Quartersawn Maple / Dark Indian Rosewood Strat neck

[Schneidas]

Got my neck in yesterday.

Nothing fancy, just a plain Jane quartersawn Maple / dark Indian Rosewood.
Total Vintage Construction, '59 back profile, 6115 SS frets, 12.5" straight radius, Clear Satin Nitro finish.

I mounted it on my old '97 Fender YJM Strat body, which has seen all sorts of pickups changes etc. over the years.
This is my least favorite body, it's the one that sounds great for me one day, and horrible the next - but it was my first ever guitar bought as a gift by my father (RIP dad!), so I can't ever sell it. I still have the original neck which I have on another Warmoth body...

Anyway, I've ordered some KTS Titanium saddles to brighten it up a bit, as the American Standard zinc saddles are a bit modern and muffled sounding.
I already replaced the zinc block with a Callaham steel trem block, and that made a first improvement IMO.

So together with the really nice new Warmoth neck, I think this will make it into a guitar I will play again...

 

[stratamania]

Well done, its a good looking plain maple and dark rosewood neck.  :icon_thumright:

What kind of body do you have the YJM neck on?

 

[Schneidas]

Well done, its a good looking plain maple and dark rosewood neck.  :icon_thumright:

What kind of body do you have the YJM neck on?

Thank you, yeah I really like the way it looks now!  :icon_smile:

The YJM neck is on a Warmoth Mahogany body, which is currently being refinished in a black Nitro finish with gold hardware.
As soon as I get it back, I'll post a thread about it.

 

[stratamania]

Cool I look forward to seeing it. I have a YJM strat myself which is my favourite strat I own or have owned.

 

[Schneidas]

Here's the black Strat with the YJM neck, which is the original neck for that Vintage White body above.

The black one is a "Dave Murray"-inspired project.
Not a true replica, of course.
It has a Warmoth Mahogany body finished in black Nitro.