Just in: all ebony Strat neck

[Jesse]

UPS just dropped it off about 30 minutes ago.  Got a ton to do this afternoon but I took a few minutes to snap a couple pics.  This is one of the all ebony necks that went up in the Showcase about two weeks ago.  It's not macassar, just lighter brown ebony with some sapwood mixed in there.  It's a modern construction neck with 10-16 compound radius and a standard thin contour.  Had SS6100 frets installed and it's prepped for an LSR nut.  Also had the frets cut at zero back bevel (standard is 30 degrees).  A friend of mine does a really sweet fret end that he cuts at 15 degrees and then sort of rounds the corners.  If you've ever seen an Ibanez J.Custom, the fret ends are finished that way (see attached).  Also will have him round over the board edges a bit.

The neck is actually much lighter than I expected.  I was expecting something over two lbs but it weighs in at 1 lb, 10.5 oz bare.  I weighed an Ibanez Wizard neck I have around and it's only four oz lighter, so I think that this should be manageable.

Neck is going onto this body I posted about recently:

http://unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=25365.0

Will start a proper in progress thread soon.

 

[Fat Pete]

Colour me jealous, there's something extremely appealing (to me) about an all ebony neck. Should make quite a combination with that body.

 

[DocNrock]

That is truly an awesome neck and is going to look hot with that green body.  :icon_thumright:

 

[jmcecil]

love it.  That will look awesome on the green body. arty07:

 

[bagman67]

Nice catch!

 

[Jesse]

Thanks, guys. After seeing the color in person I think that this is going to work out really well with the body, too.

Looking forward to getting back from vacation and getting started on getting this thing together.

 

[Pharos]

That looks really good! Can't wait to see how it looks with the body.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

The Ibanez method = otherwise known as "Hot Dogging" because they look like a hot dog cut in half lengthwise.
I like this method, gives you more fret surface to use, especially useful if you have a wide vibrato.

 

[vikingred]

Man that neck is badass.  They have one kinda like it left in the showcase.  More split-in-half lookin'.

 

[Jesse]

The Ibanez method = otherwise known as "Hot Dogging" because they look like a hot dog cut in half lengthwise.
I like this method, gives you more fret surface to use, especially useful if you have a wide vibrato.

It's a lot of hand finishing so I know why you almost never see it, but you're spot on about the extra fret surface to use.  For extra wide vibrato and/or sloppy playing like me lol. They cut the ends almost vertical but you don't notice it because of the hot dogging.  Different feel but very comfortable.

 

[musicispeace]

Wow, that neck looks like it is really something in person and looks better than in the showcase pics! Are the 6100s like rail road ties or are they a more like a cousin to the 6150 jumbo? You should have a pretty awesome guitar by the time its all together.

 

[swarfrat]

6100 is more like really aggressive speed bumps. The nasty ones that rip your suspension out if you go too fast.

 

[nullref]

Very nice indeed.  I was really happy with my ebony neck as well.

 

[Jesse]

Wow, that neck looks like it is really something in person and looks better than in the showcase pics! Are the 6100s like rail road ties or are they a more like a cousin to the 6150 jumbo? You should have a pretty awesome guitar by the time its all together.

6100 is extremely tall wire. Warmoth is using the Dunlop nomenclature but really it's Jescar wire. This is SS6100, which is Jescar FW57110-S, which is .110" x .057"