so, i'll be completely honest...

[rightintheface]

I'm not really that big on my standard thin rosewood neck. now that the honeymoon is well and truely over (nearly a year), i've come to find it's just not as nice as my boatneck wenge. for starters i made the mistake of not having SS frets on the rosewood. MISTAKE!!!! the SS's feel so nice on my wenge neck.

i dunno what it is though. i just like the feel of my wenge neck so much better. it just is so much slicker, the wood feels amazing and "live" and the rosedwood seems a bit dry and lifeless.i just read through some old threads and noticed someone liked their rosewood neck the least out of canary, wenge and rw. i just took a  hint and started oiling her up with some lemoil, hopefully this will help with the "dryness".  :dontknow:

i think i'll be sticking to boatnecks with SS frets from now on. also, the boatneck transfers string sustain so much better. it feels rock solid whereas my standard thin transmits a fair bit of vibration through the back of the neck.

NOT trying to have a bitch about WARMOTH, the neck is still beautiful and feels lovely to play (mmmmmmm... raw exotic wood....*salivates*), beats the crap out of any other neck i've had. i think i will eventually replace with a wenge boatneck though. maybe two different necks. maybe get a another body for the rosewood.... :tard:

i have a problem  :glasses9:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Rosewood keeps a kind of "tacky" feel to it and that's probably what's getting to you.  :icon_thumright:

Also, for a happy medium, try the '59 next time.  :headbang1:

 

[JaySwear]

Also, for a happy medium, try the '59 next time.  :headbang1:

thats my plan! my next neck will be a bit thicker. i love the standard thin, but it's not my favorite neck i've ever played. an easy second, but not first. my Gibson BFG had the best neck shape i've felt. unfortunately the finish on it was weird and gross / sticky. so a warmoth '59 with a nitro finish is perfect.

my purpleheart is similar, in that it feels extremely dry. i don't think it takes well to oil though, but i actually really like the feel. i guess i got lucky with that one!

 

[-CB-]

Ha.... I'll give ya 26 clams for that rosewood neck, and not an oyster more!

 

[tfarny]

My standard thin is a touch too thin for me too, one reason that guitar is in its case under the bed while the ones next to the amp have thicker necks.

 

[mayfly]

I'm glad you've come to the realization that ...

... Boatnecks rule!

Everything else feels like a toothpick to me now

 

[whitebison66]

The only standard thin I have is on a 1 7/8" Superwide.

It feels funny, but still better than even the 1 3/4" standard thin I had (still have... anyone wanna buy it?).

I just can't do standard thin. It feels funny to me now. I have a 59 Roundback on an upcoming build, so I will see if it is enough.

 

[AutoBat]

I recently got a 59 roundback. It's perfect for my hands, and I like heavier guitars.

 

[The Norwegian Guy]

I have a 59' roundback on mine. But I'd love to try the boatneck!

 

[TBurst Std]

I have a boatneck, but am thinking of trying a 59 on the next build. Reason, while I picked up comfort and some speed on the higher strings with the boatneck, I have loss a fair amount of speed on the lower strings.

 

[stubhead]

Size matters. I love the boatneck, but I sure wish Warmoth would allow for an optional, extra-cost shaping of necks. I had USA Custom make me what's essentially a slightly smaller boatneck - soft V, .860 .- .930 taper. It's like, a slightly V'd roundneck.... I sure would like a Warmoth trussrod in one! I live around a lot of boatbuilders, and I'm thinking pretty hard about trying to build up some fiberglass layers on a Warmoth neck. I'll be buying a baritone from somebody this year, but I'll never play a standard thin again and since Warmoth won't sell anything but super-thin baritones, well... :sad1:

My Warmoth 7 isn't appreciably bigger than the Ibanez Wizard, which is why I'm playing my Schecters instead. As an official Old Guy, this shit isn't an optional preference - it's the difference between carpal tunnel or not, the difference between 5 hours or 1/2 hour a day, the difference between playing seriously & just wanking anymore. :icon_scratch:

Really, dammit.

 

[Kostas]

Size matters. I love the boatneck, but I sure wish Warmoth would allow for an optional, extra-cost shaping of necks. I had USA Custom make me what's essentially a slightly smaller boatneck - soft V, .860 .- .930 taper. It's like, a slightly V'd roundneck....

I agree with that. I wish Warmoth would be more open with neck shapes. I want a thicker neck than the '59 but thinner than the FAT I use in my guitars. I would have gone with USACG but the woods they offer for necks are very limited.

 

[simple]

Rosewood keeps a kind of "tacky" feel to it and that's probably what's getting to you.  :icon_thumright:

Also, for a happy medium, try the '59 next time.  :headbang1:

I have a couple of Rosewood necks and they don't feel tacking to me. I have noticed that raw wood will get a build up of hand crud if you're playing shows and sweating a lot. I clean mine off with a damp rag when I change strings which is often, and the necks just turn dark from the oil of my hand but they are silky smooth besides that. I would bet that our experience with raw wood necks varies just a bit based on the chemical makeup of our sweat...and how often we wipe the neck down. I let a guy play my 5 string bass for a couple of months and when he gave it back to me, all the gold hardware was green and pitted. The strings looked 100 years old. He said, "yeah, all my guitars do this. I have corrosive sweat". Cool.  :-\

 

[rightintheface]

yuck. i don't let anyone play my guitars. unless just to show them off  :hello2:

it could be an age thing as well, my wenge boatneck is 2 years old now, and the dark parts of the grain are just so waxy and smooth, it makes the hwole neck feel super slick. i actually played a show last night, and used my boatneck as my main guitar (it's been my backup for awhile, the black and white tele w/standard thin in the filmclip in my sig had been my main) and i can't believe how much i've missed it. i will definietly end up replacing the rosewood with either a wenge or canary boatneck (i've heard good things about the canary).

also, i can't believe the tonal difference that tuning down half a step makes. i mean, you always hear that it makes it sound "heavier" which it does. but i think it has pros and cons: my main guitar is tuned to half step down and plays lovely (mainly because of the wenge boat and SS frets). my backup (for a few other song) is in standard tuning, and feels so much stiffer with the extra tension/normal frets. HOWEVER, the sound of the regular tuning is a bit more "punchy", i think because of the extra tension in the strings. weird how the little things can make such a difference..

p.s. the show last night was like playing in a sauna. i'm not much of a sweater, and even my fingernails were sweating.

 

[weldfish]

But for us guys with small hands the thinner neck is a better fit. I just can't handle the boat neck profile.