MM neck or WM neck...Opinions please

[Novatuc]

OK, as I stated in another post I am about to try my first Tele/Strat build but I am not going to attempt the neck this time around. There is no local source where I can go see anything so all the components (except the body) are being ordered from the net. Mighty Mite has a good price point on Ebay, but I believe I will have to do some extra fret work to get a good part assuming it is a good part to begin with. Warmoth has a sale on right now but will still cost me about double the MM neck by the time I get it into Canada. If I end up with a crap part, returning it to the US from Canada is just about impossible. I am just going with maple/rosewood and don't mind doing the wood finishing but fret work is going to get expensive unless I buy the tools for that. So opinions please. Is the Warmoth worth the extra money? Will it require less "extra work" to get a usable neck? Is there any other sources for good necks that is dependable?

[boris bubbanov]

The Warmoth neck (as long as it isn't a Pro version) is so easily worth twice that of a Mighty Mite. No contest.

And Warmoth isn't even my favorite. USACG is.

The neck is easily the single most crucial component on the whole guitar. This is where money wisely spent really yields a serious impact, quality wise.

[kyle1167]

You might want to avoid MM. I have been a big fan of their necks, I have four of them, but recently I got ahold of a friend of mine that is a MM dealer and he doesn't want to sell me any of their necks because he said the quality of the last batch he got has gone straight down hill.
Right now I'm considering getting an Allparts neck, but I'm still looking.

[K-Line]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

The Warmoth neck (as long as it isn't a Pro version) is so easily worth twice that of a Mighty Mite. No contest.

And Warmoth isn't even my favorite. USACG is.

The neck is easily the single most crucial component on the whole guitar. This is where money wisely spent really yields a serious impact, quality wise.

+1000! Nail on the head.....Many worry about the look, the neck is 90% of what you feel when you play. That and the pickups are where you spend the dough. And USACG is my fav as well! Warmoth makes it tough to return things if not right. I have also used a few Musikraft necks lately and they were superb! Bout right off the Express neck page.

[Novatuc]

OK, so far I'm getting WM over MM but what is wrong with the WM pro? It seems to be all that is in the sale aside from some vintage necks which are mostly 1 5/8".

[boris bubbanov]

Look also at the Vintage Modern ones. These are 1 + 11/16ths more often than not. Here's some VMTs that looked nice to me: 2028, 1954, 1778, 1779, 1756, 2062, 2063. Some are 1 + 5/8ths but at Warmoth that means 1.635 inches so that ain't bad.

Never played a Warmoth "Pro" neck I liked. I think this design is for the opposite spectrum of guitarists, on the other side of the planet from the Tele guys. It might be a sensible choice if you have a .690 inch thick Wizard neck and commute from New Orleans to Denver every week and need a monster truss rod assembly. I want the smallest, least intrusive properly working truss rod I can find.

[Novatuc]

Ah yes Boris, I see where you are coming from. Unfortunately, I am in Nova Scotia where the humidity goes up and down like the sun. To make it worse now we have the heat on in the house and it is a very dry heat. I have an Ibanez acoustic I changed the strings on and reset the rod about 2 weeks ago. The weather has been much dryer since then and the action has moved about .030. I have to adjust truss rods 3 or 4 times a year on my guitars. I have an electric with the TR adjustment at the heel of the neck inside the pocket. I don't play it much since it is almost always out of adjustment and it is annoying to remove the neck every time. The gear drive on the side of the heel would be a welcome relief.

[birddog01]

I ordered 2 WM necks last week. 1 Strat & 1 Tele, both VM necks. Was checking them every other day since befroe the sale started. Once that sale started I saw the #'s I had written down starting to go fast and last week I scrounged the rest of the cash together and bit the bullet.
Both were 1 11/16 necks, one std contour & one SRV. Don't know if as many options are available with the other brands and I gave up on MM necks a while back.
WM website is user friendly, I like that.

From the posts I've read of Boris's don't think he would steer you wrong.
He just doesn't return PM's

Wally

[jrich99]

In my opinion, it is worth the extra money to buy the best necks and pickups you can afford. I can't justify spending enough to get a Warmoth right now, so I'm looking at Allparts.

[paulskirocks]

Originally Posted by jrich99

In my opinion, it is worth the extra money to buy the best necks and pickups you can afford. I can't justify spending enough to get a Warmoth right now, so I'm looking at Allparts.

Hmm... Warmouth seems to have just as good of prices as Allparts, as they have a sale right now...

[paulskirocks]

In fact, I just broke down and ordered a Warmouth Vintage modern with 6105 frets and the basic nut installed for $157 shipped... So, it looks like my first build will have a pre-made neck...