Bored with a guitar... but renewed interest with a new neck

[DHart]

Being blessed with an ample supply guitars to choose from, I had not been playing this wonderful Britt Daniels guitar much and I wanted to use the ebony board neck that was on it - on a different Tele.

So, the body went "neck-less" in my guitar closet for a while. I even thought that perhaps I might sell the body.

Then today, I had a thought to try a maple neck on it... and string it with 11's (since enjoying some baritone guitars recently with beefy strings on them, I've been finding 10's on most of my other guitars a little too easy for me to push out of tune).

Having three unused maple necks in the guitar closet, I grabbed a 2018 USA "Highway One" neck that had been sitting idle. Mounted it up. Strung it up. Tuned it up.

And now, I have much renewed enthusiasm for playing the guitar! And I think it looks great.

Cavalier Lioness neck pickup and Fender CS Nocaster A3 bridge pickup. The A3 mags in the Nocaster bridge pickup seem to tame the bridge trebles a bit, which I appreciate.

Woo hoo. Easy way to get "re-enthused" with a guitar that had been sitting idle.

 

[rickthescot]

I've done that before, more than once.

 

[DHart]

I've done that before, more than once.

Yes... just doing a neck swap can bring all new appreciation for less-played guitars! Fantastic.

 

[Lonn]

Love New Neck Day.

 

[DHart]

Love New Neck Day.

Haha! Yes, indeed. "New Neck Day" is what it is!

WooHoo. It's a nice thing. Nice to keep some bodies and necks around, for when you get a little bored with a guitar or two.

(Great thing with Fenders is they're akin to Barbi Dolls in a way... you can mix 'em all up, however you like, and change 'em up whenever you wish! Saves from buying more guitars.... well, sometimes.)

 

[DHart]

Here's a weird thing... as a writer/composer... it seems to me that new guitars, new swapped around guitars, inspire new creations. Or is it that the new creations would come forth ANYWAY? (Not so sure about that. )

I don't know. And, I don't know where the inspirations come from in the first place. All I know is that... new ideas seem to spring forth with new inspirations from newly configured instruments - somehow?

Oh well. I'm just "Ramblin' On."