Where to buy bound neck with no inlays?

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Where to buy bound neck with no inlays?

Post by James »

Can you get this as an 'off the shelf' item?

Strat style
Small fender headstock
White binding
Black side dots
No inlay

I'm guessing that the nearest will be a warmoth or similar order?
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maybe ebay

in my searching i've never come across one
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Post by dodgedartdave »

Warmoth wont do binding on a 24 inch neck.
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Re: Where to buy bound neck with no inlays?

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James wrote:Strat style
By that I mean both scale length and heel shape.
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Oh. On strat necks they'll make whatever you want. Unless you a want a Jazzy headstock. They only make a standard strat or CBS headstock.
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There is a difference between a jazzmaster and strat headstock?
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James wrote:There is a difference between a jazzmaster and strat headstock?
yep. There is a slight difference. A jazzy is longer and it's about half way between a standard strat and CBS in it's shape.

I didn't know there was a difference either until I held the two side by side.

unforutantely, Warmoth doesn't offer a jazzy headstock.
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That's the first I've heard of it.

Got comparison pics?
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Post by tribi9 »

True, the headstock is slightly different shape on a Jazzy. I'm pretty sure that the Cyclone has the same headstock shape as the Jazzy, but I could be wrong.
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your right, the cyclone has the same jazzy headstock but its the 64 stylee, not the 65 and past large headstock.
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I never knew that. I thought they were saem.
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it's true, strat headstocks are smaller than jazzmasters. there are quite a few threads on offset where people cry over jazzy necks that've been chopped down to strat size.
and as far as i know, warmoth will do binding on 24" necks, but not custom inlay.

james, i think your only option is to go custom. unless you'd be willing to settle for dots 'n' binding. allparts makes one.
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Yeah hurb has one of those dots + binding ones on his black jazzmaster (or did) and it plays nicely enough. Maybe I'll go that route and save a lot of money.

It's nothing urgent by any means. I can't afford to start a project now but some day I'd like to finally do that parts jazzmaster and this is it's current incarnation.

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Post by robert(original) »

you could get one of those bound n dot necks.
then drill out the dots, fill em with wood puddy, and then ebonize the whole thing.
you wouldn't be able to tell unless you were with a foot of it and looking for it.
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Post by Justin J »

the only company i'm aware of that does jazzmaster headstocks is musikraft. i think they're a little pricey, though.
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Post by James »

I'm not bothered about that at all.

I guess the likely thing is I'll buy a dots+bound allparts neck and if I'm feeling up to it try the dowel thing.
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that jazzy is teh sex 8)
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James wrote:Yeah hurb has one of those dots + binding ones on his black jazzmaster (or did) and it plays nicely enough. Maybe I'll go that route and save a lot of money.

It's nothing urgent by any means. I can't afford to start a project now but some day I'd like to finally do that parts jazzmaster and this is it's current incarnation.

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That is rather lovely ....
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So clean looking. Very nice.
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Post by James »

I think so far, warmoth is the best option for this. USA CG will do it, but they want $190 for the binding because they aren't set up to do it. It's not a terrible price considering the work involved and that the one picture i've seen of the neck binding they've done was pretty high quality, but it's more than I want to spend. Warmoth is cheaper at $110, but 'no inlay' necks are non-refundable so there are none in the showcase. Given how long it took them to make Mike's neck I'm reluctant to deal with them.
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