Where to get a new, fatter, neck for my MIJ '69 RI Thinline?

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Where to get a new, fatter, neck for my MIJ '69 RI Thinline?

Post by Maggieo » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:33 am

So...Warmouth is staffed with retards and Allparts can't be arsed to provide specs or do custom sizes.   Where might I get a new neck for my MIJ Thinline, one that isn't Ibanez-skinny (like the 80's OEM neck that's on it now) and more like the one on my Esquire?

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I don't want to spend a whole bunch of money and figured I'd get a '69 Tele decal from Fender Bob.  It'd be nice if it was tinted already.
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Re: Where to get a new, fatter, neck for my MIJ '69 RI Thinline?

Post by Orang Goreng » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:02 pm

Maggieo wrote: So...Warmouth is staffed with retards and Allparts can't be arsed to provide specs or do custom sizes.   
I will be greatly disappointed if this doesn't end up as a lyric in one of your songs.

I don't know the answer to your question, but how about the usual suspects, like USA Custom Guitar and Musikraft?
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Re: Where to get a new, fatter, neck for my MIJ '69 RI Thinline?

Post by Maggieo » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:08 pm

Orang Goreng wrote:
Maggieo wrote: So...Warmouth is staffed with retards and Allparts can't be arsed to provide specs or do custom sizes.   
I will be greatly disappointed if this doesn't end up as a lyric in one of your songs.

I don't know the answer to your question, but how about the usual suspects, like USA Custom Guitar and Musikraft?
Heh!!

Sure, those sound good- anyone got an opinion of the best place?
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Re: Where to get a new, fatter, neck for my MIJ '69 RI Thinline?

Post by RumorsOFsurF » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:10 pm

US Custom won't do accurate headstocks, but most of them can be modded to look right.  Musikraft is really expensive, but their stuff looks really nice..
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Re: Where to get a new, fatter, neck for my MIJ '69 RI Thinline?

Post by flatfiver » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:04 pm

You could snag an overpriced but ready-to-rip MIM Thinline neck from the Stratosphere guy on eBay.  Or, if you like the Esquire neck, you could look for one of those and have the world's only 2-pickup thinline Esquire... :ph34r:
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