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GeneralElectric

GeneralElectric

Dec 26, 2007
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#1
Howdy all, I was wondering if you folks could recommend me a builder for a replacement Fender Precision neck. I've checked out Warmoth and Allparts but they just don't have what I'm looking for.:hmm:

What I'm looking for specifically is:

Fender Style Precision Neck
Straight grain Quartersawn maple neck
20 fret Indian Rosewood board with clay dots
7.25 Radius
1.75" at the nut
Bone Nut
Unfinished

I'd be finishing this myself, and I'd put a new nut on it during setup, unless the builder did it.

So does anyone know of an online dealer who sells this or would I have to contact an individual luthier? I don't want to spend more than a few hundred on the neck.

Any help appreciated, thank you.:bassist:
 
#5
It looks like they can do what I'm looking for, but I'm trying to figure out what exactly I can do to that headstock to make it look more Fender-y. I'll be swapping this neck with the one from my AV 57 RI, so I'd be putting the Fender logo on it.
 
#10
Yeah, I got a feeling once I said I was going to put a Fender logo on it, that I'm now a pariah. Its not really a parts bass, its a US Fender, and since Fender doesn't sell necks I'd have to find someone else to give me what I need. :)
 
#11
Fender actually sells replacement necks... they just might not have the specs you are looking for. Then again, technically it isn't legal to put Fender's logo (trademarked) on a neck they didn't authorize. Even Warmoth, who is a licensed Fender replacement neck builder, will tell you that they won't put a Fender logo on their necks.
 
#12
I contacted Fender on purchasing a replacement neck, and they told me they won't sell me one unless mine is broken and even then, only a direct replacement to the one thats busted.

Mine neck is fine, however once I played the Pino Palladino P-bass I fell in love with the neck. However Fender wouldn't sell me one, or allow me to trade in my neck for it. So I want to build a to-spec replacement.
 
#13
Keep your stock neck safe for future re-install. Get the nck you want from USA Custom. Trim the headstock to match yours. I bet the headstock shape has enough to trim. Do your Fender decal deal and don't worry about it. If your not selling it as an original genuine Fender I myself wouldn't sweat it. :)
 
#14
I only put Fender decals on Squires bound to eBay. Anyone know where I can get a 70's jazz logo? :-P

I dunno why I want the logo. There is some stigma attached to playing a Fender look-a-like when it doesn't have a Fender logo on the tip. People think I'm playing a knockoff. I guess I'm shallow. :)
 
#16
I know I should be the same way, but I'm just shallow about that kind of thing. If you play a Squier most people think you automatically suck (completely not true by the way I know some monster players who just can't afford better) So I bought an American fender. Its somewhat prestigious in local music circles where your gear defines you more than your playing. Its a shame, but I'm rolling with the punches ;)

I have a franken P and someone wouldn't record it because it didn't say Fender on the headstock, and thus he wouldn't hire me. Mind you I probably could have just bought a decal online and slapped it on, but nothing on that bass, aside from the body, ever passed through a Fender workshop.
 

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