Before spending a lot I would check the relative humidity (RH) in the room you keep the guitar in and keep it away from heating ducts and space heaters. If your tech is setting it up in a shop with a humidity of around 40% and you are taking the guitar to a drier environment the neck will bend in a few days. Then you take it back and it is bent again and they adjust it again, and you take it home and in a few days it bends again. You don't need a really accurate measure of humidity, just a measure of change. Get a cheap hygrometer at the hardware store garden center and see if the humidity is changing in your home. If it is drier than 40% consider getting a humidifier and running it in the winter in the room you keep the guitar (~$20 at the drugstore). Also consider getting a small case humidifier.
It's very true. I'd been buying their stuff for thirty plus years so I know the difference. In 2021 I returned two that had so many mineral streaks they looked like they'd been dropped into a box of sharpies. The third one I just sold at a loss because their return process takes so long. It had a big brown streak that looked like it was cut from a skinny branch. Three junk necks in a row? No way that's an anomaly.
I live in Maine, I've had the same problem. I have about a dozen guitars, two are acoustic, the rest electrics. I've had a problem with only two of them, one acoustic, one a pawn-shop Squier Strat. I tried the hygrometer/humidifier route, I found it unworkable. The humidity in my house often gets under 15% in the winter. There's no way to counter that with a little wet thing in a guitar case. Of course, I'm a lazy goofball, and apparently unable to remember to re-hydrate the noodle every two days for the entire Winter, like you're supposed to.
Broad but mostly true.
Well I'll have to take your word for it since I don't know most Fender fans.
yep warped neck is the real deal. Hardly anyone knows about it, even my local luthier, who has condemned necks to the trash. For me with my '79 MM Stingray bass with a neck that had a bow, stuck truss rod, and mid-rise at the 12th fret... Warped neck put it in a jig with heat and ironed out all the issues. Still great after several years.
He does more than repackaging: he reconditions, adjusts, and delivers fully functional necks. Mine was just perfect, the screwholes from previous tuners had been filled, no fret sprouts. Packaging was bulletproof.Looks like he just repackages Alparts & Mighty-Mite necks…?
Musikraft does a great neck…1/4 sawn
I like the way they shape the heel. More Fender looking! A beefier neck will offer more stability than a thinner one.
As for a decal: use your own discretion!
Most shops will frown upon putting a Fender decal on an aftermarket neck…
I decided to replace the stock neck on my 2001 American Limited Edition Tele with a neck to my specs from Warmoth. I am keeping the original neck for the reasons you stated. But the guitar plays so much better with the new Warmoth neck, I probably won’t ever sell it anyway. The “upgrade” turned a good Tele into a fantastic Tele, and only cost me roughly $325. If I ever do decide to sell the guitar, I’ll put the original neck back on, and either keep the Warmoth, or make it available to the purchaser for an additional cost. But honestly, with the original neck, the guitar wasn’t my favorite to play. With the Warmoth, it is!
