New neck for my Tele...

[J T]

I watched the video in the amps Pub about a guy talking about the new Fender amp inspired by Jack White. Well, towards the end of that he started gushing about that Fender Mod Shop Jaguar he ordered. He kind of made a point of how Fender agreed to give him a Gibson Style neck on it. Now I sat back and thought he must have paid a lot of money for that Mod Shop guitar. I immediately grabbed my Tele and thought he could have gotten a neck like that for a fraction of the cost.

Why's that you say? I ordered a Warmoth neck for my Tele. Not just a run of the mill Fender stock spec neck but a neck similar to what that guy custom ordered.
Warmoth is licensed by fender so the headstock is the same. Here's what I ordered:

59 neck profile
10-16 compound radius fretboard
Dark Indian Rosewood
Dot inlays
Tall Wide Stainless Steel frets
Gloss clear
tuning holes drilled for vintage tuners
Earvana compensated nut
Nickle vintage tuners
The modern truss rod adjustment with the Allen wrench at the heel.
It has that extra fret way down on the end. Cool.

The neck fit exactly in the pocket. Nice and straight. I spotted and leveled three frets. Very slightly high. I could have just left them but that's not what I do. Rounded the fret ends a bit more. Nice and smooth now. Then just polished them with micro mesh.


That guitar is now a pleasure to play. That neck feels great and those SS frets are the best. I didn't have to pay thousands to Fender.

The neck took six weeks for them to make. It's on now and will not be coming off as far as I'm concerned.

 

[seafood]

Really cool !!! All the right stuff !!!

 

[jb_abides]

Great specs. Glad Warmoth delivered. Enjoy.

 

[Any Name You Wish]

Gorgeous. looks like the nut is scalloped on the body side on most strings, why is that? Intonation?

 

[J T]

Gorgeous. looks like the nut is scalloped on the body side on most strings, why is that? Intonation?

Thanks!
Yes, that nut is a compensated nut designed to improve tuning/intonnation when fretting open chords below the fifth fret.

Without this nut, tune a guitar to pitch, then fret at the first fret. Check the tuning. Sharp. With the nut, tune it to pitch then fret the first fret. In tune. I'm no scientist, but son of a bull frog, hey it works.

Since they were building the neck, I took the opportunity.

From Earvana:

WE GOT THE SOLUTION​

While playing your guitar, you have probably noticed that it is nearly impossible to tune your guitar in a way that chords in the first five frets ring true for any open chords. Our experts, at Earvana, have solved this problem. We have developed a nut that compensates for the errors that are inherent in 99% of all stringed instruments.

Tune in to the laws of physics and get the solution.

 

[corpse]

I look at not being in tune up there as a benefit.
Crap- something else to obsess about...