Telecaster Neck ?

[wildbill1962]

Howdy, Looking for a good Telecaster Neck for a project I am building. Budget build, so looking for something that won't break the bank. Would like a rosewood fret board, but beggars can't be choosy....

So where would you suggest I look ?

Thanks
Bill

[Dru Edwards]

Here's one site where they sell new and used necks and parts. Prices can go from decent to very expensive. Looks like they have some new Mighty Mite necks for $89.

https://stratosphereparts.com/

Edit: Stewmac also sells necks.
http://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and...le_Guitar.html

[wildbill1962]

Thanks Dru !!! I will take a look.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by wildbill1962

Thanks Dru !!! I will take a look.

Hopefully someone will chime in on the quality of Mighty Mite necks. I've never played one before.

I ordered a neck from Warmoth before and they're great necks. I didn't include it in my original post because they can be expensive. You can have it custom made to whatever specs you want including fretwire.

http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/GuitarNecks.aspx

Edit: This link shows what they currently have in stock with the price:
http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/Classic...Path=Spotlight

[wildbill1962]

Has anyone used the necks from Guitar Fetish ?

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by wildbill1962

Has anyone used the necks from Guitar Fetish ?

I'm not familiar with GFS necks but lots of people like their pickups as a low cost alternative. I think I'm going to order one of their pickups in another week or two just to try them out.

[wildbill1962]

I have used some of the GFS pickups, and have been very pleased with them.

I like the looks of the Strat headstock better than the Tele. So might put a 22 fret stratneck on the Tele body.

[maxtheaxe]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Hopefully someone will chime in on the quality of Mighty Mite necks. I've never played one before.

I ordered a neck from Warmoth before and they're great necks. I didn't include it in my original post because they can be expensive. You can have it custom made to whatever specs you want including fretwire.

http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/GuitarNecks.aspx

Edit: This link shows what they currently have in stock with the price:
http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/Classic...Path=Spotlight

I ran across a Mighty Mite strat neck several years back that was very nice...under $100.00 with an ebony board and MOP dots...even has a bit of bonus birds-eye. I put it on an older USA Fender Roadhouse model on which the neck had gotten damaged. The MM neck is still on there...plays and looks great.

The only caveats are that the finish was just a cheap sealer coat and the nut they supplied was a joke. I made a new nut with the Tusq 'Trem nut' material; I sanded the finish down to bare wood (after masking the fretboard) and sprayed several coats of nitro. I had to "card" the runs flat (nitro is very thin and a bee-atch to spray) and sand between coats, finally finishing with a nice polish, using 1500 grit wet/dry paper and spit....mmm silky!

It took some work, but it was worth it.

[wildbill1962]

Thanks for the great info Maxtheaxe !!!

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by maxtheaxe

I ran across a Mighty Mite strat neck several years back that was very nice...under $100.00 with an ebony board and MOP dots...even has a bit of bonus birds-eye. I put it on an older USA Fender Roadhouse model on which the neck had gotten damaged. The MM neck is still on there...plays and looks great.

The only caveats are that the finish was just a cheap sealer coat and the nut they supplied was a joke. I made a new nut with the Tusq 'Trem nut' material; I sanded the finish down to bare wood (after masking the fretboard) and sprayed several coats of nitro. I had to "card" the runs flat (nitro is very thin and a bee-atch to spray) and sand between coats, finally finishing with a nice polish, using 1500 grit wet/dry paper and spit....mmm silky!

It took some work, but it was worth it.

Thanks for the feedback, Max.

[BT55]

Originally Posted by wildbill1962

Has anyone used the necks from Guitar Fetish ?

I’ve used GuitarFetish parts on a few guitars and highly recommend them. I built an awesome Les Paul with one of their body\neck combos. Great neck with leveled frets - no work required.

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by BT55

I’ve used GuitarFetish parts on a few guitars and highly recommend them. I built an awesome Les Paul with one of their body\neck combos. Great neck with leveled frets - no work required.

Where you able to buy the body already painted? Sounds like a great project.

[wildbill1962]

Originally Posted by BT55

I’ve used GuitarFetish parts on a few guitars and highly recommend them. I built an awesome Les Paul with one of their body\neck combos. Great neck with leveled frets - no work required.

Thank you very much for the great info ! I think I will give GFS a try.