New video: Warmoth vs Fender necks

[aarontunes]

Here is a pretty thorough comparison of Warmoth's replacement necks versus Fender's.

 

[rauchman]

Very nicely done. Interesting on the subtle contour differences.

 

[cuthbert]

The biflex truss rod is how they call their dual action one...I think it was introduced in 1983 with the Elite.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Those Fender necks are too thick for my liking.
I prefer the Graphtech nut.
The Fender necks do not have SS frets.
I like to do my own finish on necks.
Warmoth is the choice.

 

[cuthbert]

I am pretty sure that if you know what you want you would choose a custom neck.

Fender necks in the 90s were definitely thinner, but the internet connoisseurs have brainwashed the guitarist population with the idea that thicker=better despite of the trend from the 50s to the 80s to get thinner and thinner...

I had a 1969 strat like the one Hendrix used, nut width was 40mm sharp and thickness 20mm. It was small.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Yeah, I know neck thickness is a matter of personal preference, and that's fine. I think that if I had big hands, I would want a thick neck. The only Fender I currently own is my 1990 Strat, which has a thin neck; even thinner than Warmoth's Standard Thin.

 

[cuthbert]

Yeah, I know neck thickness is a matter of personal preference, and that's fine. I think that if I had big hands, I would want a thick neck. The only Fender I currently own is my 1990 Strat, which has a thin neck; even thinner than Warmoth's Standard Thin.

These two guys had relatively large hands and always played thin and narrow necks:

 

[PFDarkside]

I am pretty sure that if you know what you want you would choose a custom neck.

Fender necks in the 90s were definitely thinner, but the internet connoisseurs have brainwashed the guitarist population with the idea that thicker=better despite of the trend from the 50s to the 80s to get thinner and thinner...

I had a 1969 strat like the one Hendrix used, nut width was 40mm sharp and thickness 20mm. It was small.

I thought thinner was better until I started playing thicker necks. I have a JM, 62 hot rod and Pre-Hendrix MIM that are all 0.835” that I liked a lot more than my 90’s Fenders that were .790 - .800. I have a CIJ 52RI that isn’t quite my thing. I also don’t like bigger Gibson’s. Then I tried a Fatback on a whim, amazing! I think as long it’s a C, thick is great for me. V and D, not so much.

 

[Strat Avenger]

I think as long it’s a C, thick is great for me. V and D, not so much.

Same for me.

 

[ruscio]

Another really informative video, but I'm surprised you left out a lot of the Warmoth options that you can't get with Fender replacement necks, such as:

* scalloped frets - Fender has offered this, but it locks you into all the other specs that come with it (Am Pro II?)
* tuner holes - you mentioned this a bit when talking about headstock thickness, but I don't recall you mentioning the options available here
* painted headstocks - if that's still available, not sure
* headstock veneers - ditto
* binding - several options
* scale conversions - baritone, Gibson
* mounting holes - 4-hole, 3-hole micro-tilt, no holes
* number of frets - 21, 22, 24 fret extension

 

[cuthbert]

Until one month ago veneers and painted headstocks were still available.