New Fenders: Hey it looks just like a, umm....

[stubhead]

Fender Carved Top Jazzmaster - with maple cap and hardtail and humbuckings! The only thing they missed was compound radius - you have to buy a Gibson for that.

 

[alterbridgefan]

Hate it, but LOVE the neck. Check out the fretboard - I wish the big W did that.

 

[Cederick]

Is that like a carved out maple neck with rosewood put in? That a really cool idea.
But I wonder how it will be with finishing. You probably need some finish up on the "binding" area, but that would make for a weird edge... How does it work? Or is it finished all over?

 

[rapfohl09]

Is that like a carved out maple neck with rosewood put in? That a really cool idea.
But I wonder how it will be with finishing. You probably need some finish up on the "binding" area, but that would make for a weird edge... How does it work? Or is it finished all over?

The whole thing is probably finished, rosewood doesn't need a finish but can take one and maple needs one.

 

[alterbridgefan]

Is that like a carved out maple neck with rosewood put in? That a really cool idea.
But I wonder how it will be with finishing. You probably need some finish up on the "binding" area, but that would make for a weird edge... How does it work? Or is it finished all over?

The whole thing is probably finished, rosewood doesn't need a finish but can take one and maple needs one.

Yep! Inlaid fretboard, finished all over.

 

[-CB-]

Just finish the edges... its no problem.  No doubt Fender has some high tech fancy schmancy masking system anyway.  And, its poly finished, no?

 

[jay4321]

That's fantastic until I got to the $2,500 part. It's really nice though. In fact design-wise it's pretty close to something I'm plotting. Has the TOM, HH pickups, knobs placed nicely, love the inlaid fretboard and carved top. A ton of money though and I don't know what's up with those pickups they're calling WRHB on it.

 

[thearmofbarlow]

No doubt Fender has some high tech fancy schmancy masking system anyway.

I believe they refer to it as the "tape" system.  :icon_thumright:

Stuff like this just shows how far off the deep end Fender is going and, more importantly, how far the idiots that buy names will go to have said name on their headstock. They'll sell out of these, of course, because the same doctors and lawyers that buy PRS Private Reserves have the cash to buy these as well.

I don't get it. I really don't.

 

[mero]

That's fantastic until I got to the $2,500 part. It's really nice though. In fact design-wise it's pretty close to something I'm plotting. Has the TOM, HH pickups, knobs placed nicely, love the inlaid fretboard and carved top. A ton of money though and I don't know what's up with those pickups they're calling WRHB on it.

The reissue WRHB pickups don't sound anything like the originals. Also I'm not sure if these are sized like the original WRHBs (judging from the relative size and string spacing to the TOM, doesn't look like it), but if they are, then they're quite a bit wider than normal humbuckers and you won't be able to replace them with standard sized humbuckers.

Although for the money, I'd say just go nuts on specing a custom Warmoth Jazzmaster instead :icon_biggrin:

 

[CrazyGrain]

...rosewood doesn't need a finish but can take one...

Rosewood looks great with a clear gloss. Not sure why that's not a standard option in the neck builder.

 

[thearmofbarlow]

The only thing they missed was compound radius

It's a 9.5" to 14" radius. No they didn't.  :icon_thumright:

Vaguely priced through Warmoth's site that's about $1400 in parts, including finishes. I'd save the money, personally, but hey... I don't care what the headstock says as long as it plays and sounds good.

 

[bagman67]

I don't care what the headstock says as long as it plays and sounds good.

That's the whole shootin' match, as far as I'm concerned.  My Peavey strat copy and my long-departed Westminster LP agree.

 

[alterbridgefan]

The catch with this is unless you do it yourself or pay someone to do it for you (Which, BTW, would potentially cost MUCH more than what Fender wants... ) you can't have this. This thing is unique - The inlaid board and carved top on a jazzy are VERY custom, and while the big W may be cheaper, some of the features would be compromised, which is exactly what everyone on here says NOT to do. So not a complete ripoff.

 

[alterbridgefan]

Just finish the edges... its no problem.  No doubt Fender has some high tech fancy schmancy masking system anyway.  And, its poly finished, no?

But if you finish the edge, it makes a small part of the fretboard used for bending harder to play... Trivial but relevant.

Sorry for the bump, but I keep coming back to look at that neck... :sad:

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

The finish on the neck isn't that hard to wrap my brain around.  On a standard neck that has an unfinished fretboard mated to a finished neck, sometimes the edge is finished, sometimes it isn't.  Either way, when done right, one has to work to feel the transition.  On this, that joint is just on the top rather than sides.  Does anyone remember that video of the Les Paul-ish thing stubbornly and strangely made with odd tools and techniques?  It has the fretboard inlaid like that.