Making my own telecaster body. Just routed the neck pocket yesterday and did a couple of test fits with the two necks I have from Warmoth.
one is a regular maple neck
one is a roasted maple neck.
The regular neck is a perfect fit. Nice and tight all around. Just what you would expect really. Maybe even barely too tight. Once it's in it won't move and you could pickup the whole guitar by the neck if you wanted to. Easy fix to sand down a tad later though.
The roasted maple......not the same. Kind of slops into the pocket. It won't fall out from front to back which is good but it shifts a touch from side to side and can pivot right out of the pocket if you push down on the neck.
Is it possible that the roasted neck got rid of the sugars and whatever other magical moisture is in the neck and actually just a tiny tiny bit shrank down? Thus causing the slop in the neck pocket?
one is a regular maple neck
one is a roasted maple neck.
The regular neck is a perfect fit. Nice and tight all around. Just what you would expect really. Maybe even barely too tight. Once it's in it won't move and you could pickup the whole guitar by the neck if you wanted to. Easy fix to sand down a tad later though.
The roasted maple......not the same. Kind of slops into the pocket. It won't fall out from front to back which is good but it shifts a touch from side to side and can pivot right out of the pocket if you push down on the neck.
Is it possible that the roasted neck got rid of the sugars and whatever other magical moisture is in the neck and actually just a tiny tiny bit shrank down? Thus causing the slop in the neck pocket?
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