modern or vintage modern neck construction?

[kbobb]

your thoughts on these, particularly with regard to stability/warping?

Also if there is a search function on the board could someone please tell me where to find it?

sorry to ask a question thats probably been discussed but i don't see a search function.  pardon my computer ignorance.

 

[BigSteve22]

"Search": Top of the page, third button from left. Between "Help" and "Profile".

PS: Rumor has it that there's nothing more stable than a Warmoth Modern Construction neck.

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[mayfly]

I'm with him.  There's none more stable than a Warmoth Modern construction neck.  I currently have seven of them and they are all straight as an arrow.

 

[kbobb]

thanks - found it!
appreciate your reply - there just happens to be a neck with nice wood in the ready to buy section in vintage modern construction - tempting but want to make sure the stability will be fine.

I really just play at home so the environment doesn't change much.  i have 2 fender guitars with the "vintage modern" equivalent now and rarely, if ever, adjust the truss rods.

 

[Cagey]

Modern construction is a "set it and forget it" thing - they just don't move - but I don't think you'd have to worry about Warmoth's "vintage modern" much. They're pretty good about seasoning their wood, which goes a long way toward making it stable. Just make sure that if it's a species that requires a hard finish that you put one on it.

 

[new-killer-star]

I have 2 necks that are vintage modern, one is brand new but the other one is 10 years old and it has been very stable.

 

[musicispeace]

I have both "Modern" and "Vintage Modern" necks and no issues with either.

 

[kbobb]

Thanks for your thought folks,

Is the vintage-modern neck the equivalent of what is on the current American Standard Teles and Strats?

 

[Cagey]

According to the Fender site, the "American Standard" Telecaster has what Warmoth would call a "Modern Vintage" neck. That is, the truss rod adjustment is at the headstock. It doesn't appear that they offer an "American Standard" Stratocaster any longer. But, if you look through the 4,619 other models of Strat they offer, some have headstock truss rod adjustments and some are at the heel. When they did make an American Standard Strat, the truss rod adjustment was at the headstock.

 

[Strummin12]

All of my Warmoth necks are modern and all maple. Oddly enough, the one that is the thickest (standard thin. All my others are wizards) and quarter sawn is the only one that needs regular adjustments. I would expect that one to be more stable.

 

[fdesalvo]

I find the vintage/modern to be extremely stabile - even with an oil finish.  For me this construction has the best tone and feel (resonance), though some will argue that the neck has little to do with tone.  In my experience it's ALL about the neck.  There's a depth to the attack that is missing/attenuated by the heavier truss rod config.  Again, this is my exp, so take it with a grain of salt.