I understand the neck would be one piece, fine by me. I was asking about the connection of the neck with the fretboard.
1 piece maple neck: Neck & fretboard are one piece from the same piece of wood.
2 piece maple neck: Fretboard is glued on the neck.
I have a Warmoth strat and I'm very satisfied with the quality of the guitar, but there are other companies who give more options on maple necks and I'm asking your opinion. So far the only guitar I have with a maple neck is a Squier '51 I bought a few months ago. I will order a maple neck in the next few months for my strat project, so I'd like to learn everything about maple necks.
givememytoys said:
i have a one piece birdseye maple warmoth neck thats almost 20 years old and its been a jewl
It's very encouraging that you mention this about the birdseye neck. I read a while ago that birdseye is a fungus, like spalted maple, and it's not so stable for necks although Warmoth mentions the opposite in their description. I learned recently that T. Anderson uses only hard rock maple for their necks. I was expecting from a company like them to use all fancy woods, a dealer I was talking told me they do it for stability reasons.
Another question: Do you think flame/birdseye have the same stability as hard rock maple? My dream maple neck is a flame maple neck and that's what I'll order, I just don't know one piece or two piece.
Last question: The neck (flame maple) will be finished in satin and will be tinted. Do you think the figure will still be visible like a clear gloss finish? So far I see the fancy maple necks finished on gloss but I can't stand the feel on my hands.