Are there any strat models that have soft V necks in rosewood?

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Jason I can honestly say that i cannot remember seein one. The soft V seems to be a shape synonymous with 50's style guitars.

That said fender seems to have employed many variations of the soft V on different instruments. Try a Baja tele, then try a clapton. Both are a soft V but worlds and aeons apart size and feel wise.

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Thanks. The closest thing I can find is the neck on the Eric Johnson model. And I'm sure that will cost quite a bit. Plus it has binded sides. And ther Clapton is only in Maple I think.

I got a replacement neck, so I guess I'll use that for now. Have to see if I can find a template for drilling holes for locking tuners, I know stew-mac has a tool for it, but don't want to buy it to only use it once.

Is the headstock blank? Theres plenty of internet sites offering instruction on tuner placement. You could even use a old headstock as a template.

If theres holes for vintage tuners in the headstock the positioning is done for you all you need is a drill and a couple of drill bits. Say the new tuner needs a 10mm hole, your vintage tuner hole is 8mm, first go use a 9mm drill bit to widen the hole, then the 10mm.

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I sometimes use a reamer to open up tuner holes. I know it's tapered but the chance of the drill bit pulling up wood is not there. You can also ream the front and back of the hole to chamfer it then drill. If you are talking about the holes for the pins on the tuner body that go in the headstock to keep it from moving I just put the tuner in its hole and let the pin make an impression in the wood. then use a pencil to darken the hole so you can see it. Then get the proper size drill bit and put a piece of tape on the bit to gauge the depth so you do not drill through the headstock. Install the tuners, string up the guitar and ROCK!!!

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Mr Penn, that is a tremendous tip. Thanks mate, cool site link too.

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Hi JasonSD: as Niki says, the V-neck is usually thought of as a '50s feature. So '50s Reissue models generally have various forms of V - you have to demo them to find if they are the profile you are looking for.

Check out the American Vintage '50s; the Classic Player '50s; and the Classic Series '50s models.

Nikininja will be able to remind us how sharp the V is on his '50s Hotrod Strat. And at the top of the catalog the Eric Johnson has a V neck, amongst other Artist models.

I recently bought a new Fender Japan '57 Reissue and that one has a very soft V neck. So soft you could almost call it a sharp C! Dunno how vintage accurate that is and some may think it too rounded. But it suits me nicely.

Good luck - C

I love the V neck shape. It feels #$@*&!% perfect

Gald I could help!! Please feel free to ask me anything, any time. My site is undergoing a redesign so I can connect with my peeps on a more personal level. Should be launched in about a week......stay tuned! Oh yeah and keep ROCKIN'!!!!!!

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yeah the jeff beck signature

I can honestly say that the only time I notice a difference in necks is when I go directly from one guitar to another. My 2001 American-made Stratocaster neck is relatively thin. It's probably a D shaped neck. My James Burton Telecaster is thicker. It's a C shaped neck I think. But they both feel just fine to me.

I may be more adaptable because I have a double-jointed left thumb where the thumb joins the palm. By letting the thumb bend backwards I can brace for chords by laying a good part of the palm of my hand against the back of the neck. I seem to be able to exert more pressure by doing that.

I'd post a picture but a lot of people would say, "eeeeew, that ain't right."

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According to the spec for the signature and the artist series it has a C shaped neck. Cost a little too much too, but thanks.


I tried this last night and I think that's what I'm going to do. Thanks.

I want to add some gloss to the neck to make it more like the necks on the strat plus and to darken it a little. Right now it's smooth, but bright and kind of like the necks on the squiers.
Anyone have experience with that? I was looking at getting a can on the tinted clear coat from the reranch website. Anyone use that before?

After losing everything I owned in Hurricane Katrina, the first guitar I was able to buy was a Squier Strat Players pack(guitar, 15 watt amp, etc.) from MF..still got it. That guitar has the v neck with rosewood plank and I really don't care for it, personally.
I've kinda been toying with the idea of taking a belt sander to the neck and rounding it out, but not being sure how thick the skunk stripe is or what total effect that would have on the neck itself has me still in the "thinking about" stage. Worse case scenario, I have to buy a replacement neck from Warmoth or somebody.
Ideas?

Have you seen the Gotoh Vintage Locking? - if the neck your using has vintage Klusen style machines, no drilling needed!

agreed, I'd do about anything for a 50's series in the Shoreline Gold color with the v neck