Neck transplant: Mad doctor stuff...

[-CB-]

I just got that swamp ash tele body down in the classifieds.  I've also got another swamp ash tele body, about to be sprayed metallic blue (sort of a Lake Placid Blue... close to it).

I've already got a swamp ash thinline with a nice playing goncalo neck, finished in clear lacquer.  The problem is - the pickups, the neck, the thinline.. a little too warm, too thick.  It needs some brightening.

I've also got a really nice birdseye maple neck needing finishing.  I got that for the tele thats gonna be painted blue.

So, here's the plan -

Finish the birdseye neck, and put it on the thinline to brighten it up a tad.  It'll be crisper that way.

Take the goncalo neck, and put it on the solid swamp ash tele that will arrive in the not-to-distant future.  That one's routed hb/tele-bridge, so I can put something light wound in the neck and something sorta vintage in the bridge and get a good balance and probably some ok tone.

Which means... the blue one needs a neck.

Was thinking of a VM neck in canary, with rosewood board and some trapezoid inlays, 21 fret.  That one is also routed HB/tele-bridge.  I'll use the same model pickups as afore mentioned - be nice to see how necks along alter things, no? 

Any thoughts on canary?  The whole plan?

 

[Mor Paul]

The blue and canary will look nice, but I'm not so sure about the traps on the neck.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Any thoughts on the whole plan?

 

[jlegnor]

When I get a chance to do a new build I plan on a Canary neck so I like that idea.  But I'm like Max on the traps, just don't think it would look right.  If you had a Jackson peghead and Floyd I could see it.  But since everything else is going to be cosmetically traditional, my preference would be maybe perl dots.

 

[-CB-]

The blue and canary will look nice, but I'm not so sure about the traps on the neck.

I thought the traps might look nice, I dunno... I got no style, no class, no sense of fashion...

The idea was to go that Lake Placid Blue, with black pickguard, dark fretboard and some traps... blocks?  Double-D diamonds?

maybe a black peghead?

I'm just tossin out stuff... ya know... for input

 

[blue313]

I love the canary on my Tele.  I'd give it a big thumbs up.

Maybe canary/ebony with MOP dots.

 

[jackthehack]

Nope; all canary neck with black traps or diamonds

 

[chrisg]

I've got Canary/Ebony on my chambered body tele.  2 single coils.  Love it

 

[jimh]

I quite like the idea of traps on a tele neck.

 

[mayfly]

I've got a Canary/Canary neck on one of my Teles, it's very very nice.

Canary/Rosewood would be the cats ass.  Can't comment on the position markers.

 

[-CB-]

maybe Max can do one of his famous mock-ups

 

[Mor Paul]

I take back what I said about the traps potentially looking "off."
I misread your post, and thought it said canary/canary for a neck. On rosewood, it would look fine. I'd recommend binding, but that's just for a bit of extra class.

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Traps are cool.  Teles are cool.  What could go wrong?

 

[-CB-]

That blue esquire up there is way cool by the way....

How's canary SOUND on a tele is the real question I 'spose.....

 

[Alfang]

no style, no class, no sense of fasion,  LOL you crack us all up, and I second Max's mock up, he's got a great insight as to whats cool

 

[jackthehack]

That blue esquire up there is way cool by the way....

How's canary SOUND on a tele is the real question I 'spose.....

I don't have an all-canary neck yet (that'll be for my "NextGen Blackguard" project), but if there is any tonal difference between the couple of ebony on canary necks I have and maple, I can't really hear it.

This would work on your Tele.... http://www.warmoth.com/Showcase/ShowcaseNeck.aspx?i=TN2698&Body=1&Path=Neck

 

[Mor Paul]

Wow, that's a lousy mockup...

 

[hannaugh]

It does the trick though, the trapezoids look way cool in my opinion!  :headbang1:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Stole the mock up of Max and changed it to white esquire guard and other with canary fingerboard, but can't upload here and I'm lazy to upload somewhere else :tard:

 

[-CB-]

I think either a pure white pickguard, not creme.  Probably go black though.  Not sure on the binding.  I think if bound, I'd wanna paint the face of the peghead too.  If I leave the peghead as is, unbound might be more in line with the "overall" look.

Thoughts?  Blocks instead?