Fender necks

[CoolerKing]

Does fender make a maple neck (ie no rosewood fretboard) that isn’t a baseball bat? What would their profile designation be?

TIA

[TiffanyGuitar]

Absolutely. In fact, most of them are not baseball bats. The general MIM replacement fender necks are not baseball bats unless you go to the vintera modified line (what took the place of the Baja) or one of the original models. The American professional and performer necks are not baseball bats.

[rmp]

oh ya!

Definitely

I just restored a 1973 Jag where the original neck had seen too much abuse to be able to reuse.

I bought a MIM jaguar neck for it, it fit perfectly I love it.




as for profile, it's a C shape from what I can gather but it's not chunky at all. Like my other 3 fenders I guess... that answer is not much help I guess..

[raysachs]

Yeah, their most common neck currently is a “modern C”, which is about as far from a baseball bat as there is.

-Ray

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by raysachs

Yeah, their most common neck currently is a “modern C”, which is about as far from a baseball bat as there is.

-Ray

I have to disagree with you Ray(which is very rare, by the way). The current Fender Modern C style necks are nothing at all similar to the standard C shape. No, they certainly don't fall into the baseball bat category, but, and it is significant, they are much larger at the shoulder and deeper top to bottom than a standard C. Every neck from the American Professionals to the Ultra Lux line now uses these Modern C carves.
For meaty mitt guys like me, I had to pass and stay with the American Special/Performer lineup still using the old style C necks.

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by Chickee

I have to disagree with you Ray(which is very rare, by the way). The current Fender Modern C style necks are nothing at all similar to the standard C shape. No, they certainly don't fall into the baseball bat category, but, and it is significant, they are much larger at the shoulder and deeper top to bottom than a standard C. Every neck from the American Professionals to the Ultra Lux line now uses these Modern C carves.
For meaty mitt guys like me, I had to pass and stay with the American Special/Performer lineup still using the old style C necks.

I like the fatter C shape, that's what's on my Wildwood Thin-skin Jaguar, and I find it less fatiguing than the smaller shape. It's just plain comfortable. It makes it easier to go from my fat neck Gibsons to the Fenders

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by rockabilly69

I like the fatter C shape, that's what's on my Wildwood Thin-skin Jaguar, and I find it less fatiguing than the smaller shape. It's just plain comfortable. It makes it easier to go from my fat neck Gibsons to the Fenders

Yeah, cause you’re seven feet tall with 9” fingers. 5X5 old guys like me can’t reach!😂😹😂

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by Chickee

Yeah, cause you’re seven feet tall with 9” fingers. 5X5 old guys like me can’t reach!😂😹😂

I'm only 5' 8" Frank, but I do have longer fingers, maybe not 9" though
The real reason I like the slightly fatter C neck is because my Les Pauls, and J45, are both bigger necks, which I didn't like originally, but have gotten used to. My '54 LP reissue is the biggest of those, and that one can sometimes still be a chore, but man, does it sound good!!!

[raysachs]

Originally Posted by Chickee

I have to disagree with you Ray(which is very rare, by the way). The current Fender Modern C style necks are nothing at all similar to the standard C shape. No, they certainly don't fall into the baseball bat category, but, and it is significant, they are much larger at the shoulder and deeper top to bottom than a standard C. Every neck from the American Professionals to the Ultra Lux line now uses these Modern C carves.
For meaty mitt guys like me, I had to pass and stay with the American Special/Performer lineup still using the old style C necks.

I must have been confusing the nomenclature. I might have thought the modern C and standard C were the same thing. In any case, I've played a few recent Fenders with really thin little necks, which don't work for me at all. Maybe that was the standard C. I like 'em pretty beefy, preferably with a V. I've been playing a Robert Cray hardtail strat for a few years now, which is reputed to have a pretty beefy C. Never felt beefy to me - I replaced it with a fatter soft-V. Just recently got an American Original 50s Strat, which was reputed to have a really beefy soft-V. It's really beefy, but if it's a V, I evidently don't know what a V is. Very comfortable neck, maybe slightly reduced shoulders, but as round on the bottom as any neck I've played.

-Ray

[Chickee]

Originally Posted by raysachs

I must have been confusing the nomenclature. I might have thought the modern C and standard C were the same thing. In any case, I've played a few recent Fenders with really thin little necks, which don't work for me at all. Maybe that was the standard C. I like 'em pretty beefy, preferably with a V. I've been playing a Robert Cray hardtail strat for a few years now, which is reputed to have a pretty beefy C. Never felt beefy to me - I replaced it with a fatter soft-V. Just recently got an American Original 50s Strat, which was reputed to have a really beefy soft-V. It's really beefy, but if it's a V, I evidently don't know what a V is. Very comfortable neck, maybe slightly reduced shoulders, but as round on the bottom as any neck I've played.

-Ray

Bahahaha! I would be a crying baby if I was forced to play big neck guitars! 🙀😭My hand just aches immediately. 😂😹
All the best Ray!
frank d.

[CoolerKing]

Thanks y’all. I live in the boonies (hard to try out in person) and am trying to pick a custom shop tele with maple fretboard but not a baseball like the actual mid fifties fender offerings.

[Dru Edwards]

I drove the 2 hours today to the 'local' guitar store (L&M) and they had a black Player Strat (white pickguard) with maple fingerboard. It had the usual Strat neck I'm familiar with - it wasn't anywhere near a baseball bat neck.

[AfterViewer]

I like a maple neck on a Strat but not looking to hit one out of the park with it. Must be shred-ready or it's a no-go, although a Babe Ruth sig model would be the exception.

[TiffanyGuitar]

I like my Am Pro II neck on my strat. Was just playing it. I am not a shredder. More blues or blues/jazz type stuff. Oddly, I also like my roasted boat neck on my parts Tele.

[FoxHound4690]

Yes 100% they do. My stratocaster is an American Professional and the neck is very slim and easy playing. and yes it is a maple neck.

You just have to play a bunch of them until you find one with a neck that suits your hands. Alot of the custom shop ones i've played tend to have baseball bat necks but the more modern necks they're putting on current models tend to be alot thinner which for me allows for faster playing.

My advice, just get on down to your local music shop and see what's available and try out a bunch of 'em