Recent content by Carl

Scary story. I am not looking at reshaping it to anywhere near as thin as that guy's neck. Just 2-3 mm From 1.00" to 0.86"-0.96" like the 59 Roundback. But I will probably drop the idea, because I get the impression that the general opinion here seems to be that it's to risky to reshape a...

It's a Vintage Modern construction and I understand that I will invalidate the warranty if I modify the neck. I am not planning on sanding much, I just want to get rid of that uncomfortable V-shape. But I don't want to ruin the neck and that's why i am asking for other owner's experiences...

Has anyone here reshaped a roasted maple Warmoth neck? I built strat a couple of years ago, which is great in every way, but I can’t get used to its neck profile. For some reason I ordered it with a V shaped Boatneck profile and I would like to reshape to a more rounder profile like the 59...

I have now applied two layers of Birchwood Tru Oil to the neck of last year's strat build and now I am just letting it rest for a couple of days before I apply the Birchwood Wax. I didn't expect the Tru Oil to enhance the look so much, but it really gives the neck a three dimensional "deep"...

Thanks for the link and BTW nice guitar and neck plate. ;)

Thanks for the input. I know that I don't have to do anything with the roasted necks, thanks to the roast process and I have played the strat with a rosted neck "naked" for a year. I feels OK, but I prefer the feel of my Music Man StingRay, so I thought that I would try duplicating Music Man's...

Last year I built a strat with Warmoth roasted maple neck with rw fretboard and this year I am building a blackguard tele with a one piece Warmoth roasted neck. The raw strat neck feels OK, but I prefer the feel of Music Man's oiled and waxed neck, so I am considering this Finnish for both my...