Warmoth or Allparts strat neck?

Putting together a San Dimas inspired strat, and I'm trying to decide between a Warmoth vintage modern strat neck (1 11/16" nut width, graphite nut, standard thin contour, Dunlop 6100 frets) or an Allparts SMO strat neck (medium "c" profile, jumbo frets-- but not sure which "jumbos", and I think a 1 11/16" nut width and a 12" fingerboard radius.

The Warmoth is more expensive ($187 w/ the preinstalled nut vs. $120 for the Allparts-- both are unfinished necks), but the advantages w/ the Warmoth are:


I know exactly what fret size and nut width I'm getting
I can have the tuner holes pre-reamed for Schaller tuners if I want (saves me the hassle of doing it)
Nut will be pre-cut to match up exactly w/ the fretwire size
Neck mounting holes are pre-drilled
I can see exactly what neck I'm buying (woodgrain, marks, etc.)
Compound radius (I had this on another warmoth neck and it was subtle, but I liked it alot)


Aside from price, is there any reason to go w/ the Allparts?

I've used and am very pleased with both companies' offerings. IMO the quality is comparable. For the reasons you list, I think a Warmoth would do the job for you.

Warmoth makes sense for you, this time.

The Allparts necks I used on my past 2 teles were great (both were the TMNF-FAT necks), but one of my first tele partscasters had a warmoth neck on it that I really liked as far as neck contour, radius, frets, etc. A different feel from the Allparts stuff, and for this particular San Dimas style strat, I think that the Warmoth may nudge out Allparts.

more work in a allparts neck
i did 2 teles recently 1 with allparts and the other with a warmoth boatneck

i cursed the allparts neck till i played the guitar it sounded awsome

dont be fooled - the warmoth will need a fret level for sure but the finish is 1st class

if you gonna go fo the extra bux with warmoth why not go a few more and get usacg to build you one - definitley the best in the business

more work in a allparts neck
i did 2 teles recently 1 with allparts and the other with a warmoth boatneck

i cursed the allparts neck till i played the guitar it sounded awsome

dont be fooled - the warmoth will need a fret level for sure but the finish is 1st class

if you gonna go fo the extra bux with warmoth why not go a few more and get usacg to build you one - definitley the best in the business

Why were you cursing the allparts neck? If I went the Allparts route, I would do a simple finish (light coat of Tru-Oil finish & wax, or possibly a light coat of satin wipe-on poly.

USACG are more expensive than the Warmoth neck that I'd be getting , which would be $157 plus $30 for the pre-cut & installed graphite nut. A 2-piece maple neck from USACG is at least $228 and that doesn't include any sort of pre-cute and installed nut.

I may have to check out their web specials though, sometimes they have some really good deals, they just go fast.

I may have to check out their web specials though, sometimes they have some really good deals, they just go fast.


USACG has a lot of thinner section necks that might suit you very well. I'd have bought any number of them, but they're all decidedly thinner than I crave, although I did buy one at .93 recently which is very nice. I have never seen more USACG webspecial necks than Tommy has right now.