Just want to say... I got that maple neck I just bought from W onto the ash thin-line I've got.
Brightened it up considerably... to the point of being a very nice toned axe now.
Before - swamp ash thinline, p90 with a BB#3 at the bridge, and a goncalo neck. New neck is exact in all respects: Contour, width, radius, frets and construction method (vintage modern). The P90 was muddy. Could not even think about "dialing it down" because it went from mud to quagmire. Now... nice lively and vibrant neck pickup. No need to unwind it. So far... good tone, tone control usable, and... and... the middle control via Q filter (Lawrence, the real one) works great too.
All in all, a good transplant.
I gotta let it sit a day, go back and tweak the nut slots a little, do the final setup. Lacquer feels nice, very nice in fact.
For all those, who ask all about body wood - let me just say again, that the neck is the most resonant part on an electric solid or thin-line. The neck is second only to the pickup choice.
I dont like shrill tele's but this one is pretty much dialed in as far as tone goes. I "may" tweak the Q filter a little, but that would be a minor tweak.
The goncalo neck, will go on the single coil equipped tele "in the works". That should tone down the usual single coil shrillness.
Seems like a happy transplant to me.
Brightened it up considerably... to the point of being a very nice toned axe now.
Before - swamp ash thinline, p90 with a BB#3 at the bridge, and a goncalo neck. New neck is exact in all respects: Contour, width, radius, frets and construction method (vintage modern). The P90 was muddy. Could not even think about "dialing it down" because it went from mud to quagmire. Now... nice lively and vibrant neck pickup. No need to unwind it. So far... good tone, tone control usable, and... and... the middle control via Q filter (Lawrence, the real one) works great too.
All in all, a good transplant.
I gotta let it sit a day, go back and tweak the nut slots a little, do the final setup. Lacquer feels nice, very nice in fact.
For all those, who ask all about body wood - let me just say again, that the neck is the most resonant part on an electric solid or thin-line. The neck is second only to the pickup choice.
I dont like shrill tele's but this one is pretty much dialed in as far as tone goes. I "may" tweak the Q filter a little, but that would be a minor tweak.
The goncalo neck, will go on the single coil equipped tele "in the works". That should tone down the usual single coil shrillness.
Seems like a happy transplant to me.
