New to the forums and Warmoth

[Martymig]

What can I expect? I've just ordered a neck from these guys and they said 12 weeekkss......lol....... how are their necks ? Are they good quality?

 

[Seamas]

The quality is excellent.

 

[ChronoTrigger77]

First - welcome to the Forums!

Second, I concur on the quality - it's fantastic.  After years of consideration, I finally purchased my first Warmoth neck in January.  I have three now, and can't believe I waited so long.

On the lead times, this video should help.  It was posted three months ago, but the heavy order volume is ongoing and probably not letting up any time soon:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yDaXkG2mKs[/youtube]

12 weeks does seem long, but chances are, it will be well worth the wait.

 

[TheOtherEric]

If you (or your luthier) do excellent finishing work, then yes your neck will be excellent. If not, it will be poor.  Warmoth does none of the crucial finishing steps — leveling the frets, rounding the fret edges, rolling the fingerboard, and polishing the frets. So final quality is totally up to YOU, but Warmoth gives you a great starting point.

Anyone who simply says “they’re amazing” isn’t telling the whole story. And anyone playing one right out of the box has a very poor quality neck despite what they claim.

That said, my Warmoth is excellent, and yeah I’m good at finishing necks.  :guitarplayer2:

 

[Cagey]

Anyone who simply says “they’re amazing” isn’t telling the whole story. And anyone playing one right out of the box has a very poor quality neck despite what they claim.

"Amazing" covers a lotta ground and is somewhat subjective so I'd hold back on that adjective, but "very poor quality"? That's totally off-base. Warmoth's necks are very high quality. If they weren't, they'd have gone out of business long ago. Some people DO play them right out of the box, and at that point they're still better than most OEM necks from the usual suspects.

But, they are "new parts" and are therefore somewhat unfinished in the interest of allowing the assembler/tech to adjust/customize to suit. The nut slots will be somewhat shallow - they don't know what kind or  gauge strings you're going to use, or where you like your action set. The frets won't be leveled because they were just installed - Warmoth doesn't know how you like your frets crowned/dressed/polished/etc, so again, they leave that as a finishing activity for the assembler/tech to adjust/customize to suit. But, it's a freshly milled fretboard that's likely already slotted and freshly fretted, so they should be pretty damn close - just not within a gnat's kiss of level. The relief can't be set for the same reasons already mentioned. Gotta string 'er up and make 'er sweat a bit first.

But, a lot of that stuff is just nominal/normal work you'd do on any new guitar, and especially on any new parts. No manufacturer is prescient.

If you're not comfortable doing that kind of work, you can certainly still build the instrument anyway, see how you love it and what you'd like changed, then take it someone who is. No shame in that. Some of that finer work requires specialized tools and hard-won experience to accomplish well.

But, there are a lotta talented and experienced people on this board who are more than happy to share their knowledge to make it a fun and successful project for you. Any time you feel gray about something, you can always ask and somebody (probably a number of sombodies) will likely have already done it or know where there are resources to help. Everybody's made plenty of mistakes - it's how we learn. The only ones who don't make mistakes are those who aren't doing anything. So, have fun :laughing7:

 

[xParallax]

Welcome to the forum!  :headbanging:

It’s well worth the wait in my opinion. I agree with both comments above. The neck you get out of the box is a brand new high quality neck, built to your specifications and to the highest standards. However I noticed with mine that it’s 80% built when it arrives. The other 20% comes after the guitar is assembled and you take it to a luthier for a fret level, crown and setup. Only then will it feel like the best neck you’ve ever played.

When I got mine out of the box, it had a little fret sprout from the change in climate, and a bit of tarnishing, but a good level, crown and setup solves all of this.

The 12 weeks will both drag and fly by. You’ll count every second but before you know it you’ll have your neck!

Again, welcome to the forum, it’s great to have you!
Rhys

 

[ValeBliz]

Agree with the guys above, the neck themselves are great quality, but if you want them perfect you have to do some work. So far I had 2 warmoth necks, one needed badly some fret leveling, the second one was extremely well leveled out of the box, but it’s pretty much luck. Btw the technique to level a new neck is slightly different from leveling a played/worn one.
On warmoth necks you’ll always need to polish the frets and, if you want to, to roll the edges and do some fret end work, but it’s very easy stuff.