A couple questions regarding Warmoth prices!

[Eyes Wide Shut]

Thanks very much for that. Greatly appreciated.

And the Warmoth really does give you a bit of an extra chunk on ya fretboard :)

[Philly Q]

Just one little additional point on the thickness of the fretboards - I see that's a Warmoth Pro neck, the boards on the Vintage Modern and Total Vintage necks aren't quite as thick.  Probably something to do with different construction methods because of the different types of truss rod.  :)

[XxpapertigerxX]

So after all the close comparisons, I think the contours of the necks are more similar than I originally thought. They are at their most different as they approach the heel, which you can see pretty well from the pictures. But up towered the headstock, they are pretty similar.

That's interesting to hear about the fretbaords, Philly. I might get a Vintage modern for a different guitar, so that's good to know.

[Philly Q]

They are at their most different as they approach the heel, which you can see pretty well from the pictures. But up towered the headstock, they are pretty similar.

Just as another point of interest (maybe!  :lol: ), Warmoth have changed the heel shape quite recently.  It used to be a "rounder" shape which I didn't really like:







The newer ones have a smaller heel which fits the body more tightly:

[Eyes Wide Shut]

Isn't the round one a Strat shape and the square one a Tele though?

[Philly Q]

I mean the shape of the heel as it blends in to the main part of the neck, just above where it says "Warmoth".

As you rightly point out, at the end of the neck Strats have a rounded heel and Teles have a square heel.

[Eyes Wide Shut]

Ignore this post, realised I was just looking way too deep haha.

Do you mean the newer necks have a sharper angle and the ends, rather than rounded?

[Miek]

Look at the heels.

Where you connect it to the body.

Not the neck profiles.

[Philly Q]

Just look at the whole flat area of the heel. 

On the two newer necks (the bottom two) that area is smaller, squarer - it hugs the heel area of the body more closely.  Go back to Roland's pictures of his guitars and you can see it.

Does this make any difference to the guitar's playability?  Not really.  It's just an observation.  :P 

[XxpapertigerxX]

Do you know how recently they changed that Philly? My neck is proabably almost a year old at this point.

Edit: I just checked mine; it's definitely the newer heel type. I actually think it does effect plausibility to a degree when you're playing in the uppermost register

[Eyes Wide Shut]

I have a quick question about Warmoth Philly. I've posted on another thread as I thought it may be more relevant to that one than this one. Here's the link if you have time - https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=26043.0

[Philly Q]

Do you know how recently they changed that Philly? My neck is proabably almost a year old at this point.

I think the last three necks I've bought have had the "new" heel, so that's probably all within the last year, yes.

[Chris]

I bought my wilkinson trem from Warmoth with the body and neck.  I did think about sourcing the trem in the UK instead, but if you buy the trem from Warmoth they will install the studs for you, which I thought was worth doing as it was the first time I'd put a guitar together and I wasn't sure about my abilities.

Also, I didn't get charged any import duty, which was a nice surprise.  I don't know whether they just forgot, or what, but I was very happy.  This was about five years ago though, so maybe they are more on the ball now.

[Eyes Wide Shut]

I bought my wilkinson trem from Warmoth with the body and neck.  I did think about sourcing the trem in the UK instead, but if you buy the trem from Warmoth they will install the studs for you, which I thought was worth doing as it was the first time I'd put a guitar together and I wasn't sure about my abilities.

Also, I didn't get charged any import duty, which was a nice surprise.  I don't know whether they just forgot, or what, but I was very happy.  This was about five years ago though, so maybe they are more on the ball now.

That's bloody lucky haha. With the price of a Warmoth guitar, you could have probably got a set of BKPs for the import duty saved lol

[Chris]

I bought my wilkinson trem from Warmoth with the body and neck.  I did think about sourcing the trem in the UK instead, but if you buy the trem from Warmoth they will install the studs for you, which I thought was worth doing as it was the first time I'd put a guitar together and I wasn't sure about my abilities.

Also, I didn't get charged any import duty, which was a nice surprise.  I don't know whether they just forgot, or what, but I was very happy.  This was about five years ago though, so maybe they are more on the ball now.

That's bloody lucky haha. With the price of a Warmoth guitar, you could have probably got a set of BKPs for the import duty saved lol

I did  8)  I hadn't bought the pickups yet so when it came and I realised I was saving some cash I invested in a set of Nailbombs.