GuildedCage
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This is not Guild related but I am sure others might have had this same idea so I thought I would post. A friend bought a strat neck before the holidays on the bay that was unbranded but very well made. It was from china but looked like decent maple, nice even grain, straight, thick rosewood fingerboard and block inlays like a LP special. After congratulating him on lucking out with his purchase I started looking at the selection of bargain necks out there with my old ash tele in mind. I did not look for very long before I found this slick looking 22 fret neck that would be a good fit according to the listed dimensions. I thought I would be the coolest kid on the block with a rosewood boarded tele neck sporting the Steve Vai Jem Vine of Life inlays! Not too bad right? I had not done a project in a while so I grabbed the last one. To my surprise the neck arrived and there was no mention of CITES issues or duties, it looked great and the fret job was actually quite good but that's where the positive stuff ended.:blue: The heel was 1.5 mm smaller than expected so in order to make it fit I would need to be Shimi Hendrix but it could have worked. Unfortunately my dreams of a Vai Tele were crushed when I noticed the back-bow. It has a two-way truss-rod ( a little skinny for my taste) but even with the truss rod that neck will never be playable. I flew too close to the sun on wings made of back-bowed maple I guess. Pity, I think it would have looked bitch'in.
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