Need a strat neck with no inlays and rosewood fretboard

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:47 am

I'm going to be making a project soon. I wanted to build an original style dano-construction guitar from scratch but I think it'd be better for my skill level to focus on one thing at a time and use the body from my old Ibanez Blazer.

The inspiration for this is my cat who I had to put down today. He loved my guitars and always cuddled up to them when I had them on my bed...heck he even used to watch me change pickups and do whatever other mods/repairs as well. I'm getting his ashes in a couple weeks and I want to use some of them as inlay material, and do sort of a cat paw print inlay design. Since I want to keep them at normal fret markers but have them somewhat staggered, kind of like this only less ugly and on a less ugly guitar:

So I need to know without paying $300 for a warmoth neck, where I can find one with no inlays. It doesn't look like allparts offers one...

BillClay · Post by **BillClay** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:25 pm

Sorry about your loss, sounds like your cat was a real good buddy.

I don't know about whole necks, but stewmac sells pre slotted fingerboards w/out inlays for people who want to do projects like yours. The downside is they don't have many options, you're gonna wind up w/ 24 frets and the only have 12 inch or compound radii, but maybe that works for you. You can either see if someone will build you a neck w/out a board, or remove the fingerboard from a squier or something, I know people have done it before. Good luck dude.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bodies,_nec ... uitar.html

cur · Post by **cur** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:48 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EDEN-T-Model-Pa ... 916wt_1165

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 9:36 pm

Fitting tribute, dude. Sorry for your loss.