A "fuller" Strat neck?

borderlibrarian

Hello,

Has anyone here used a larger / fatter rosewood strat neck? I'm looking at building a hardtail strat with a fuller neck profile and possibly wider than standard nut width. I normally play Tele 'U' necks or acoustics with 1 3/4 width nuts. I've got big hands, sometimes referred to as "shovel hands" and also like to finger pick. My 90's MIM strat gives me hand cramp it's so skinny, so that's going on permanent loan to a friend soon. So far I've only turned up:

1. Fender Classic 70's https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/parts/stratocaster-parts/classic-series-70s-stratocaster-u-neck-3-bolt-mount-21-vintage-style-frets/0997003921.html
2. WD Music Fat Strat neck https://www.wdmusic.co.uk/necks-c60/strat-necks-c180/wd-music-fat-strat-neck-maple-with-rosewood-fingerboard-unfinished-p3154
3. Custom build from guitar build https://www.guitarbuild.co.uk/collections/custom-guitar-necks/products/customisable-guitar-neck

At the moment I'm siding towards getting one made at Guitar Build UK. Are there any other UK based shops or builders I should be looking at? The actual project is a long way off, but nice to have something to look forward to at the moment. Also having a budget to save up for is always handy

Thanks

paulnb57

I used a WD Tele neck on my hardtail Strat build (body was routed for Tele neck), the neck is solid Rosewood and proper chunky, I’m well pleased with it, got it from The Stratosphere in the US so it wasn’t cheap, but I consider it worth it...

TTony

I’d ask @GSPBASSES  whether he’s got anything suitable in a dark corner of his workshop ...

DrBob

Allparts SRO FAT would do the job.

I say that, my two favourite Fat Strat & Tele necks were made by @GSPBASSES so if he has anything to and I would go there 

lovestrat74

Be interested to see if anyone feeds back on "2. WD Music Fat Strat". Been looking at this one for a while...

hywelg

Warmoth Superwide. I've got two. One fat back which I've slimmed down a touch and one standard. Both have been sanded down to about 45.5mm at the nut. Love them. My hands are huge. Piano player hands aparently just can't play the piano. 

borderlibrarian

Awesome, thanks for the suggestions . Do all parts necks sell out really fast or have they stopped producing some models? Always seem to be out of stock when I look

CasperCaster

@gavin_axecaster has them

https://www.axecaster.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3_4&products_id=190&zenid=3v0evtd4ors1fjvkffebqk26d5

gavin_axecaster

borderlibrarian said:

Awesome, thanks for the suggestions . Do all parts necks sell out really fast or have they stopped producing some models? Always seem to be out of stock when I look

Allparts are having a bit of trouble keeping popular necks in stock at the moment. I think they've been surprised with increased sales from folks with time on their hands and their ordering hasn't caught up yet. Whenever a shipment comes in the popular lines sell out straight away.They tend to place orders with the factory 60-90 days in advance so it takes a while for increased stock-holding to appear.

borderlibrarian

Thanks once again