buying a neck from warmoth

[Stevepage]

I'm thinking about buying a neck from warmoth. It's from their show case selection and it's gonna cost about $145 which includes, nut, frets and no finish (I'll tung oil it). How much should I expect to pay in shipping and customs charges?

I wondering whether to get the neck I have now, modified to how I want or whether it would be cheaper to buy a new neck from warmoth.

[Twinfan]

Delivery isn't too much, about $20?  Customs charges will be about 20ish percent, give or take, on top of the neck PLUS delivery.

[Stevepage]

Looks like it will work out cheaper for me to buy a new neck. Which is a shame, but I can't stand the vintage radius on my Strat any more

[gwEm]

Looks like it will work out cheaper for me to buy a new neck. Which is a shame, but I can't stand the vintage radius on my Strat any more

ask wez about reworking your existing neck

[Stevepage]

I did, I was going to go through with it, but although Wez's price was great, it's still cheaper for me to buy a new neck from Warmoth. Already put my order through too

[gwEm]

I did, I was going to go through with it, but although Wez's price was great, it's still cheaper for me to buy a new neck from Warmoth. Already put my order through too

hope it works out with the warmoth!

[Stevepage]

I've had a warmoth neck before, sold it to a member on here actually. Very nice work so I'm sure everything will work otu.

[Lew]

I did, I was going to go through with it, but although Wez's price was great, it's still cheaper for me to buy a new neck from Warmoth. Already put my order through too

Not my experience, but maybe I get a discount with Wez because I'm so $%&#ing awesome :-p I've had a neck off Warmoth and a neck of USACG and didn't get charged anything other than shipping on either

[Philly Q]

I've had a neck off Warmoth and a neck of USACG and didn't get charged anything other than shipping on either

Lucky man!   I've had to pay VAT/import duty on everything I've ordered from Warmoth.

[Lew]

I'm told it's completely down to luck and if they happen to check your item in a spot-check whilst it's in the warehouse. You must have shitety luck  :lol:

[Philly Q]

That surprises me.  I've had a few items sneak through the ordinary post without charges, but I thought UPS applied Customs charges as a matter of course.

Or maybe the inspectors know my name!  I've bought a ton of stuff from abroad over the years!  :lol:


But yes, I do generally have shitety luck, now I think about it.  :(

[tomjackson]

My neck was $135 plus shipping , parcelforce tried to deliver it yesterday and I have a letter:-

£13.76 VAT
£8.00 Parelforce clearance fee
Total £21.76

So I guess UK cost was about £125 with delivery

Mine is also unfinished.  should get it tomorrow so I'll let you know how it is.

[Stevepage]

My neck was $135 plus shipping , parcelforce tried to deliver it yesterday and I have a letter:-

£13.76 VAT
£8.00 Parelforce clearance fee
Total £21.76

So I guess UK cost was about £125 with delivery

Mine is also unfinished.  should get it tomorrow so I'll let you know how it is.

That's a bit cheaper than mine. I went for a CBS Warmoth Pro neck. How long did it take from when you ordered it, till delivery?

[WezV]

My neck was $135 plus shipping , parcelforce tried to deliver it yesterday and I have a letter:-

£13.76 VAT
£8.00 Parelforce clearance fee
Total £21.76

So I guess UK cost was about £125 with delivery

and no, i dont do necks that cheap!!   but when you start adding a few custom options onto the warmoth stuff it adds up fast and people like me start to look a better deal  (hence leading lew to believe in his own awesomeness and its influence on my pricing ;) )..... for standard stuff i would still rather buy in allparts or warmoth  stuff myself, especially for the speed increase since i am often a slow bugger

reworking existing necks is a good way to go but generally involves a refret, re-radius and new nut which isnt too bad, again it starts going up when it needs re-profiling and a refinish so its not always as cheap as buying something that works in the first place.  i dont offer fender style truss rod stuff so for authenticities sake its still sometimes better to get a fender style neck in and mod it to preference if thats what is needed for a particular project

[tomjackson]

My neck was $135 plus shipping , parcelforce tried to deliver it yesterday and I have a letter:-

£13.76 VAT
£8.00 Parelforce clearance fee
Total £21.76

So I guess UK cost was about £125 with delivery

Mine is also unfinished.  should get it tomorrow so I'll let you know how it is.

That's a bit cheaper than mine. I went for a CBS Warmoth Pro neck. How long did it take from when you ordered it, till delivery?

Assuming parcelforce deliver it tomorrow as planned then it probably took about 3 weeks, which is not too bad considering it was not fretted when I chose it.

It did cost a little more than anticipated but then again I think £125 is very good for a neck that will be of very good quality.