Looking for a new neck

[Harmonics1978]

Hey guys can you give me an idea on where to find a neck as similiar as possible to something evh used? Granted I know up near 1984 and beyond he used that 5150 and differnt styles and banana headstocks however I was looking for what type of neck he used for the first two albums. I keep reading in some places that actually it was a pretty simple and average neck and he didnt even finish them and left them just treated a tiny bit with oil or something.
Anyone have any idea where to start?

Although keeping in mind that my guitar while may be a bolt on is not a maple neck at the moment.

[GoldenEars]

Originally Posted by Harmonics1978

Hey guys can you give me an idea on where to find a neck as similiar as possible to something evh used? Granted I know up near 1984 and beyond he used that 5150 and differnt styles and banana headstocks however I was looking for what type of neck he used for the first two albums. I keep reading in some places that actually it was a pretty simple and average neck and he didnt even finish them and left them just treated a tiny bit with oil or something.
Anyone have any idea where to start?

Although keeping in mind that my guitar while may be a bolt on is not a maple neck at the moment.

You can find used strat necks on ebay for pretty reasonable prices.
Ed's neck was a 21 fret neck unlike most which are 22. You can check that out in any pic that is out there by zooming in and counting.

With the years of guitars and necks its all kinda laughable when it comes to fenders.
I have a friend who is a certified fender repair guy for both their amps and their guitars and he told me that in many cases and because of their disorganization that an early 60's neck could have been left at the back of the pile and it could have ended up being bolted on a late 60's guitar for example.
So from what he told me you never really know what you are getting.

Any markings that determine the year of the part are put on when the guitar it is being built whether it be with old or new stock, so no one will ever know for sure about any strat.

So if a neck feels good then it is.

In the early 70's strats went down hill because the company was bought by its employee's and the quality of strats did not come back up until the late 80's and not fully back until 2000 or so.

It took me years to build my strat collection because I grew up during this bad period of strat making....well the end of it...I'm not that old lol and I certainly could not afford a really old one so I just had to try a ton out and get the right one through luck.

There were some amazing Jap strats made in the 80's that were better than the American ones at the time and they just say "fender strat" then "made in Japan. So they are not called squires or anything they are actual fenders made in japan.
My favorite strat is an old Jap one and it also has 21 frets
So just grab a neck on ebay that has 21 frets and is maple of course and build your guitar!!!!
Oh watch out for bolt patterns some of the jap necks are only 3 bolts!

Good Luck and sorry that I do not know the year of the neck but he grabbed it out of a seconds bin and who knows for sure what year it is, that part I got from the guitar world issue.

If you have not read that artical it is very informative and u can find it online.

Golden Ears

[Harmonics1978]

The neck I have on my ibanez is very fast and I love it but the quality isn't worth the hassle and isn't maple currently. I found this site and was under the impression that it was reasonable accurate when it came to EVH replicas and kits and I might buy there 5150 kit later on but I found this area of the website and was confused, http://www.tremolostore.com/itemDet....K-CBS-R&cID=12,
and
http://www.tremolostore.com/itemDet....K-ST-21&cID=12.

Build quality ? I'm not sure although they claim to have and in the guitar bodies section to have very accurated if not completely accurate VH1 body.

The second one looks pretty accurate and I dont intend to put a floyd on it since I just don't like them simply put , but it has 21 and says something about being the same type of material.

P.S. Oh and wasn't it the body he got as a second?

[trent van halen]

Originally Posted by GoldenEars

You can find used strat necks on ebay for pretty reasonable prices.
Ed's neck was a 21 fret neck unlike most which are 22. You can check that out in any pic that is out there by zooming in and counting.

With the years of guitars and necks its all kinda laughable when it comes to fenders.
I have a friend who is a certified fender repair guy for both their amps and their guitars and he told me that in many cases and because of their disorganization that an early 60's neck could have been left at the back of the pile and it could have ended up being bolted on a late 60's guitar for example.
So from what he told me you never really know what you are getting.

Any markings that determine the year of the part are put on when the guitar it is being built whether it be with old or new stock, so no one will ever know for sure about any strat.

So if a neck feels good then it is.

In the early 70's strats went down hill because the company was bought by its employee's and the quality of strats did not come back up until the late 80's and not fully back until 2000 or so.

It took me years to build my strat collection because I grew up during this bad period of strat making....well the end of it...I'm not that old lol and I certainly could not afford a really old one so I just had to try a ton out and get the right one through luck.

There were some amazing Jap strats made in the 80's that were better than the American ones at the time and they just say "fender strat" then "made in Japan. So they are not called squires or anything they are actual fenders made in japan.
My favorite strat is an old Jap one and it also has 21 frets
So just grab a neck on ebay that has 21 frets and is maple of course and build your guitar!!!!
Oh watch out for bolt patterns some of the jap necks are only 3 bolts!

Good Luck and sorry that I do not know the year of the neck but he grabbed it out of a seconds bin and who knows for sure what year it is, that part I got from the guitar world issue.

If you have not read that artical it is very informative and u can find it online.

Golden Ears

What the hell question are you answering? You can get just what you are looking for from warmoth for a reasonable price. You can get it just like Eddies. His was a 21 fret CBS era strat neck copy with a brass nut, Schaller minies, and gibson sized frets. He also said it was wider than a fender

[Harmonics1978]

Links would be by all means appreacited if its not asking to much but I'll try and find where it is on warmoth.

[GoldenEars]

Originally Posted by Harmonics1978

The neck I have on my ibanez is very fast and I love it but the quality isn't worth the hassle and isn't maple currently. I found this site and was under the impression that it was reasonable accurate when it came to EVH replicas and kits and I might buy there 5150 kit later on but I found this area of the website and was confused, http://www.tremolostore.com/itemDet....K-CBS-R&cID=12,
and
http://www.tremolostore.com/itemDet....K-ST-21&cID=12.

Build quality ? I'm not sure although they claim to have and in the guitar bodies section to have very accurated if not completely accurate VH1 body.

The second one looks pretty accurate and I dont intend to put a floyd on it since I just don't like them simply put , but it has 21 and says something about being the same type of material.

P.S. Oh and wasn't it the body he got as a second?

Your right!!!! It was the body Golden Ears

[GoldenEars]

Originally Posted by trent van halen

What the hell question are you answering? You can get just what you are looking for from warmoth for a reasonable price. You can get it just like Eddies. His was a 21 fret CBS era strat neck copy with a brass nut, Schaller minies, and gibson sized frets. He also said it was wider than a fender

I have seen people get ripped off trying to get Ed necks online and
I have picked up necks on ebay that did the same thing for very cheap and they were pretty kickin, so I was giving him a little bit of strat history and I guess I got on a bit of a tangent lol. I was on the phone and msn at the same time I was typing that post, so it didn't end up all that clear.

I read it myself and was like what the f$ck oh well

Later, Golden Ears

[FretDevil]

The first link is the neck used on the first Black and White striped guitar, but it has a locking nut shelf. the second one is the neck on the current Fender replica.
It's my site... and my work.

[Harmonics1978]

Oh really I didn't know you worked there , just out curisoity how has the feedback been on the 5150 guitar kit? I'm sorta tempted to by one but also a neck from tremolo store as well. So far I pretty much designed one to previous posts really close to the CBS model and just went for the extra fret! Thanks for the help so far guys!

[FretDevil]

Great feedback on all the bodies and necks. I've spent countless hours looking at pictures and using AutoCAD to blueprint each item.

[Harmonics1978]

oh so the kits are selling good I'm probably gonna look into them but to be honest I'd have to have someone paint it and I'm not really sure what type of wood to get, alder and ash sound kinda nice though. Also thanks guys I just ordered the neck , not sure if I already posted this or not but thanks for the help its been great!