How does the warmoth clapton v feel?

[GT1-Reach]

Hi guys.

I want to replace the neck on my stratocaster. I really fell in love with the neck of the road worn 50s stratocaster. I love the pretty skinny soft v profile.

Anybody here got experience with the warmoth v and maybe can compare to the road worn v?

Greetings from Germany, Dennis

 

[Fat Pete]

Not sure if either are the same as the road worn profile, but I've tried a '10/56' neck on a (fantastic) Masterbuilt Strat and just briefly put my hand round a Fender Clapton profile neck on a Custom Shop model. Neither were as sharp a V as Warmoth's Clapton (which still isn't very sharp).

I played a very hard V profile neck for many years, so I'm probably a bit of an outlier in terms of neck profile taste - as well as many other things - but W's Clapton works very well for me. If you like the idea of a V, but don't want to go boatneck fat, give it a go!

 

[GT1-Reach]

Hi Fat Pete,

Thanks for the reply!

That sounds pretty good, most important thing for me is to get a V without too much shoulder. I think I give the warmoth v a go.

Maybe someone other experience with these necks?

 

[BigSteve22]

I have a W Clapton neck on my Jazzmaster. (25.5" scale, 1-11/16 nut, 10-16" radius.) Not much shoulder to speak of, profile falls away from the fretboard pretty quickly.

I usually play a thin profile neck, so this neck feels really "palm filling" to me. I do find even the soft V forces me to adjust my hand position while playing certain chords, (Major bar chords, for instance), because the V hits my hand right at the middle joint of my thumb. I've thought about of sanding down the peek of the V, just a little, but haven't done so yet. All depends on your hands, and what you like.

Good luck, welcome to the forum.

 

[GT1-Reach]

Thank you sir!

Recently i adapted the "thumb over" style and the v feels just so right. I will definitely give it a try. If you say there is not that much of a shoulder, its a good thing for me.  :headbang:

 

[ch4os82]

Thank you sir!

Recently i adapted the "thumb over" style and the v feels just so right. I will definitely give it a try. If you say there is not that much of a shoulder, its a good thing for me.  :headbang:

If you like to play thumb over then the V feels so very comfortables. I have small hands and I have 2 Warmoth V necks. Its like having a thick neck but feels like a thin neck when you play thumb over.

 

[docteurseb]

Nearly all my necks have had the Clapton profile.

It's a more pronounced V than the modern Fender Clapton Strats (late 80s models had I think an equally pronounced V), or other ones with soft V profiles (Roadworn, Jimmy Vaughan, 57 reissues).

The 10/56 from Custom Shop 56 reissues is a much thicker neck profile with more shoulders, it's still
plenty comfortable for chording but feels slower to me for soloing than the thinner Clapton neck.

 

[musicispeace]

I have a Warmoth Clapton V on a strat and the boatneck profile on another and have owned the Standard Thin. I tend to think of the Clapton V as something like the Standard Thin with a V shape on the back. That is not technically accurate but if that is my subjective reaction to it the Warmoth V should work within your neck preference from what you have described. It definitely does not have much shoulder in the scheme of things. I also have a USACG neck that is .87 soft V and it is chunkier with more shoulder. 

 

[GT1-Reach]

Thanks guys for your thoughts.

I just measured my beloved Neck on my 50s road worn and i am pretty much confused.


I measured .890 at the first fret and pretty much the same at the 12th fret. i have never seen something like this before. all neck makers have necks where the first and the 12th fret differ. or have i measured wrong?


Anybody thoughts on this?

 

[Logrinn]

Warmoth have two profiles that has the same thickness at both the first and the 12:th fret.
So it's not uncommon.

 

[musicispeace]

Musikraft has a couple of profile options that measure the same all the way down. So they are out there. And given the history of Fender variation it is certainly possible it has happened there.