Hold on lads, I've had a great idea...

Bucket

So my green MJT Strat is perfect and holy in all ways - except one. I got the neck wrong when I ordered it, the size and shape of the profile aren't what I initially wanted and I chose the wrong finish too... and I don't like the ungainly copy headstock USACG have to use because they're not officially licensed. All of the above is entirely my own fault, no blaming MJT or USACG for this. But I've a plan...

One day, in the distant future when I have enough money to piss away on such a thing, I want to get a new neck made and refinished by MJT again. I'll go with Musikraft this time, because they can use official Fender headstock shapes which just look right. But here's the clincher - instead of the traditional unbound neck with dot inlays that I have now, I want to go the whole hog and get a late-60s Jazzmaster inspired neck with binding and block inlays. And a CBS headstock, of course.

I had the urge to do this originally but was put off by the not-insignificant extra cost of the inlays and binding. This time though, I'll do what I initially wanted... you don't see Strats with blocks and binding very often but I think it'd look ace. Inspired somewhat by this gorgeous thing:

http://proguitarshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/e/fender_japstratthin_cherry_hh_5.jpg

Profile-wise, what I really wanted was a D shape rather than a C - I wanted it to be narrowish but quite thick, with pronounced shoulders - my Raygun DC Junior has a very similar-feeling neck and it's my favourite profile of any of my guitars. Musikraft only seems to offer a list of different preset profiles rather than measurements... not sure which would be best. Needs more thought. But then on top, as is the case on the current neck, it'll be a flatter radius (12" probably), with 22 big frets. Maybe not quite as big as the current ones, but big. And I have a lovely custom made logo from Rothko and Frost to go on it as well...

So yeah... I don't know why I posted this, no point really, but I'm excited about eventually getting this to happen!

RaymondLin

The lesson is save up and get what you want at the end in the first place

It's cheaper in the long run. 

ThePrettyDamned

You can try the really fat all parts neck - it's so fat, you can have it reprofiled into something else you really like!

Adam_MD

ThePrettyDamned;761088" said:

You can try the really fat all parts neck - it's so fat, you can have it reprofiled into something else you really like!

I love the fat all parts neck wonderfully comfy thing.

meltedbuzzbox

RaymondLin said:

The lesson is save up and get what you want at the end in the first place

It's cheaper in the long run. 

nail on the head

thomasross20

RaymondLin said:

The lesson is save up and get what you want at the end in the first place

It's cheaper in the long run. 

+1 get a PRS and you're sorted

meltedbuzzbox

thomasross20 said:

RaymondLin said:

The lesson is save up and get what you want at the end in the first place

It's cheaper in the long run. 

+1 get a PRS and you're sorted

https://ferrellgummit.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/asshat.jpg?w=700

thomasross20

(In seriousness - they're giggable out of the box without the need for any mods)

chrispy108

thomasross20;761176" said:

(In seriousness - they're giggable out of the box without the need for any mods)

So is pretty much every guitar over £200. He's modding it to make it a unique guitar that fits a dream list in his head, not to make it capable of gigging; whatever that means.

TonyR

Bucket said:

Inspired somewhat by this gorgeous thing:

http://proguitarshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/thumbnail/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/f/e/fender_japstratthin_cherry_hh_5.jpg

I really like the look of that - what is it? 

 The body looks like an aerodyne (but the aerodyne doesn't have the F-hole).

stickyfiddle

While I agree that getting spec right first time is really helpful, if you haven't had something like 50 guitars you don't know what you like and what you don't so you can't necessarily get it perfect first time. God knows I wouldn't have done at @Bucket's age, which is why my own strat went through a decade of constant modding to get it to a place I'm happy with it. 

What that has to do with PRS I have no idea!

FWIW I think a B+B necks look horrendous on anything Fender, but if you know what you want then go for it

Sassafras

Blocked and bound necks on Fenders look wrong, but you probably don't want to hear that.

chrispy108

The way I look at stuff like this is that adding the blocks and binding now will cost alot less than adding them down the line, so save up and do it right first (second!) time.

What could you get for the current neck second-hand?

dindude

How did this thread about finding the perfect Strat neck turn into another PRS advert!

guitargeek62

Sorry guys, this is my fault, I offloaded my PRS Fanboi members-club hat to @thomasross20 a few years back and now I see what it was like from your side.

thomasross20

OK, so maybe OP should get any >2k guitar if he wants quality out of the box. He's studying music, make it an investment in his future.

I'm just not into all this modding business.

WezV

thomasross20;761448" said:

OK, so maybe OP should get any >2k guitar if he wants quality out of the box. He's studying music, make it an investment in his future.

I'm just not into all this modding business.

Good job Paul Reed Smith is

Bucket

chrispy108 said:

The way I look at stuff like this is that adding the blocks and binding now will cost alot less than adding them down the line, so save up and do it right first (second!) time.

What could you get for the current neck second-hand?

I don't know... depends how much someone will pay for a fat-ish neck with a flat fretboard and enormous frets, in a weird orangey colour with a knock-off CBS-style headstock I don't know whether it's even worth selling, I could keep it and maybe use it for something else in the future. It's a perfectly good neck, feels lovely, but it isn't quite right. Feel-wise, and definitely looks-wise.

chrispy108

thomasross20 said:

OK, so maybe OP should get any >2k guitar if he wants quality out of the box. He's studying music, make it an investment in his future.

I'm just not into all this modding business.

I've no idea how you think owning a £2,000+ guitar makes it anymore likely that anyone will succeed in the music industry versus them owning a £500 guitar.

John_P

Your current neck should sell pretty quickly  - I like the sound of it. 

but I like the idea of blocks and binding as well.  I'm sure someone sold one like that (maybe not the thick style you want) on here a while back and I thought it was a cool idea.   Go for it. 

thomasross20

F%£# sake you guys take things a bit too serious!
I don't think an expensive guitar makes somebody more famous. I see it like modding a car & what's the point modding a standard car when you can buy a luxury version instead that you don't need to faff around on