New Warmoth Neck Day:

Inspector #20

Inspector #20

Ambassador of Tone
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Ordered on January 14th and delivered today.

Quartersawn Roasted Maple One Piece 25.5" Scale Vintage Construction CBS headstock with 11/32" Tuner Reams

Unfinished wood

Black Walnut Skunk Insert

Jescar Gold .104" x .047" Fretwire

10" x 16" compound radius fretboard

Graph Tech Tusq XL Nut CNC Profiled

1-3/4" Nut Width

Soft 'V' Profile 1.00" from 1st to 12th Fret

Black Face Dots

Cream Side Dots

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gball said:
Beautiful. And another vote for the big headstock. I had a '66 Strat for a while and to me that was the coolest thing about it.
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Cadorman said:
Since there is more wood in the headstock I'll wager there will be more tone.
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Far Rider said:
Really nice. I'm glad there is someone else in the world who likes the large 70's headstock besides me. I was getting lonely. :D
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Thank you, guys!!!! I've always loved the big headstock!!!!!!
 
Mr Grumpy said:
Looks nice, looks chunky...
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It is. There is no taper. It's a solid 1.00" from 1st to 12th fret and it's 1-3/4" wide at the nut.

The soft V profile feels a bit odd at first, but it has an unexpected advantage. It allows you to have a leverage point which really helps with vibrato and bends. The V also disappears into the web of your hand when you are holding chords.
 
My goal with this project was to come very close to the old Stratocaster neck profiles from the 1950's, (that I grew up playing on) and make the neck much wider (1-3/4" @ the nut) to make it easier to hold open chords with greater accuracy.

Here's where the basic idea came from:

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My neck maintains 1.00" all the way from the 1st to 12th fret, roughly. 010" thicker than the 50's Stratocaster.

This is the same neck thickness I used on all my Von Herndon 24.75" scale Tele-style guitars, as shown below:

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The actual back profile is a modified Fender 'V' profile with slightly narrowed shoulders.

It's a mixture of the "1950 Hard V" and the "1950-51 Soft V" shown in the Fender Neck Profile Images Below:

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If you refer to this chart, my profile is very similar to the "Boat" profile shown:

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My 'V' profile is also unique in contrast to Fender's continuous 'V' profile in that the point of the 'V' is quite sharp at the 1st fret, and becomes more rounded as it moves towards the bridge.

Additionally, I wanted a very flat fretboard from about the 7th fret upwards. Down near the nut, I chose a 10" profile that is very good for open chords.

Between fret 7 and 9, the transition to a 16" radius takes place. Although you can see it, if you look down the neck, you don't feel it.

The neck really feels comfortable and familiar in the hand. It really is hard to explain, but the odd nature of this profile just seems to work.

Even the dramatic 'V' profiles of the 1950's era Stratocasters didn't feel foreign to my hand.
 
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