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Just to add, compound radius is fingerboard rather than neck shaping, significantly more challenging than just building a new neck I expect.
I see you are in Bulgaria, there's a guy who occasionally posts here who makes very nice offsets who's from Varna.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/116709/custom-oder-guitars#latest
Maybe send him a PM about making a neck to your liking?
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
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It's my favourite neck now, but I'm still comfortable with the others.
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
Expert guitar repairs and upgrades - fretwork our speciality! www.felineguitars.com. Facebook too!
On that note, I’d agree with many of those above; rather than kill the resale value of the guitar by irreversibly modifying it, just shove a new neck on it. That’s the advantage of bolt-ons vs set necks. In any case, do something - no point having a nice guitar lying about which you don’t play.
Hello. Alex the tech at Guitar Guitar in Epsom shaped the neck on my Les Paul BFG (pics before the shave) down from a chunky D to a more 60s C. It cost a hundred quid, which is less than I'd have lost on a resale and means I get to keep a guitar I like.
It feels great and he finished it nicely with a stain. It started as wood effect not a glossy poly/nitro.
I don't think it'll affect resale because I reckon more people prefer C to D. And I'm not that bothered anyway.
It's probably worth in the region of 6 to 7 hundred smackers, so not high end for a Les Paul, which was a factor in the decision.
- yours, pmb.
Please post photos of the back of the neck. Is it oiled?
What grit sandpaper did you use mate, and did you just rub down the shoulders? im thinking of doing similar to my strat neck for the first time, don't really want to be hacking my neck with files, just the first 5 frets or so as I have 1.00" (25mm) at first fret. id like to 'soft v' it up! any tips would be much appreciated