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Post subject: Fixing (possibly) a warped neck. Heat and humidity helps?
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 12:44 pm
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I picked up some random guitar parts last week and among them is a very nice maple telecaster neck that was freshly removed. Unfortunately looks like it has a bad case of forward bow.....as though it had been tuned to F# for some time. Yep. wtf are people thinking?

I am letting it relax for a while before attempting to mess with the truss rod. So in worse case scenario if truss rod can't alleviate the problem, I plan on laying it on my stew mac neck rest and placing a clamp at either end and gradually try to straighten it out over a period of time.

Will placing it in a warm and humid environment help trick the wood back into a straighter shape?

Thanks for tips


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Post subject: Re: Fixing (possibly) a warped neck. Heat and humidity helps
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:37 am
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im no expert, but i guess it would make sense. i guess the conditions that warp necks in the first place can also be used to straighten them with clamps etc. although id want to make sure i wasnt trying to bend against the truss rod too much.


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Post subject: Re: Fixing (possibly) a warped neck. Heat and humidity helps
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:10 pm
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Well I geuss I am a bit of an expert. If you have a lot of money in the neck, take it to a pro. If you are just curious and learning, a warped neck on ANY guitar is not pleasant. It one of the nastier repairs. Not nearly the worst, but not pleasant. It can devalue an old Martin as the heat will weaken the neck. The truss rod is intended only for setting your relief amount -NOT for un warping a warped neck. We are talking about a small amounts here. (Remember; righty-tighty, lefty-loosey). Automotive feeler guages are used to measure neck relief. (Hold the strong down at the 1st fret and 12th fret. measure at the 5th fret).

SO, when a neck is actually warped beyond the truss rod world, there are two basic ways of dealing with it: heat and pressure OR sanding, new frets and/or a new fret board. That's it. Heat and pressure or sanding and frets. See? it's no fun. I've never seen a fender neck warped that much or one that was valuable enough to straighten if it was warped. A new custom sanded fret board can do a lot depending...

HOWEVER, if you try to do this with an old iron and stuff from around your garage, you may learn a few things, but the neck WILL never ever play. So make sure there is not a lot of money involved here (e.g., if the pencil handwriting on the end of the neck says 6-21-52). Savy?

If the warp is not that bad: Try removing the frets and sanding it. Then put in new frets -YOU can do that with ordinary good tools and some talent. Go to Stew Mac or similar and get the fret tools/files and what ever. Have fun and good luck! You will probably learn how to do a fret job, -not a bad thing to know! :wink:


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