Will this work?

[jamesfarrell]

Contemplating this.

Tele body with strat cut neck pocket
Reverse strat wide neck.

Wondering if the wide neck has a wider heel or not. If it will direct fit in the neck pocket.

 

[Cagey]

The wide necks have the same size heel as the more common sizes, but the fretboard is a tad wider so there's a bit of overhang to the sides. Everything still fits together properly.

Here's an example from a build I did for one of our members last year...

Ebony over Bloodwood "Pro" series neck w/ SS6100 frets. Nice piece.

 

[jamesfarrell]

Thanks. I don't know much about Fenders. What is the metal piece on the side of the heel?

 

[Cagey]

That's not a Fender thing, that's a Warmoth thing. It's a side adjuster for the truss rod so you can fine-tune things without disassembling the guitar. It only shows up on the "Pro" series necks, which have a dual-action truss rod. Oddly enough, the D/A truss rod makes for such a remarkably stable neck that you very rarely have to adjust anything.

 

[jamesfarrell]

So, on the Warmouth necks, there is no adjustment hold up at the end of the headstock?

I'm assuming you have to remove the neck to adjust the action?

Thanks

 

[Cagey]

It depends on the neck construction style.

On the Warmoth Pro style, the heel has a typical hex head screw to get the gross adjustment in before you install the neck, then the side adjuster is used to fine-tune it. There is no adjust at the headstock.

With the "Vintage Modern", the truss rod adjust is at the headstock.

The "Total Vintage" puts the adjustment at the heel.

Only with the "Total Vintage" would you have to remove the neck to adjust the truss rod, and even that can be gotten around.

There are more details available here if you're interested.

 

[Fat Pete]

You also don't really need to get a Strat neck pocket cut as a Strat neck fits a Tele pocket fine. It just leaves 2 small gaps which are pretty well hidden if you fit a 22 (or 24) fret neck with an overhang - more hidden if you're going to use a superwide neck and more so still if you use a scratchplate or get the .720 mod.

 

[jamesfarrell]

You also don't really need to get a Strat neck pocket cut as a Strat neck fits a Tele pocket fine. It just leaves 2 small gaps which are pretty well hidden if you fit a 22 (or 24) fret neck with an overhang - more hidden if you're going to use a superwide neck and more so still if you use a scratchplate or get the .720 mod.

And I'm assuming that even if I don't get a strat neck pocket a standard tele pickguard will fit without modification?
Thanks for the help guys.

 

[Fat Pete]

My red Tele has a Strat neck with a standard Tele neck pocket. The pickguard is an f-hole type but it fits just the same as a standard one. Check out the pics - you can't see the gaps.

 

[jamesfarrell]

Nice piece, did you paint it yourself?

 

[Cagey]

Nicer pics here.

 

[jamesfarrell]

Does Wamouth do the paint job? That's bad ass. The candy apple red maks me want to eat it. 

I'm wondering as well, when you put the decal on, do you overspray with some clear coat or just leave it?

I was contemplating having warmouth paint the body and do the neck myself. I don't know what I'm doing though. I want a nice amber tone like this and want to finish it with tru oil.

But I don't know what dye is recommended and how much to dilute the dye with denatured alcohol. I did this neck below with a woodcraft transtint and finished it with deft semigloss. Can't get DEFT anymore for some reason. Prob too many people died inhaling it.

Here's the one I did. Wasn't fun

 

[Cagey]

Warmoth does absolutely superlative finishing work. For what they charge, it's the bargain of the century. If you aren't set up and experienced enough to do high-end finishing yourself, it's foolish to pass on their offerings unless you want something they won't do. And just because you don't see an offering in the "Builder", don't assume you can't have it. Always call and confirm first.

 

[Fat Pete]

Nice piece, did you paint it yourself?

Hardly. That is most definitely a Warmoth finish and IMHO, quite spectacular it is too.

The best finish I've managed myself so far looks like this:

That's a Wudtone finish (or 'dudtone' as my friendly local guitar tech called it). Looks pretty good - as long as you don't get too close.