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5 year extended warranty for your new HDTV
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Reviving my old Strat
Fine tuning a bolt-on replacement neck
My old Frankenstrat needed a new neck, and here’s what the neck needed before it was ready to play.
Erick Coleman, February 3, 2011
This old Strat was my main guitar for many years. My pal Tyler Tribby assembled it from parts in the early 90s, when we worked together at Roadworthy Guitar & Amp in Bloomington, Indiana. To buy it, I sold a really nice old Les Paul Custom, which my friends said was crazy.
But considering the mileage I got from this guitar, I have no regrets. I toured the world with this thing, and even made a few records — and it still sounds great.
The neck Tyler installed back then was unfinished (today’s
replacement necks
are sealer-sprayed at the factory). I left that old neck unfinished because I liked the feel and sound of the bare wood.
Replacement Neck for Strat Guitar
That was a mistake.
After hundreds of shows the naked wood was soaked in sweat and grime. The wood became soft, and the neck wouldn't hold truss rod adjustments anymore. So the guitar sat unplayed for years.
New generation, new neck!
My son Declan’s getting interested in guitar, so I pulled this Strat out of retirement for him. Rather than wrestle with that old neck, I'm installing a new one. Parts is parts, right?
What a new neck needs
I’d never expect to install a replacement neck without some setup. For one thing, it goes through a humidity change as it arrives in my shop. Also, a factory fret job is designed for every possible player — they leave enough metal to allow for filing and shaping to suit yourself. And I like my frets to be tailored to my preference.
I adjusted the neck to make sure it's straight as I can get it, checking with a
notched straightedge
.
A little bit of filing
The person who installed these frets did a good job. They’re uniformly seated, with plenty of height to work with.
I used two of the interchangeable files on a
Snapfile
to be sure the fret end bevels are nice and smooth, and I gave the fret tops a few leveling strokes. That’s all they needed.
Notched Straightedge
Snapfile Leveling System
While we’re talking about replacement necks
Back issues of Trade Secrets are available for free online.
(At
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, there’s a link halfway down the page.)
Here’s a direct link to issue #31
where I showed how to
install tuners in a replacement neck.
Radius-sanding Blocks
The left photo above shows sandpaper on a
radius block
after sanding the fret tops. The uniform coating of powdered metal tells me my fret tops are truly level across the board. In the middle photo, I’m
dressing the fret ends
to give them the rounded shape that feels right to my hands.
I protected the board with a
fret dressing mask
before using a large
three-corner file
to round the frets into a crowned shape, leaving just the tiniest bit of the leveled centers untouched. Before removing the mask, I polished my frets with
3M polishing papers
. (For more detail, I covered all this in our recently revised
FretWork Step-By-Step
book.)
FretWork Step-By-Step
At this point, I installed the neck and strung it up. A few strums told me it's pretty close to what I’m after. I just needed to lower the nut slots a touch.
I tend to play pretty hard, so I didn't lower the slots much: I left a gap of .024" between the top of the fret and the bottom of the string for the wound strings. I filed down to .020" for the unwound strings. I like to use guitar strings (in this case .024" & .020") as under-string feeler gauges, to keep from cutting the slots too low.
Gauged Nut Slotting Files
Work slowly, checking the slots frequently — if you cut them too low you’ll end up with string buzz problems.
The last step was to smooth the slots with a few strokes of
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.
Mitchell Abrasive Cord
R
eady to rock!
The new neck came with a light satin sealer coat. I could have scuff-sanded it and added more finish for a high gloss, but the feel of the factory finish reminded me of what I liked about the bare wood before. I left it as-is but this time it’s sealed, so I don’t have to worry about moisture causing problems.
Here's Declan, trying it out through the guitar’s old noisemaking buddy, my 50 watt Laney amp.
I've made a lot of noise over the decades with that guitar/amp combination, and it looks like there’s a lot more noise-making to come!
Problem-solving products for this kind of work:
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Check the straightness of the fingerboard with the frets in place!
Replacement Neck for Strat Guitar
Quality hard rock maple neck with rosewood or maple fretboard. Compound radius option, too!
Snapfile Leveling System
Our versatile and innovative 4-in-1 tool is great for all your fret and fingerboard leveling. Fast, efficient, space-saving.
Fret End Dressing File
The perfect tool for dressing the ends of your frets for that professional look.
Fret Dressing Masks
Time-saving 1-step masks protect the fingerboard while you level and crown the frets.
Wooden Radius-sanding Blocks
For create a constant radius on an unfretted fingerboard, and leveling installed frets.
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