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Very good option for experimenting
Bought the neck to put it on a Squier Stratocaster body and try a baritone rather than buying a full guitar that would set me back at least twice as much.
Materials and the finish are very good, as expected - nice maple, true bone nut, well finished frets. The slots for machine heads that I put on the headstock were perfectly placed so it was a matter of minutes to install.
So, why 4 stars in total? This neck defeated the main selling point of Fender guitars - they're made in such a way that you can easily change parts making them very suitable for different Frankenstein mods. Mine is Tom Delonge inspired - one pickup, fixed bridge no-thrills Strat, but it wasn't really easy to install the neck. See, the neck comes pre-drilled so it can fit into a body of a Strat or probably a Jazzmaster (6 holes per side to try and match the neck pocket and the neckplate), but the holes were not alligned to my Strat's body. So, I had to plug all the pre-drilled holes, wait for the glue to dry a day or two and then redrill the neck. It was nervewrecking to allign everything, but eventually the neck fitted the body perfectly - good angles and string allignment maintaining a very nice action and intonation.
If you know what you're doing, go for it, but if you dont - hire a luthier or somebody that's more experienced because drilling the neck multiple times until you make it can be an expensive mistake in the end.
On a personal note, I wasn't happy that the website only had the maple fretboard one, I'd much prefer the other, sporting darker wood as I hate when the lacquer wears off and dark spots start appearing on the maple... plus I can't oil the wood. But, this is only my personal gripe, doesn't lower the rating as the neck fits and plays really well.
Materials and the finish are very good, as expected - nice maple, true bone nut, well finished frets. The slots for machine heads that I put on the headstock were perfectly placed so it was a matter of minutes to install.
So, why 4 stars in total? This neck defeated the main selling point of Fender guitars - they're made in such a way that you can easily change parts making them very suitable for different Frankenstein mods. Mine is Tom Delonge inspired - one pickup, fixed bridge no-thrills Strat, but it wasn't really easy to install the neck. See, the neck comes pre-drilled so it can fit into a body of a Strat or probably a Jazzmaster (6 holes per side to try and match the neck pocket and the neckplate), but the holes were not alligned to my Strat's body. So, I had to plug all the pre-drilled holes, wait for the glue to dry a day or two and then redrill the neck. It was nervewrecking to allign everything, but eventually the neck fitted the body perfectly - good angles and string allignment maintaining a very nice action and intonation.
If you know what you're doing, go for it, but if you dont - hire a luthier or somebody that's more experienced because drilling the neck multiple times until you make it can be an expensive mistake in the end.
On a personal note, I wasn't happy that the website only had the maple fretboard one, I'd much prefer the other, sporting darker wood as I hate when the lacquer wears off and dark spots start appearing on the maple... plus I can't oil the wood. But, this is only my personal gripe, doesn't lower the rating as the neck fits and plays really well.
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