One piece or two piece neck?

[Matt_B]

I'm thinking about replacing the neck on my Strat Deluxe because I don't love the fret size (medium jumbos) and I'm not enamored with the radius (9.5-12 compound).

To that end I've been looking at Warmoth and Musikraft necks with a preference towards the later because of the truss rod nut is at the headstock (personal preference) and I can get it with a 12"-16" radius.

Musikraft offers one piece and two piece necks for the same price. I'm leaning towards the one piece for the simple reason that it has a walnut plug around the truss rod nut hole, just like the stock neck.

I've never given any thought to one or two piece necks so I just wanted to check in to see if there are any differences between the two in terms of stability, etc.

[toejam]

I wouldn't think it's that big of a deal, since most guitars have two-piece necks. Two-piece just means that the fingerboard is separate from the neck.

[shreddermon]

As long as it's quartersawn, you should be good

[Matt_B]

Two-piece just means that the fingerboard is separate from the neck.

Yeah, I know that. It's just usually not an option I have to select. Either the guitar/neck has it or it doesn't.

[Matt_B]

As long as it's quartersawn, you should be good

Yes, quartersawn neck and fingerboard are two options I always choose. I should have mentioned that in my original post.

[xenophobe]

As long as it's quartersawn, you should be good

And all the vintage flat-sawn people rolled over in their graves... as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't really matter much.

[shreddermon]

Oh really? Straight from the formerly vintage flatsawn fan's mouth... LOL

http://www.fender.com/news/quartersawn-necks/

[xenophobe]

What does that mean? Nothing. Some flat-sawn necks can't be differentiated because of where they're cut from.

Instead of posting an informative link, perhaps you should search "flatsawn vs quartersawn" and you'll see people argue like they're arguing Canon vs Nikon, Synthetic vs Organic motor oil, Mustang vs Camero, etc...

There is no winner in the debate, just personal preference.


Here ya go:

https://www.google.com/search?q=flatsawn+vs+quartersawn+neck

Find me a consensus. Anywhere.

[shreddermon]

Hey, it's cool Xeno. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. But they're not entitled to their own facts.

Seriously, what I meant was quartersawn necks are more stable. I pretty much won't buy a guitar that isn't quartersawn, unless it's a 3/5/7 piece neck or otherwise has stability factors added, like graphite rods or whatnot. There pretty much is consensus on that, although some people will still say the earth itself is flatsawn.

But if you meant arguing quartersawn vs. flatsawn for tone properties? Agreed, that's kinda silly, IMHO.

[xenophobe]

Quartersawn necks warp too. I have yet to see any statistical analysis of what warps more often.

None of the big companies will ever release that kind of information, but you know there are people employed at all the big companies to keep track of that kind of stuff.