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Tony Reid · February 15th, 2009, 09:20 PM

A one piece flame maple neck from USAG is $350; tuners, $50; fitted nut, $60 (approx). Perhaps allow a little more on the cost of the neck for added care in selection of the wood.
That leaves $290 (or a little less) for finishing + Dale's R & D for the design.
That is still expensive, but what price for quality, especially with the guarantee that Dale offers.
All you have to do is buy one dud neck for whatever price, only to discover - after finishing, installing the nut, fitting to the guitar and setting up with a fret dress or plek - that it is not what you want, and you will have ended up spending a whole lot more by the time you get a good neck and go through the whole process again.... (sorry about the long sentence, but I speak from bitter personal experience - an expensive lesson that is not easily learned with so many apparent good deals available on eBay!)

February 15th, 2009, 09:20 PM	#26 (permalink)
Tony Reid TDPRI Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia Age: 57 Posts: 94	Glendale neck price A one piece flame maple neck from USAG is $350; tuners, $50; fitted nut, $60 (approx). Perhaps allow a little more on the cost of the neck for added care in selection of the wood. That leaves $290 (or a little less) for finishing + Dale's R & D for the design. That is still expensive, but what price for quality, especially with the guarantee that Dale offers. All you have to do is buy one dud neck for whatever price, only to discover - after finishing, installing the nut, fitting to the guitar and setting up with a fret dress or plek - that it is not what you want, and you will have ended up spending a whole lot more by the time you get a good neck and go through the whole process again.... (sorry about the long sentence, but I speak from bitter personal experience - an expensive lesson that is not easily learned with so many apparent good deals available on eBay!)