Electric guitar build diary - maybe I'll come up with a name for it eventually

Hi Nate,

The neck I bought was made by AllParts. Some of their necks are made in Japan and some in the USA. Mine was made in Japan. It was a Strat neck with roasted flamed maple unfinished, 12-16" radius, rosewood finger board, modern with medium jumbo frets.

I got a modern one because I didn’t like the idea of a truss rod adjustment at the heel, which is common on vintage style necks.

The flamed maple and the rosewood is very high quality. What I found is that although they don’t say what the frets are made of (so I assume nickel not stainless steel) they were a LOT harder than the Squier frets I levelled previously to this build. So I guess the frets will also last longer.

The frets needed quite a bit of work and I also rolled the fretboard edges (which is easy) and smoothed off the end of the frets. They state this clearly on their website that levelling and polishing will be required.

I got unfinished because I wanted a very smooth oiled finish. The unfinished necks are already well sanded but I sanded mine more to get it super smooth before applying oil (just a couple of layers). Applying the oil is very satisfying. I was quite underwhelmed by the neck when it arrived but it really pops when you add oil. Take a look at my Strat build to see.

There are not many pictures of the neck but I can take more.

Cheers, Ian

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