How About More Showcase Variety?

[PJ]

I'd like to see more Vintage Modern and Total Vintage necks, especially maple variants in the Showcase. Seems very heavilyweighted toward Pro-Construction types.

 

[jackthehack]

For the most part, Showcase reflects sales volume, while there aren't a lot of Total Vintage necks, there are 140 VMs, can't find something there? While there are a lot more Warmoth Pro necks, an awful of of those are practically duplicates....

 

[PJ]

I was thinking more of Tele necks, which Fender claims sales of are 90%-10% maple to rosewood of new shipments, While, in the Showcase, there's barely (one or two) maple vintage (even slim in VM) maple Tele necks available. Warmoth used to do a nice job with maple choices for Tele, but sadly that's no longer the case.And the offering doesn't track the market, but rather in reverse.

 

[simple]

We put Maple necks in there and they sell quickly. Makes it look like we just put Rosewood in there. Beefing up the all Maple selection has been a goal for a number of months so we've been making them. Now if everyone would stop buying them the selection could balance out. 

 

[PJ]

Greg...good to know that maple is still a priority at Warmoth, for Tele necks. You guys make the best necks, period! And I have a couple that are flat-out terrific. Custom-Shop quality, nice tint, great fret & nut work. Keep the maple Tele necks
coming. PS-Some Total Vintage maple Tele necks - would be nice to see from time to time, as well.

 

[stubhead]

Beefing up the all Maple selection has been a goal for a number of months so we've been making them. Now if everyone would stop buying them the selection could balance out.

Well, you could just have a blowout sale on all the rosewood necks and everything'll be perfect again! I'll tell 'em you said so.... :hello2:

 

[PJ]

Greg....don't get me wrong, I have a Warmoth Pro neck that I use for slide work - the flatter radius is terrific. But, for my main guitars, I do like the traditional 7'5" fretboard. What's cool is bolting-up a brand-new Warmoth Total Vintage neck and being taken back to the 60s or 70s with that true "Fender" feel. Ever thought about offering a 9.5" radius as part of the Vintage/Modern offering, since having the compound on both Pro & VM is more of a duplicate-offering than complementary?
Might help expand sales to have 9.5" rad. as a normal "Buiild-to-Showcase" offering in VM. Even though I'm an old-school guy, I do have a few 9.5" rad necks I like a lot.

 

[Nando Vallart]

As I understand, for more $35 you can have a 7,5" radius in a Warmoth Pro... And it's so far the most beautifull and practician...