It is currently Tue Mar 17, 2020 2:39 am

All times are UTC - 7 hours



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 17 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Author Message
Post subject: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:12 pm
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:19 am
Posts: 26
Wish this was in Maple

http://www.fender.com/store/strat-necks ... ngerboard/


Top
Profile
Fender Play Winter Sale 2020
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:05 pm
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:44 am
Posts: 37
It only has a 7" radius. Not worth it.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:56 pm
Offline
Roadie
Roadie

Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:52 pm
Posts: 292
JosephBAllison wrote:

Warmoth makes awesome Fender licensed necks in many shapes and radii.
The workmanship is usually better then Fender's from my experience


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:52 pm
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:44 am
Posts: 37
That's good to know. I was thinking to change the neck on mine. I also see them on Ebay for practically nothing. I wonder about them. They are chinese copies.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:14 pm
Offline
Rock Icon
Rock Icon
User avatar

Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:34 pm
Posts: 10760
Location: Athens, Greece
The good news: they're also available for leftys! :wink:


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:37 pm
Offline
Roadie
Roadie

Joined: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:52 pm
Posts: 292
andrew998 wrote:
That's good to know. I was thinking to change the neck on mine. I also see them on Ebay for practically nothing. I wonder about them. They are chinese copies.

Warmoth necks are all made at theor factory in USA. washington State I believe

No chinese stuff. Great workmanship. You can go as far as choosing the blank for the neck for select woods and for the finger board too. Great fret work as well.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 8:10 pm
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:44 am
Posts: 37
The problem I have with Warmoth is that their necks cost almost as much as my whole guitar. The cheapest one there is $165.00 I have bookmarked them anyway for future reference.

Thanks


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:30 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:02 pm
Posts: 1978
Location: Manchester
andrew998 wrote:
It only has a 7" radius. Not worth it.


Perhaps you should tell Fender to stop making them then.

Clearly Leo Fender got it all wrong.

_________________
Image
Image my stuff on soundcloud


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 9:59 am
Offline
Rock Icon
Rock Icon
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:57 am
Posts: 13164
Location: Peckham: where the snow leopards roam
JosephBAllison wrote:

I Joseph: I'm trying to remember when Fender last made a '60s RI neck with a laminated maple fingerboard. Trying to remember but not succeeding.

Someone here will know...

Cheers - C

_________________
Image


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:38 am
Offline
Professional Musician
Professional Musician
User avatar

Joined: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:48 pm
Posts: 1546
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Yeah I can't think of a Maple reissue 60's neck. I think Fender Japan might of had like a 68 reissue with one, something like that, but I'm not sure.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:20 am
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:19 am
Posts: 26
I want to say the 57 RI had a 7.25 neck but I am probably wrong.

I looked at Warmoth, but just the idea, for me anyway, is that I would rather have authentic Fender, than Fender copy...


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:50 pm
Offline
Rock Star
Rock Star
User avatar

Joined: Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:50 pm
Posts: 4602
Location: ˚ɷ˚
GilgaFrank wrote:
andrew998 wrote:
It only has a 7" radius. Not worth it.


Perhaps you should tell Fender to stop making them then.

Clearly Leo Fender got it all wrong.


Leo Fender was not a guitar player, nor clairvoyant. He did not foresee the new guitar techniques that doesn't work well on a small radius fingerboard, nor the much thinner strings that would become popular.
If you want to play 1950s music, a 7.25" radius is great. If you do fast shredding and heavy bends, it's not. You have to raise the action on the outer strings so much that it becomes hard and slow to play.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:05 am
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:19 am
Posts: 26
Everyones opinion :)

I personally like the 7.25 and do not mind the adjustment that needs to be made to bend on it. The neck is comfortable to me.


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 6:51 pm
Offline
Hobbyist
Hobbyist

Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:44 am
Posts: 37
Listen, I did not like my Strat. I traded it in for a Gretsch Pro Jet. I love the Gretsch, it has good tone and better action that either the Fender or any equiv Gibson. There is no 0.01 clearance at the 8th fret. The Gretsch is flat against the frets under the same measurement conditions. Also, the pickup pole pieces are individually adjustable. Happy camper.

Good luck to all

regards,
andrew


Top
Profile
Post subject: Re: New Necks in the Fender Store
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 12:38 am
Offline
Rock Icon
Rock Icon
User avatar

Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:48 am
Posts: 26417
Location: Tombstone Territory
JosephBAllison wrote:
I personally like the 7.25 and do not mind the adjustment that needs to be made to bend on it. The neck is comfortable to me.


+1

It takes a skilled-and-experienced luthier to optimize a 7.25" neck for modern rock fretting techniques. I was quite fortunate to find such a craftsman several years ago -- his "magic" allows me to perform four half-step bends at the fifteenth fret on my high E string without the note choking out. I have yet to see or play any new-from-the-factory Stratocaster with a 9.5" radius that can do that.

Arjay

_________________
"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY


Top
Profile
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 17 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2  Next
Go to page 1, 2  Next

All times are UTC - 7 hours

Fender Play Winter Sale 2020

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: omar59 and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: