Can anyone help me figure out how to get similar specs to this neck?

[ash_grain_lover]

Hi y'all. I'm new to the realm of custom guitars & want to make sure I get this right, since my wife is giving me the money to get it made & expects it to be my "workhorse" guitar for the next while. I'm trying to get a Warmoth neck with dimensions similar to an 80s Ibanez Blazer neck, but for a standard Strat neck pocket. Here are the measurements I was given from a nice person who measured their Blazer for me:

Fretboard Width
Width at nut 41.85mm
Width at 1st fret 42.84mm
Width at 12th fret 52.66mm
Width at heel 55.38mm

Profile thickness
1st fret 20.45mm
12th fret 23.60mm
Heel 26.22mm

Neck Profile Shape
I don’t have a profile gauge. But it feels more like a U or C profile (nicely rounded on the back of the neck). Not a D profile as the back of the neck is not that flat and certainly nothing like a wizard neck.

Fretboard Radius
9.5 inches (measured with StewMac gauge at top and bottom of fretboard). It is definitely NOT 7.25 inches.

Fret wire measurement
Medium - same as Jescar #43080

If someone could hold my hand and let me know what to plug in to the Warmoth virtual builder to approximate this type of feel, I would greatly appreciate it. Hopefully there is enough information here?

Thanks!

 

[stratamania]

Here are some links you can use to figure out the closest options that you will need. Once you have done that you will know what to enter in a virtual builder.

Fretboard Width

https://warmoth.com/guitar-neck-nut-width

Profiles - width and shape

Guitar Neck Profiles

warmoth.com

Fretboard Radius

https://warmoth.com/guitar-neck-fretboard-radius

Fret Wire - compare

Warmoth fret size options on replacement necks.

When buying a replacement neck for your electric guitar, fret size and material is one of the most important considerations. Warmoth lets you choose from nickel, stainless steel, or gold, and from a range of sizes to suit your playing style.

warmoth.com

JESCAR Music - Fret Wire Specifications

Most fret profiles have a standard 0.020″ tang width. For installation, it is typically recommended that it is installed into a 0.023″ fret slot. Other tang sizes will require different slot sizes. Fret wire is available in coils, sold by the pound; 2 foot straight lengths in packs of 3 and 15...

jescarmusic.com

Note some of Warmoths measurements are in imperial and metric, but some only imperial so you will also need to convert metric to imperial to compare.

 

[ash_grain_lover]

So per my understanding, my best approximation of this neck via the Warmoth builder would be:

Nut width: 1 5/8ths
Profile: Fatback
Radius: 9.5
Frets: SS6105 (Narrow & Tall, stainless)

Does this sound correct? The only thing I can really tell for sure is the radius, obviously. Would be extremely helpful if someone could chime in with something more concrete than links to a wiki and "figure it out yourself" before I take the leap...

edit: I really don't mean to be rude, I just am bad at math and not confident in my knowledge. Could use the input of someone more experienced than myself to double-check my work.

edit 2: also, how would the overall 'feel' of the neck be affected if I were to choose a nut width of 1.65? I get the impression that the answer is "substantially"... I do some fingerpicking so I'm wondering if the slightly wider option might be a better move, but I don't want to turn the end product into something completely different.

 

[Tretgeraet]

The Fatback doesn't have a taper, so thinkness at the 1st fret is the same as at the 12th fret. And it's huge!

There's no exact equivalent to the neck you're looking for, from the numbers you posted, the closest in thickness and taper seems to be the Wolfgang, but that's an asymmetric profile! Also 1.650" nut width sounds like a better fit to your numbers.

It's all a matter of taste, though. I have 5 Warmoth necks, 3 standard thin (with 1 11/16" nut width), a "D" and a fatback and I like them all, but if I could only keep one it would be a standard thin, that's why I have 3 of them.

Also, on a sidenote: I wouldn't call the Jescar #43080 "medium", in fact Jescar doesn't either; they call it "small/narrow". Warmoths 6105 is certainly bigger, it's what I'd call medium and for me it's a good choice if I don't want jumbo oder medium jumbo, but don't want spaghettis either.

 

[stratamania]

1st fret 20.45mm = 0.80511811"
12th fret 23.60mm = 0.92913386


Nut width: 1.650
Profile: As @Tretgeraet said the Wolfgang looks closer to the measurements. The Standard thin is very close at the 1st fret but has less taper so is not as thick at the twelth fret.
Radius: 9.5"
Frets: SS6105 (Narrow & Tall, stainless) or also the 6150s are a good choice of fret if you don't want Jumbo frets.

On balance give the standard thin a try, 1.650 nut, you might even find the compound 10-16 radius and 6150SS frets work well.

 

[Waraxe]

Musikraft has a few that are close

Pv
Evh
Pro mod (one of the 3 is super close)
60 oval c

They have 39 profiles to choose from, plus the beefy black guard tele profiles. There's a handful.

Also, depending on their workload, they can match a profile for 100 bucks or something. Not sure of this, but call to check

 

[PFDarkside]

Musikraft has a few that are close

Pv
Evh
Pro mod (one of the 3 is super close)
60 oval c

They have 39 profiles to choose from, plus the beefy black guard tele profiles. There's a handful.

Also, depending on their workload, they can match a profile for 100 bucks or something. Not sure of this, but call to check

They also will do a 3D printed chunk for you now, at least I saw it advertised somewhere. If you absolutely need something nearly exactly the same it might be a good idea to check with them.