Where to buy bound neck with no inlays?
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Where to buy bound neck with no inlays?
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?
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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Re: Where to buy bound neck with no inlays?
By that I mean both scale length and heel shape.James wrote:Strat style
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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.James wrote:There is a difference between a jazzmaster and strat headstock?
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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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.
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.
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.

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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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.
That is rather lovely ....
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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