The last time a bespoke neck was ordered for me from Warmoth, the unfinished neck cost the buyer $ 238 plus shipping. (Thanks, Girl!
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Finishing is gonna cost you something, in most cases, unless it is all exotic woods. Then depending on how low you take your action and how fussy you are, the frets will need to be given the once over. Finally; you better like your neck from Warmoth. If you try and send it back you will not enjoy the ride, from what I've heard over and over.
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My impression is that Dale's necks are ready to bolt on, isn't that correct? No matter. The cost for getting that 5-10 percent of the way home is simply worth the geldt to a certain number of people. The rationale is this: The heart and soul of true outstanding performance from any guitar is found in the neck. The neck is job #1. So, buy the fussiest, most sweated over neck that God created, bolt it up to your trusty old guitar in place of the existing neck and you have no more excuses. Make some music.
You know, in all fairness to Dale, Warmoth almost always has a few necks there on the Webspecial Page for $ 999. (I understand the wood cost them more and wears their tools out). The only difference is, best I can tell Warmoth puts no more effort into the $ 999 necks in terms of customer support, etc., than they do with the $ 200 ones.
