Our adjustable Gotohs can be set low enough on the top e that there's no need for the tree.

At any rate, Eric Johnson agrees with us on this one!

- C