Disaster Reshaping A Neck

[Bdam123]

I’m pretty particular about the way my necks feel as most of you can agree. There isn’t a single Strat I’ve ever owned that I didn’t reshape to my liking. I’ve done 4 Fender Strats and a Musikraft Strat with great success. I love these necks.

Fast forward to this year, I finally decided to give Warmoth a try. I like my necks 0.75” at the 3rd fret and graduating to about 0.79”-0.80” at the 9th.

Went in on this warmoth Strat neck and guess what? Went right to truss rod at about 0.775 at the 7th fret. It hurts my soul tbh. I have three other necks here that I have to reshape in some form if they stand any chance of me falling in love with them. I think I’m just going to do the shoulders to keep it safe but fudge, this totally ruined my week. The only silver lining is I got this neck during that ridiculous sale they threw last month.

 

[Barf]

The other silver lining is now everyone knows .775" is the limit.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Isn't the Wizard neck thinner than that?

 

[Spud]

I’m pretty particular about the way my necks feel as most of you can agree. There isn’t a single Strat I’ve ever owned that I didn’t reshape to my liking. I’ve done 4 Fender Strats and a Musikraft Strat with great success. I love these necks.

Fast forward to this year, I finally decided to give Warmoth a try. I like my necks 0.75” at the 3rd fret and graduating to about 0.79”-0.80” at the 9th.

Went in on this warmoth Strat neck and guess what? Went right to truss rod at about 0.775 at the 7th fret. It hurts my soul tbh. I have three other necks here that I have to reshape in some form if they stand any chance of me falling in love with them. I think I’m just going to do the shoulders to keep it safe but fudge, this totally ruined my week. The only silver lining is I got this neck during that ridiculous sale they threw last month.

What carve did you start out with?

 

[Bdam123]

Isn't the Wizard neck thinner than that?

I’m not sure if they construct them slightly different on those or not. I tried getting some sort of answer about what my limit really is and if there tolerance would even allow for a true answer but they essentially ignored my question.

 

[Bdam123]

What carve did you start out with?

I started with their standard thin

 

[stratamania]

I’m not sure if they construct them slightly different on those or not. I tried getting some sort of answer about what my limit really is and if there tolerance would even allow for a true answer but they essentially ignored my question.

I would suppose you have not got an answer, as that type of reshaping is no doubt going to invalidate a warranty.

You do not mention which neck construction this neck was, but if it was vintage or vintage modern construction, the truss rods are in a curved channel. They will be closer to the back of the neck towards the middle of the neck.



The thinner wizard profile to my knowledge is only available with the modern construction necks whose truss rods are in a straight channel.

 

[Bdam123]

I would suppose you have not got an answer, as that type of reshaping is no doubt going to invalidate a warranty.

You do not mention which neck construction this neck was, but if it was vintage or vintage modern construction, the truss rods are in a curved channel. They will be closer to the back of the neck towards the middle of the neck.

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The thinner wizard profile to my knowledge is only available with the modern construction necks whose truss rods are in a straight channel.

Correct, that’s the reason I didn’t just go with wizard in the first place. I opted for vintage/modern. Lesson learned.

 

[Strangs]

Maybe an opportunity to get into composites? Shape to your liking, then wrap the back of the neck in carbon fiber protecting any exposed truss rod with some tape. No one's the wiser.