Friends, help me buy a guitar neck

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Hello there get-along gang,

Yeah, so I've got a '65 Jazzmaster that's beat to hell but still sounds ducky - the thing is that the frets are pretty damn worn down and I've got some dead-sounding spots and the repair dude I go to said that I'm probably better off getting a new neck than getting the thing refretted (as in it'll be cheaper and I don't particularly care about the aesthetics of a newer neck on an older guitar).

The problem is that i'm NOT a gearhead in the least, particuarly regarding the instruments themselves. So I figured maybe one or two of the guitarish types here could assist. So any recommendations on where to go/what to get? Thanks for yr help.

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 17:10 (twenty years ago)

http://www.warmoth.com/guitar/necks/necks.cfm

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

i am in thy debt

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

about $200 worth of it, actually...sigh

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 18:45 (twenty years ago)

You could also try contacting Fender and mentioning your situation (they tend to be suckers for stories like this) If you can find a Fender dealer/warranty center in your area, they might be able to/be willing to facilitate this. Otherwise, e-mail me and I'll try to work some magic for you with my Fender rep...

BTW, that is my real Gmail below.

― John Justen (johnjusten), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 23:39 (twenty years ago)

I enjoy reading thread titles that sound like a televangelist speaking to me.

― PB, Tuesday, 19 July 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Also, the people at these forums will probably be able to answer your questions in much more detail:

http://www.jag-stang.com/forum/

http://www.aimoo.com/forum/categories.cfm?id=361709&CategoryID=141281

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 19 July 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Hi Zack, JD here, I work at this store, called CDepot (like in my name LOL)

well, anywho, Right next to that store, which has the COOLEST BOSS EVER, is a little used music shop called Nuclear or something. You should try there.

Hope this helps.

― JD from CDepot, Wednesday, 20 July 2005 03:52 (twenty years ago)

Big, big ups to Warmoth. They are tops, and the local non-Guitar Center music store does a lot of biz with them. I am getting my guitar a new neck from there at the end of the summer. Talk to one of the reps, too. They can point in the direction of the kind of options you want, and will not try to oversell you.

― Big Loud Mountain Ape (Big Loud Mountain Ape), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

oh JD, you big lug, how i miss you.

By the way, who are those new chickies at the Depot? I don't know anyone these days! Are they lame? They kinda seem like they're lame. Katie and Daly told me that they hated them, but they never like the new girls so that's not necessarily saying much.

― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 16:04 (twenty years ago)

i'll third warmoth. they've got great stuff, great service, pretty fair prices, and a good reputation to uphold.

also, is your repair guy good? i mean, if you got a new neck, you would still have to put a lot into it: either new tuners, or using the old tuners installed on the new neck, a nut - which requires some skilled work, and it's extremely important to tuning stability, and you still need to buy frets separately and will have to have them dressed and set up by your repairman. Shit, a neck is a lot of work, I'd think it'd be much cheaper to just refret the old guitar - it's probably more routine work than replacing an old neck.

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 20 July 2005 16:14 (twenty years ago)

they aren't lame, but they make me feel kinda old. there have been vauge instances of stupidity as well.

― JD from CDepot, Wednesday, 20 July 2005 18:12 (twenty years ago)

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