Roasted Maple

[Lazarus1140]

When I ordered a neck from Warmoth I was quoted 4 - 6 week lead time. It arrived in less than three weeks and I am blown away. I ordered roasted Maple fingerboard on a roasted Maple neck and it is beautiful and sooooo incredibly slick. The roasted Maple does not require a finish, but I had no idea just how fast it would feel. There is a strong possibility that this neck will finish an average length song two measures before me. There will be no pics until the build is complete. All I can say is that if it sounds half as good as it looks I will never go back regular Maple or Pa Ferro/Maple or Ebony/Maple.

Santa did well.

 

[chadd]

Re: Roasted Maple

I did Pau Ferro on roasted Maple on mine and love it so far. The Boatneck profile is awesome.

 

[Lazarus1140]

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Mine is 59 Roundback which is a little too meaty for my smallish hands but I think I can adjust. It definitely feels thicker than an American Strat neck which is what I am accustomed to.

 

[Clint 55]

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I went for full fatback and love it. Unfinished is great, it gives you a slightly more organic tone as opposed to the sort of nasal quality to a sealed neck.

 

[Ayrton]

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They say "no finish", but I would suggest a couple wipe on coats of Tru Oil just to seal it up.

This is Tru Oil on baked birdseye.

 

[Mincer]

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Wow, all of these look great! I haven't tried a roasted maple neck yet. My Warmoth neck is made of wenge & ebony.

 

[chadd]

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I went for full fatback and love it. Unfinished is great, it gives you a slightly more organic tone as opposed to the sort of nasal quality to a sealed neck.

I did a very thin coat of nitro on the old neck and it didn't hurt the tone. I may eventually do the same on this one.

 

[Jeffblue]

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My four last builds all have roasted maple necks, one is solid maple, one is highly flamed with a flamed maple fretboard, one has a rosewood fretboard and the other a bloodwood fretboard. I would recommend roasted maple necks over the regular maple necks any day.

 

[AlexR]

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I went for full fatback and love it. Unfinished is great, it gives you a slightly more organic tone as opposed to the sort of nasal quality to a sealed neck.

Did you test the same neck before and after a finish.....or are you comparing 2 wholly different necks and assuming the wood component does nothing

 

[Clint 55]

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Different necks. No, I'm not assuming the wood does nothing.

 

[AlexR]

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Different necks means you cannot assume anything about the finish contribution.

And were these different necks fitted into different guitars at the time of this test??

 

[Clint 55]

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No, I haven't done a proper scientific test like you're talking about. It's only my observation of around 10 guitars where all the shlacked necks share this scooped, nasal attack, while the unfinished necks share a more organic, complex top end. I thought that you thought finish affected the tone?

 

[AlexR]

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I am of the opinion that a lot of things affect tone.

I also know there is little point in making observations where practically every aspect that can affect tone is different - including pickups.


Another question - are the necks you claim are unfinished raw wood?? As in you bought them raw wood and have not put any finish on them. Because there is not a single commercial maker that won't put some finish on wood from a warranty perspective....even if it feels satin smooth.

 

[Clint 55]

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Yes, I agree that a lot of things affect tone. Wouldn't that indicate that it could be true if several factors are changing but all the finished necks sound nasal and all the unfinished necks don't? Yes, they are indeed bare wood. My Affinity guitars, bass, and my Warmoth custom neck.

 

[AlexR]

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You might be able to if there was indeed say all the same pickup, the same wood types and the only thing was the finish. Then you'd only have variation within the species as the variation - which can be significant its true but you might be able to stretch a point on it.

The Affinity necks - these are Fender yes?......ones you have stripped all original finish off??

 

[Clint 55]

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They're Squier Affinities that came stock with bare wood necks. I was very surprised when I first played it because I've been around Fender style guitars all my life and suddenly I play this cheap guitar and it sounded more organic to me.