NEW TIGER NECK!!

ThorpyFX

I've wanted to change this neck for quite a while, i found the neck that cam on my classic players 60's strat a tad too thin. I prefer a chunkier neck.... Anyway, i ordered one and basically id specified it to be too thick and the frets too small.

So after a hamfisted attempt by me to get this neck to work, I'd ruined it or so i thought. I contacted Jon @FelineGuitars ;
and between him and Tom they managed to sort it. It now has chunky frets, an amazing neck carve and fabulous finish.... the star resonates much more now and it has become a very loud guitar...

I guess this just goes to prove how amazing jons fretwork, and luthiers skills are... If you have a guitar that needs some TLC, send it his way. I'm sure you'll appreciate how a meh guitar can turn into a keeper.


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mort

That is beautiful. Looks like it’s carved from solid Tigers Eye!

MattP

That's a beautiful piece of wood, wow!

webrthomson

Hmm, that is very nice indeed - heat treated flame maple?

Andyjr1515

That looks flippin' gorgeous!

FelineGuitars

Yup - quite a lot of work went into that baby...

We removed a little from the front face of the headstock where a carved in logo hadn't gone quite to plan.
Pulled the old frets and re-profiled the fingerboard to a slightly flatter radius.

The back of the neck was slimmed and shaped to a 60s strat like profile, and the fingerboard edges rolled a bit

Note : roasted maple is weird to sand - sands very easily but is almost too dry and can be easily chipped

We got the neck really smooth and then used Danish oil to penetrate the wood and liven up the grain 

When those coats all hardened we went back and used some Eze Oil to build up a surface coat

We fretted it with Dunlop 6000 wire (a polar opposite to what was there before) and fitted a new nut (we chose an earvana one). Then a careful fret dress in the neck jig and cut the nut height, and it was ready to hand back to be put back on the guitar.

EricTheWeary

That's grrrrrreat! 

Oh, come on someone was going to say it...

dirty_p90

Stunning . 

tony99

roasted maple with danish oil.....mmmm......that sounds delicious

Jonathanthomas83

Beautiful. I'm saving my pennies to send the Tele his way so he can work his magic.

Alnico

My American Pro is going there next week to have "Work" done to the neck.
Now I'm really excited.

Ade that looks stunning mate especially with Candy Red.
Wow.

GoldenEraGuitars

STUNNING @ThorpyFX and kudos to @FelineGuitars for the expertise fantastic neck!

Dominic

That is lovely .....very special

handsomerik

Wow!

Philly_Q

It looks fantastic, I love the appearance of a neck with a bit of hand sanding, rolled fretboard edges and a quality fret job, it's a million miles from the "straight off the CNC machine" look of some necks.

Was there any tint in the oiled finish, or is the roasted maple really that dark in colour?  It's almost like a pale rosewood or pau ferro.

ThorpyFX

Philly_Q said:

It looks fantastic, I love the appearance of a neck with a bit of hand sanding, rolled fretboard edges and a quality fret job, it's a million miles from the "straight off the CNC machine" look of some necks.

Was there any tint in the oiled finish, or is the roasted maple really that dark in colour?  It's almost like a pale rosewood or pau ferro.

its quite a dark roasted colour tbh. very tasty though