Neck and Body Pairing

[gotw]

One of the things that makes a guitar a great instrument is the mating of the neck to the body. We've all played well-made guitars that weren't great instruments. Does Warmoth offer a process for picking neck and body pieces that *might* be more likely to be musical when put together? Obviously no guarantees can be made.
Thanks!

 

[Seamas]

We've all played well-made guitars that weren't great instruments.

I don't know if I ever have.

 

[Hendrix]

1, I think what is " right " or "perfect " is very subjective, so how can they decide for you?

2, even they know what you want, that is too time-consuming to test how many to find the  " right " or "perfect " Pairing?

3, how to test? Assembled how many pairs of the guitar to test out?

So, NO, no way that can be done.

 

[Seamas]

Plus difficult to define what combo is more "musical".


I have played many great acoustic guitars. Some have a huge bright tone with a thumpy bottom, others have a pronounced midrange and are very dark in character--and equally musical.

 

[aarontunes]

IMO the idea of a magical pairings of bodies to necks is mostly marketing.


To answer the OP's question directly, Warmoth doesn't offer any kind of matchmaking service for necks and bodies.

 

[mayfly]

IMO the idea of a magical pairings of bodies to necks is mostly marketing.

And this is coming from the marketing guy!

 

[aarontunes]

IMO the idea of a magical pairings of bodies to necks is mostly marketing.

And this is coming from the marketing guy!

Psshh....marketing guys. Amiright?

 

[Sovereign_13]

People don't even agree whether or not "tone wood" is a meaningful term, let alone whether certain bodies work better with certain necks (or fretboards/hardware/pickups/cables/output jacks/case materials/amp colors).  I doubt Warmoth would be willing to wade into that particular bog of misinformation, pseudoscience, and bias-confirmation to offer what could be construed as a "professional opinion".

And I certainly wouldn't blame them.  People will complain about anything - why feed the fire?

 

[aarontunes]

This thread has my "marketing guy" mind whirring!


I'm just spit-balling here:


The Warmoth Dating Game
The Warmoth Love Connection
Warmoth's Blind Date
Who Wants to Marry a Warmoth Millionaire?
The Warmoth Bachelor
Warmoth's Temptation Island


Oh man...I'm liking where this is headed!!!!  :glasses9:

 

[Sovereign_13]

For the millennials*...

Legends of the Hidden Warmoth Temple
Warmoth Double Dare

*I just threw up in my mouth a little.  Dear marketing people - millennials are all 25-35 now.  We're adults.  Please stop giving us our own category.

 

[Cagey]

I don't think I've played anything that was't at least reasonably good in a very long time. Reminds me of a saying a buddy of mine used to repeat every once in a while - "Worst piece of ass I ever has was great!" :laughing7:

It's not like it was back in the '70s when the Japanese were just getting started with guitars. They were turning out some real honest-to-god garbage. Some of that stuff was so bad you couldn't even use it temporarily for one tune where you intended to smash the thing at the end of the song. They often looked pretty cool, though, in a teenaged rockstar wannabe sort of way.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

IMO the idea of a magical pairings of bodies to necks is mostly marketing.


To answer the OP's question directly, Warmoth doesn't offer any kind of matchmaking service for necks and bodies.

Isn't that like, "Guitar Parts Dating Servicing?"

 

[ghotiphry]

The possibilities are... ENDLESS! 

 

[BigSteve22]

IMO the idea of a magical pairings of bodies to necks is mostly marketing.

Oh man, I can hear your boss now:
What did he say? No MAGIC??

 

[aarontunes]

Wait...let me explain.


What I actually meant when I said "no magic" was "call me, and I'll make sure your new body and neck resonate at complementary harmonic frequencies, thereby ensuring that the resulting axe will deliver an unprecedented and transcendental aural experience. $40 extra."


Sorry for the confusion.

 

[stratamania]

If no guarantees could be made, what would be the point of such a service?

 

[BigSteve22]

What I actually meant when I said "no magic" was "call me, and I'll make sure your new body and neck resonate at complementary harmonic frequencies, thereby ensuring that the resulting axe will deliver an unprecedented and transcendental aural experience. $40 extra."

Well all right then, TAKE MY MONEY!
:laughing11: :laughing3: :laughing7:

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

Wait...let me explain.


What I actually meant when I said "no magic" was "call me, and I'll make sure your new body and neck resonate at complementary harmonic frequencies, thereby ensuring that the resulting axe will deliver an unprecedented and transcendental aural experience. $40 extra."



Sorry for the confusion.

The equivalent of Carvin/Keisel's "Option 50"... :glasses10:

 

[Seamas]

Wait...let me explain.


What I actually meant when I said "no magic" was "call me, and I'll make sure your new body and neck resonate at complementary harmonic frequencies, thereby ensuring that the resulting axe will deliver an unprecedented and transcendental aural experience. $40 extra."


Sorry for the confusion.

Hire a Reiki bring all the parts chakras into alignment.

 

[musicispeace]

Partscasters are always a roll of the dice as you are creating a guitar out of thin air. For solidbodies don't over fixate on wood. They are planks with pickups attached.  :icon_smile: