Dream Strat Project | Part 2: Warmoth roasted maple neck!

[@saikatchowdhury7376]

I don't know is it because of the stainless steel frets or because of the new set of strings you've put in, but the tone has changed noticeably! Always a fan of roasted maple neck, looks cool, plays cool!

[@matthewfielding288]

Man, that opening riff at 4:53 .... geez. Very cool 🤘

[@johannesmaas4080]

wow that SD pickup sounds great for high gain stuff... btw... the neck looks fantastic and sounds much better than the original, makes a huge difference

[@KeyanHoushmandLive]

Bro. You're literally about to make me order a Warmoth baritone roasted maple tele neck.

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

Keyan Houshmand Live yep the best part is they have baritone conversions!

[@Wojtasguitar1]

Thought the same thing :d

[@FairlyUnknown]

Warmoth makes great stuff. You won't regret it, other than being a little lighter without the cash

[@humblegeorge]

I had them make me a xxx Birdseye maple neck for a new 5 string Fender precision and make it a lined fretless .There were fit issues to over come however it is the best bass I ever owned.I love it wonderful products.

[@philiphurdwell3443]

Cant believe how the tone is so much warmer.....nice playing!!!

[@AverageHuman7026]

Geeez that neck is jaw dropping gorgeous. Nice video. Mister you just earned yourself a new subscriber, cheers!

[@mahdiyussuf9804]

Love the colors! The body, pickguard and roasted neck! so cooool

[@Nipcrumbs]

This is the earliest I've been to a video. Great job🔥

[@FairlyUnknown]

To my ear, the old neck had a more "traditional" sound and was a bit thicker for sure, but that's preference on whether or not it's better. The new one had more bite and was clearer. Looks wise though the new one blows the old one away.

[@Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy]

To my ear, my new roasted maple has a sort of acoustic quality to it. I made a vid about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpTFiYOmiNpjnck

[@Tonetwisters]

First neck was a little fuller sounding ... might be the SS frets making the Warmoth a bit brighter ... Warmoth sure looks cool!

[@pistolpete7280]

It's crazy how much the neck changed the tone... Guitar looks great. Any plans on upgrading the tremolo system?

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

Pistol Pete I was thinking about getting a new trem block (brass), the system itself works fine in fact!

[@scottmh96]

@@MilianMalivukMusic you should consider changing the saddles. I bought some Gotoh s21 saddles for my Ibanez RGMS7 and the difference is phenomenal! So much less dull.

[@vheissumusic]

I think it was mainly because the strings were replaced.

[@wannaberabbi9302]

vheissu could also be because of the stainless steel frets

[@pistolpete7280]

It seems almost as if changing the neck has a greater influence on a guitar's tone than changing pickups does

[@VanjaSpirin]

Warmoth neck is rosted maple and makes sound more open and clear. Nice upgrade. I have one Warmoth guitar. It is premium custom shop quality instrument.

[@ph0kused]

Roasted maple neck with Stainless frets is my new obsession. I got my first one on my ibanez az bocote 2402 and im never going back to nickle frets ever again. FYI im doing a partscaster build but Im using a nitro sprayed body off reverb - that way you can get some of your own relic mojo - im building on right now same body color, but nitro finish and HSS in daphene blue :) gonna be so sick... planning on bareknuckle jugg in the bridge, and bareknuckle singles, gotoh 510 bridge with gotoh magnum lock - and a custom fender waterslide logo, with my own waterslide on the back :). Im having bareknuckle prebuild the whole pickguard with elec. and aging - all together im at like $1500.00 but im going premium everything, pickups alone were $450. BEtter than any fender Custom shop build hopefully... i got inspired by seeing misha's jackson blue strat dj0nt machine.

[@worldsanoyster]

I could definitely hear the tone difference even from my phone! Dayum! Soo nice! I really want to change too on my squier! Keep it up bro!

[@jacobsmith1877]

That new neck sounds amazing.

[@KaosII1968]

The chances of getting a neck with no fret sprout and leveled properly from warmoth are slim to none. They obviously knew it was being reviewed. I have ordered seven warmoth necks and every single one needed fretwork, four of them needed major work. I’m not bashing them it is just something they don’t generally do. To be fair they don’t claim to either.

[@cristianosmiranda]

So, you had all those issues but did not speak to them at all about it? You should return the first neck and all of them right away explaining the reason and I believe they would do something about it, because it is one of their main business. Did you not think about out?

@@cristianosmiranda He's talking about 100% work needed, with 57% needing major work. They should be doing something about it without anyone calling them out, don't you think?

[@clementcomes1516]

They explain that's because they ship worldwide so climate changes will ruin their work anyway.

[@Dream-Academy]

@@cristianosmiranda Warmoth tell you they DO NOT DRESS THE FRETS before you buy. But of course if they know it's going to be reviewed they will secretly do so... Duh.

[@JohnOhkumaThiel]

I don’t understand people who go out of their way to say the neck, the wood, and other changes other than pickups don’t influence the tone. If that were true then you could take Fender pickups, put them in a Gibson, and it would sound the same. Ridiculous. Even the Fender Custom Shop folks say the neck changes the tone. I changed the nut, bridge saddles, and string trees on mine and that had a very significant effect on the tone. Thank you for demonstrating the very clear difference here. I bought a Squier Bullet in a thrift shop two years ago, and I totally agree with you about it being a good place to start on modifying a guitar to better than you could get for $1000 or more. The only original parts left on mine are the neck, body, and tremolo minus the bridge saddles. I’m planning on replacing the neck in the next month or two and then I think I’m done making changes to this guitar. Thanks again for demonstrating that the neck replacement isn’t just eye candy.

[@ccchicken8889]

Looks, tone, and I'm sure feel...that's a big win all around! I think of the neck as the heart of the instrument, so mods like this are fun to see. I'd recommend the Hot Rails neck pickup to top it all off. It's great paired with the bridge model. It has a fuller, juicier tone that splits well. You would possibly do a 4 pole 5 way switch (or called dual wafer) upgrade at the same time. Thn you could wire it in so many different ways for the ultimate in tone choices.

[@shredhed572]

I too think the neck plays at least 50% of the tone. That estimate is prolly a low one. I have even found that (IMO) the size/mass of the headstock plays a big part as well. My fave strat w/70s hs and home made 1984 guitar with the huge phallic headstock both give them a super lively tone. If that makes sense. On the roasted M N: I just got my first one on a charvel, and I have to say, at first, when I got it home I thought the tone of the guitar was glassy. But with playing it in the tone is improving. Or seems to be imo lol.

[@steveweilhart2359]

Sounds much better - beautiful flame awesome

[@VintageRadius]

I love my Warmoth tele neck. Unfinished roasted maple with dark Indian rosewood fingerboard, SS 6105 frets. Highly recommend the 59 neck profile if you want a neck that is just a bit chunky. I will say though that the frets were not perfectly level (they were close though) and fingerboard edges were not super smooth when it arrived. I ended up doing a very slight fret level, just kissing the frets with leveling beam and then crowned and polished. I rolled the finger board edges and did a bit of fret dressing too. With a little love it now feels much more "broken in" and smooth to play.

[@LeviJules]

That's just GORGEOUS. Good Lord. Now i gotta do one for me too..

[@SethPerler]

Great vid, and new neck sounds way more alive BUT I do thing the strings had a lot to do with it. to do a true comparison, you'd have to put the same new strings on both, and it would be a pain in the butt, but prolly worth seeing. Either way, I'm sure the neck does alter and improve sound a bit, and it's a sweet neck!

[@GreyMouser517]

I've built two complete Warmoth guitars with Seymour Duncan pickups. You cannot beat their quality. I don't know that I'll every buy another finished guitar. Next month I begin the journey into routing a body, I've already purchased the neck from Warmoth for this build. If all goes well, my next build will body and neck. Nice work.

[@joshuamichael4312]

I built a warmoth Tele with a maple neck and stainless frets. I put a dimarzio crunch lab in the bridge and a dimarzio Fred in the neck and its my best sounding guitar by far. Superb!

[@ChadPorterAshTele]

Thanks for the idea. Looking into a used squire.

[@justinelliott7136]

Intelligent and fantastic mod to your strat. Gorgeous looking and sounding !

[@francoisbritz77]

Man im jealous. This is something I wanted to try since 2004. It came out awesome. You have class. What a guy!

[@Gearhart_Music]

I just put together a partscaster with a Warmoth Roasted neck, and the sustain is unbelieveable!! This video interesting to me, because the tone with the original neck sounded warm, but still very sweet, and the Warmoth neck is brighter but still very articulate and not harsh at all.

[@awonderingoneil206]

Imagine a 27 inch multiscale in the style of a squire. Classic yet modern.

[@tbtlouisville]

Stoked about this. I have the same Squier and need to replace the neck. Good to know that Warmoth will fit without an issue!

[@paulbradshawguitar]

i recently refretted a 250 euro Vintage brand telecaster with dunlop 6000 size frets which completely transformed the guitar, it sounded great before, one of my favourite guitars, but the frets were super used, the jumbo frets has made the guitar absolutely incredible while keeping the same sort of tone given the cost of refretting i considered buying a new neck, but i loved the shape of the neck and the sound of the guitar, so refret was the way to go, it sounds a bit crazy in terms of investment but if you have a great guitar that you love and can improve the playability, why not the neck change here definitely changed the tone, tbh i preferred the tone of the original neck, bit warmer, more midrange, subdued highs, you can probably make up a bit of that difference with pickup height/tone adjustments, depends what you're after changing the bridge/tremolo block makes a nice difference as well

[@shredhed572]

6000 frets? I thought guitars only had like 37..lol Sorry, couldn't help myself. 8-) On refetting : my son has a press, but my fear is in the removal of the old frets w/out damaging the board. My hats off to anybody that can do this well! Worth every penny. Cheers!

[@paulbradshawguitar]

@@shredhed572 lol =0 i'll fix that now, 6000 micro tonal frets on a 25.5" scale would be one hell of an achievement otherwise =) guitar came out great, took it to a trusted local luthier who does really good work

[@koolsuhu]

That roasted mark is gorgeous!

[@Maxx61]

I've never had a Warmoth neck that didn't need additional prep work on the frets but that's half the fun...spending time with the craft to get those frets hot dog'd just the way I like though I know some players prefer a more pronounced fret end. I also take the shank of a screwdriver and roll it over to bend the fingerboard edges for that "been played for 20 years" feel. Once that's done and all frets are leveled, dressed, etc....it will transform just about any guitar built with a parts bin neck. On a related note for some of the questions below, Warmoth will actually warranty their roasted necks with no finish. As a result, you can order one without adding a gloss or satin finish to it, keeping the price down a bit. Although gloss would really make the flame pop, for me, I loathe gloss neck finishes because it feels like my hand is moving across a pitcher's rosin bag. Play those roasted right out of the box as is, no finish required.

[@danawakes2001]

Bro that’s so sick - I wish warmoth necks weren’t so expensive

[@johnnybrown9581]

You can get a baseline roasted maple neck with stainless steel frets and a Graphtech nut for $265 from Warmoth

[@patricksclarke]

Why Squier snobbery still exists is beyond me. That neck is BEAUTIFUL!

[@brandonlam1477]

I just recently got a Squier Affinity Jazzmaster brand new for $200. I bought it as a mod project, but like your project I just want some more premium parts. So I'm gonna upgrade to stainless steel saddles, a roasted maple Jazzmaster neck, Hipshot locking tuners and maybe a set of Duncans. Either Nazgul/Sentient or Alpha/Omega. 🤟

[@alexandrecolomer3807]

I really like the rythme way of playing guitar

[@NO-TALK-GuitarPlugin]

After may different necks swapping I figured out that main tonal difference was coming from roasted maple instead of just maple. For the frets I can’t really tell the difference when they are mirror polished. But definitely love stainless

[@justinTime077]

Aw shucks I thought that was an Olympic white with that roasted maple… You’ve given me a hell of an idea anyhow!

[@dragon43inf]

great playing, awesome tone on the warmoth

[@spacedoutastronut]

Had a Warmoth Jazz bass neck for 10+ years and it has transformed every bass it has gone on! Amazing how just a neck can change a OK to a Great instrument....

[@IronLordFitness]

Next time you'll trade the body for a Warmoth, then the piclups and tadaaaa, you got a way better Custom Shop than a Fender!

[@brandonspurosky9314]

This is so sick bro! I want to do this sometime soon!

[@denislavdenchev2572]

I have always been quite skeptical about the whole "tonewood" thing.I do hear an audible difference between the two necks,but I have a feeling that's due to the different frets.

[@THE-zv7vj]

alot of your tone is in the Fingers the touch

[@bluematrix5001]

The Gtr now sounds more resonant and the sounds is clearer!

[@steveroberts]

All I can say is WOW

[@josepholney1]

Love that neck - Is there a particular finish on it? I know Warmoth do a satin nitro finish

[@justray510]

I have the same neck on a tele, mine has NO finish. Warmoth says none is required. It is super smooth and fast!

[@sgtrock6213]

Great video...super nice mod...probably as good as any american made atrat now !!!

[@kellyswoodyard]

With all the processing, you'll never hear any difference. As Keef said, "it goes, guitar, cable, amp, speakers".

[@Stevewatson3]

Just 2 weeks till mine gets here! Body and neck I can not wait it’s been months😂it will be worth it!!

[@ignasys4537]

Seems no different in the sound but the look at first place. But, hearing it more I just realized the new neck make the tone much brighter and crunchy. Love it. The look is gorgeous, old vintage, and classy. Awesome job and inspiring.

[@kilianruvalcaba6904]

I'm not a fan o maple guitar necks, but in this case, the original maple neck I like more how is sounding, in conclusion, I prefer the original; great video man, thanks for sharing

[@jayteesgear]

GREAT JOB! Im definitely orderin some Warmoth stuff

[@justinTime077]

My word that roasted maple has quite the character and tone. Please get pearloid on that pickguard though 😂

[@williamstevens7648]

Only change I would make is to put cream pickups to match the pickguard

[@OnTheFritz602]

Wow, that neck is superb! Do you see a string tree in the future of this guitar? Just curious as to how necessary they are.

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

I visually prefer no string tree, I went with staggered tuners which do the job more elegantly!

[@griffsimcox9459]

warmoth makes great stuff i have 4 of their necks on my fender based guitars that flame looks great

[@mesquita6786]

Love the look. Would just save the sticker for the case instead

[@luciencrestfallen1143]

That distorted tone reminded me so much of Rabbea

[@josemartinez-ul6gh]

Those are authentic Schaller tuners...they are stamped and come in a box...here in the US stewmac and othe stores sell knock off Schallers.

[@Paddyrikku]

everyone is talking about the new neck sound. but what really depends is the SS frets plus new strings lel. the rest is 100%feeling

[@joelopez9779]

It sounds awesome!@!@!@!!

[@maximedekergwirionez4090]

Best neck sound

[@Ratso_DeLynch]

Hey soul henge ! Your videos yes YOUR videos mainly are way I happily pulled a trigger on a warmoth neck that honestly might be exactly like yours a few months ago, now that its complete I have some pressing questions about my neck (this is my first strat style build) and the neck is where the business end happens I think you can agree it has to be just right! Anyhow here goes why I chose the neck amd the Q's that follow : . I've always played some form of a shreddy or standard C shape and a BIT rounder/wider etc than further on the large side and it's too uncomfortable so with this one I went with *standard thin* . Heres where my string spacing may or may not come into play . I went with was the gibson esque one *1-3/4ths 44mm* because I can NOT *take* to any neck that has a string spacing where the low e and high e feel like they slip off the board! I've moved high end guitars in the past fast when I figured out they came that way sadly! . Now the big thing I found with the warmoth standard thin profile is that it's only *thin in terms of its depth* And *wide on the shoulders* definitely feels different from your average fender C shape. . Now this wide feeling may just feel exaggerated to me because of the nut I chose but I really researched this before hand and it seems any other option on that list had the risk to make the strings slip on the fretboard ends, so now that problem definitely cannot happen! But now I'd say my strat almost feels like a les paul or an acoustic. (I know you're thinking at this point where's the man's question already lol) . SO what's your experience with the neck like this ? Would you leave it as is, get used to it , for atleast a month? After all originally I got what I wanted which was no damn e string slippage🤙 . Or should I just go to a local custom luthier near me to shave down the shoulders on the roasted maple neck a bit ? Maybe cut a new nut that keeps the spacing close ish on every string but the high and low E? (none open now probably cause of Corona virus lockdown so I'll be waiting a while) . Or last but not least , should I just get used to it because well I finally got the custom option that I've always wanted in the past ?! Lol. . The guitar as a whole plays phenomenally and the flame roasted maple really came out flawlessly! . I'd be interested to hear back from you whenever you have the time to write! and I'm curious about *your neck specs that you would have going on to remedy this kind of problem where you want to keep the standard thin profile with a nut width that can keep the strings from feeling slightly farther apart* but *not too far where it starts to feel like an acoustic guitar* . I'll entertain any ideas and hope you get this msg soon. Stay safe and healthy in your part of the world and cheers from Niagara falls Canada 🙏😊🤟 - Adam

[@jackmaddox4960]

I definitely hear a difference, though I would speculate it's actually a combination of all the things discussed below; the roasted maple has a very different density/internal structure (for lack of a better term on my part), and it weighs a lot less. Then you have the stainless frets, again, they have some affect, how much is speculative, and finally new strings. He says the strings used on the 'original neck' recording are not that old or much played, but I've found even so they sound different from ones straight out of the pack. When put next to the obviously bright new strings on the Warmoth, I suspect there's a difference. Add it all up, and it makes (to me) a definite perceivable difference... Better? Always subjective, but to my ears, it sounds a little brittle & glassy; though once the strings break in and lose that new string sparkle, it might balance out... I recently tried a roasted maple/stainless frets neck on a solid spruce body (weird, right? Spruce?) which supposedly has a very inherent low frequency tone, akin to mahogany or perhaps basswood, and balanced with the baked maple and ss frets it was fantastic! Excellent balance of highs and lows, great sounding guitar. That's what I love about guitars; like girls, they each have a distinct and complex personality, and a unique beauty all their own...

[@bergglobus2428]

Dann this bridge pickup sounds so nice. I wonder how it compares to a normal humbucker

[@Hellcommander245]

Be careful when installing tuners on those roasted maple necks. The wood is very brittle; I cracked the headstock on mine because I didn't drill the pilot holes large enough.

[@MichaelMcGlynns]

Looks like the bridge saddles are too high. You might need a slight shim to adjust the neck angle. Also, maybe a string tree for the B and E strings? Sounds killer BTW.

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

Michael McGlynn The Schaller tuners are staggered by the way, so the strings have a slight angle :) I prefer a clean headstock

[@jscardenasjr]

Badass guitar! Did you shoot a video on changing the pickup? I'm planning to change mine to hotrails too.

[@b.s.6980]

Do you have any neck alignment issues from the predrilled holes, like does the high e and low e have the same distance to the edge of the neck from the last fret? Thanks.

[@kasinotye]

WHERE does one find such a beautiful t-shirt?! Love your vids by the way!

[@ikrammaududi6205]

Hey, is using humbucker on the bridge position make you can dial the heavier sound to play metal and hard Rock, yet still have the crisp to play classic Rock and funk? I am thinking of changing my pups, but still not sure..

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

I think having the hotrail is super nice, I like to play my metal stuff and I can, but I still have the middle and neck single coil for ambient and crunch stuff!

[@georgyj111111]

Wow, huge difference!

[@hogblockula9335]

yoooo this looks amazing dude

[@vav413]

Excellent

[@frodobaggins9129]

I come back and watch this video every so often to hear that sweet playing and see that beautiful neck. I ordered the exact same one, but for a tele. Super excited for it to come in! Also, what is the name of the song you play at 7:08?

[@azzazelo]

I've done bunch of builds before and it's great when ti turns out that you do love the end product. But the negative when you do not is that you cannot easily recover your investment like you do with a second hand guitar. So for example, you buy say a used usa fender for a decent price. You can probably sell it for the same or maybe lose 10 to 15% if you're in a hurry to sell. But when you build you will likely lose upwards to 35%+. Just a word of caution on the financial side of things. I love my builds and just keep em forever.

[@Rickles]

I wonder if the tone is different because of a change of string height relative to the pickups. Sounds like more output and brighter to me. Warmoth is an awesome company. I really want to build a parts caster one day.

[@smokepeddler]

Take some .0000 steel wool to a worn in neck and lightly buff back to a silky smooth satin.

[@leroyjenkins4811]

There is a tonal difference between the two necks. The roasted maple neck sounds way livelier. The notes have way more presence and definition. If that makes sense.

[@gravyblue]

A link or a spec would be useful!

[@IsmailsGuitarWorld]

i got a fucked link

[@mestayno]

wait you didn't have to drill for the tuners?? I'm new to building guitars.

[@stevebadachmusic]

i have 2 roasted necks. i don't think i could ever go back.

[@LeeHoMusic]

Fantastic

[@IndyPhil26]

I didnt think warmoth did anything to the frets besides install them. Thought you had to get a level crown and end treatment done yourself. Do they offer that now?

[@awonderingoneil206]

They've done it for years. I don't really go for em though, don't see the point in paying upwards of £600 when I can order from Pittbull custom shop and get a custom neck and kit body for £140 including shipping.

[@imlurkn5291]

The original neck is more peaky but the warmth has a smoother flatter response

[@hanserikrosen4774]

To my ears, the old neck has much more life in it. I started to think. Why not make the necks in aliminium, if you want them steady?

[@ariopandu_]

With new string i think

[@iansmith5973]

When you put the new neck on loosen the neck bolts just a bit, until you hear it move into place. This will give you the best neck setting and will improve the tone and sustain. Try it you should hear a diffrence.

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

Ian Smith With or without string tension?

[@iansmith5973]

Soulhenge with the guitar tuned to pitch. Only loosen an 1/8 of a turn at a time on each screw until the neck shifts deeper into the pocket. I got the tip from Dan Erlewine at Stewmac

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

Ian Smith Thanks for the tip!

[@gscgold]

Very nice neck

[@foldeminae]

Did you order it with a finish?

[@RickMcCargar]

Looks great! Does Warmoth roll the edges of the fingerboard on their necks?

[@SalmanSuhail]

You didn’t have to drill holes into the neck to screw into it?

[@MilianMalivukMusic]

They were predrilled!

[@tyrssen1]

That was really cool, thank ya!

[@Siam_Thai.]

Hello, your roasted maple neck is very beautiful. I also use the Squier Deluxe guitar, and I wanted to upgrade my neck. What are the specs for this neck?

[@spoonerluv]

Hell, that was awesome!

[@lidorkalai]

The warmoth neck changed the tone, it gave the guitar a much brigther tone, you can clearly hear it

[@dawnkeyy]

It was the change of strings.

[@jmcgregor316]

I ordered a Warmoth roasted maple neck after watching this video. The new neck is perfect!

[@louiscyfer6944]

did you realize that the frets are not dressed, they need to be leveled and crowned and polished? the moron in the video thought the frets were polished when in fact it is just sprayed with lacquer.

[@lwwells]

I'm amazed by the tone difference. The amp was setup identically? The Warmoth sounds great!

[@angkit216]

Bro may i know what model of neck you have? And the tuners. ?Love the upgrade.

[@xjimmyleungx]

What are the specs for this neck?