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Originally Posted by mrmorrison
After all the reading and research I did, I came to the conclusion that Musikraft was the best way to go. I'm looking forward to getting my neck and I hope that it looks very close to a '61 Fender.
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Can you give us a review when you get the neck?
My only experience is the tele I built using MK neck and body. I won an ebay auction for a 21 fret, cocobola, maple neck with a tele headstock for $140. Had them vintage satin nitro it for $80.
Once I had the neck I had to get a body, right?
Not having any experience assembling a guitar I thought the best chance of parts fitting/aligning would be to buy from the same supplier. So when a translucent buttersotch korinna body came onto ebay i bid on it and won it for $202!!
I wan't going for the ultimate in spec adherence to the appropriate era fender but I wanted the body shape and radius etc to be close.
When I factored money into the equation I'm very satisfied with my purchases.
I think it also may make a difference if you are setup to finish/alter/assemble like some of the members are. This would give you a broader range to purchase from.
I would like to build a second tele. Probably won't happen for a long time and I know I'd have to spec this one with the builder but I would use MK again. I dealt with Scott and Jim over the neck finishing and was treated very well.
cheers
I guess with the time and money involved in these builds most people stick with the companies they're happy with.