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I have put a Warmoth tele neck on an unknown origin Tele body (could be an old Boogie Bodies). Got the neck years ago through their Custom Shop, which is like a thrift shop for necks and bodies that never sold or were returned for some cosmetic reason. Made of solid Goncalo Alves, the same wood that Smith & Wesson uses for pistol grips - beautiful reddish brown hardwood with chocolate stripes, 1 5/8 inch, jumbo frets. The best neck I have. It was about $250, which ain't cheap, but worth it for me. It was a fun but laborious project to scrape all the poly off the body and then stain it to match the neck and Tung oil it. Goncalo is an awesome wood - really stiff stuff, light, warm and smoother than a 30-year-old Strat neck. Warmoth uses it for fingerboards a lot. Seems warmer in tone than maple. The body came with a pair of early model Peavey Wolfgang pickups, so it is now one barkin?, smooth playin' pup (I call her Wolfie) 8)
I really like Warmoth products and hope to get another exotic wood neck or at least a CBS head strat neck for an AST-56 that has a V-neck I am not crazy about (good guitar, but the pickups are very vintage, hence a bit shrill for my ears). Warmoth necks seem to fit fine - good stuff, and if you buy through their Custom Shop the pricers are lower. They also have some painted solid and hollow Strats bodies that are stunning. And no, I don't work for them. :roll: