Hey guys, I'm looking at new necks for my strat. When bought my strat it had an aftermarket neck, and no matter how much you mess with the set up it has fret buzz. Numerous techs have attempted to fix it, with most of them telling me that I'd have to have the frets leveled. Well, I dont care much for this neck anymore anyway, and i'm not one to have frets leveled, so I'm going to invest in a mighty mite neck.
What I want to know is...what is your experience with diff neck sizes, radiuses, and fret sizes.
I'm mostly deciding between 7.25 and 9.5 radius, and between vintage and medium jumbo frets.
Do you have bending problems with the smaller radius? do you think fret size affects sound?
before you say it, I know this is all preference. i'm just wondering what you guys prefer
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Started by fenderfunk14, Feb 02 2010 11:16 PM
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Posted 02 February 2010 - 11:16 PM
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Posted 03 February 2010 - 09:19 AM
I never played an electric guitar that had no fret buzz. Well, you can minimize it with your technique of both fretting hand and strumming hand. As long as you dont hear the buzzing through your amp, it shouldnt be that much of a problem if the truss rod is proberly set and the frets are alright.
To answer your question: I prefer 9.5 radius and medium jumbo frets. It just feels perfect. Nothing to add.
To answer your question: I prefer 9.5 radius and medium jumbo frets. It just feels perfect. Nothing to add.
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 07:42 PM
Fret buzz is a normal and necessary thing on an electric guitar played acoustically. You won't be able to get the action decently low without a little fret buzz. If you're hearing buzz when played through the amp, that's a different story; that's a problem. Hold the guitar to one side of your head and leave the amp on the other to see if the buzz is coming from the acoustic guitar or the amp'd guitar.
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 07:47 PM
i can hear it through the amp at times. like i said, ive taken it to techs who have confirmed that it's a problem. they've adjusted the truss rod and messed with the action to no avail. my only option is to level the frets or get a new neck, and i think i just want a new neck
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 08:05 PM
fenderfunk14, on Feb 13 2010, 01:47 PM, said:
i can hear it through the amp at times. like i said, ive taken it to techs who have confirmed that it's a problem. they've adjusted the truss rod and messed with the action to no avail. my only option is to level the frets or get a new neck, and i think i just want a new neck
OK, just checking. I personally use a standard mexi strat, and I've had no problems with it at all. It's comfortable, I can fit my hands around it, and I have plenty of room for bends, no strings slipping off the fretboard, and the frets are large enough for me. I personally prefer maple necks, I think they make it feel more like part of the guitar. Rosewood's always felt like it's something else, something different, like I have two separate pieces in my hands.
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 08:40 PM
thats interesting, i was thinking the same thing about maple necks today! rosewood looks better IMO, but maple feels so much better and much more solid to me. The dryness of some rosewood boards is also very offputting.
Right now I'm thinking Maple Neck, soft V shape, vintage frets, 7.25" radius
I still need to play more guitars with vintage frets though before im sure
Right now I'm thinking Maple Neck, soft V shape, vintage frets, 7.25" radius
I still need to play more guitars with vintage frets though before im sure
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 08:43 PM
fenderfunk14, on Feb 13 2010, 02:40 PM, said:
thats interesting, i was thinking the same thing about maple necks today! rosewood looks better IMO, but maple feels so much better and much more solid to me. The dryness of some rosewood boards is also very offputting.
Right now I'm thinking Maple Neck, soft V shape, vintage frets, 7.25" radius
I still need to play more guitars with vintage frets though before im sure
Right now I'm thinking Maple Neck, soft V shape, vintage frets, 7.25" radius
I still need to play more guitars with vintage frets though before im sure
The mexi's frets feel more like a vintage strat simply because they're fairly low-profile, compared to the modern american strats which have medium-jumbo, which I felt was a plus. Haven't tried the soft V shape 7.25" before. Is that the kind the Eric Johnson strat uses? (EJ strat is my dream-guitar. It's perfect all the way through. Ultra-thin nitro finish, custom pickups, perfect neck, no string trees, hat switch with tone wired to the bridge pickup instead of the rhythm... did I mention perfect neck? Only problem is you could get a car for less.)
Edit: Nope, that's not it. EJ strat has a 12" quartersawn neck. Try that in the store, it's the most comfortable neck I've ever touched.
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"Well, it was put to me by "that guy" when I was, like, four. So I went into my parents' record collection and found a rock'n'roll compilation. And when my mom asked if I wanted to move to L.A., I said, "Yeah," because I knew that was where the rock stars were. I was seven. Then when I found punk and listened to the Germs, I started seeing how I was part of this. I remember being out on the baseball field when I was 11, and I felt like such an outsider. Standing there in right field, I started making up an angry punk song in my head, and I went home and wrote, like, 20 songs in a row. I realized it didn't even matter if I knew how to play guitar yet." -John Frusciante
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 08:50 PM
the classic series 50s strat has the 7.25 soft v neck.
ill try out the EJ strat. it looks great
ill try out the EJ strat. it looks great
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Posted 13 February 2010 - 09:02 PM
fenderfunk14, on Feb 13 2010, 02:50 PM, said:
the classic series 50s strat has the 7.25 soft v neck.
ill try out the EJ strat. it looks great
ill try out the EJ strat. it looks great
Hope you find one you like. EJ necks go on ebay for about $700, so you're probably not gonna end up going in that direction unless you fall in love. Not having string trees is nice, and it adds some nice sustain, but it's probably not worth an extra $400 to you. Lemme know what you end up picking, I'm always looking to improve on my dream-strat.
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"Well, it was put to me by "that guy" when I was, like, four. So I went into my parents' record collection and found a rock'n'roll compilation. And when my mom asked if I wanted to move to L.A., I said, "Yeah," because I knew that was where the rock stars were. I was seven. Then when I found punk and listened to the Germs, I started seeing how I was part of this. I remember being out on the baseball field when I was 11, and I felt like such an outsider. Standing there in right field, I started making up an angry punk song in my head, and I went home and wrote, like, 20 songs in a row. I realized it didn't even matter if I knew how to play guitar yet." -John Frusciante
"Well, it was put to me by "that guy" when I was, like, four. So I went into my parents' record collection and found a rock'n'roll compilation. And when my mom asked if I wanted to move to L.A., I said, "Yeah," because I knew that was where the rock stars were. I was seven. Then when I found punk and listened to the Germs, I started seeing how I was part of this. I remember being out on the baseball field when I was 11, and I felt like such an outsider. Standing there in right field, I started making up an angry punk song in my head, and I went home and wrote, like, 20 songs in a row. I realized it didn't even matter if I knew how to play guitar yet." -John Frusciante
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 04:58 AM
Warmoth has good quality necks and they're pretty affordable. A good setup should eliminate buzz right? I've always thought if it's buzzing either the rod needs an adjustment or the frets need to be leveled. Anyways good luck man and look into warmoth if you haven't already found something.
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