Guitar Fetish Neck and Bodies?

[wavey63]

Are these things any good? I mean, they are less than it would be to buy the wood to make them!!! Is it quality that they lake or consitsancy?

[ungarn]

Probably not so good...better off finding a used Agile on evilbay...

[syxxstring]

I'm curious too. Everything I've gotten from them has been first rate.

[wavey63]

Thanks syxxstring. What did you get from them and how was it? I actually need a mondo cheap neck for a strat. My budget is around $0 so whatever I can get for cheap would be great.

[syxxstring]

I've gotten hardware and pickups. The oranne tele I built and painted in my profile has there tele pickups and they rock.

[Boris Bubbanov]

My budget is around $0


I'm pretty sure you'll get your money's worth.







;)


To me, time and the certainty to knowing that the parts I am using meet certain criteria are way more important than the money.

Bubbanov

[wavey63]

Thanks boris but the thing is, it comes down to having no guitar completed or spending at the most $100 for a neck and bridge. I may have a bridge deal but the neck is the clincher. I know what your saying though. Any suggestions for a good cheap neck? I don't mind doing the finishing of it or cutting the headstock. I have most of the tools and knowledge to do that.

[OlAndrew]

I've got GFS pickups and a Xaviere XV600 guitar. If the bodys and necks they're selling are any bit as good as the complete Xaviere, they've gotta be good. My 600 is as good or better than most of the 'name' brand stuff in the stores, except for the machines (terrible), and I need to change a couple of hte intonation screws in the bridge for something a bit longer. Neck's got a real nice feel to it, and very good fretwork. If I was being REALLY REALLY fussy, I'd polish the frets a bit, but they don't really need it. Fit and finish on everything is really good. You can email 'em with questions, and you'll probably get an answer from Jay, the owner, in a couple of days.

[Boris Bubbanov]

Thanks boris but the thing is, it comes down to having no guitar completed or spending at the most $100 for a neck and bridge. I may have a bridge deal but the neck is the clincher. I know what your saying though. Any suggestions for a good cheap neck? I don't mind doing the finishing of it or cutting the headstock. I have most of the tools and knowledge to do that.

I'd buy a used Indonesia Squier, replace the nut, strings, tuners and perhaps the saddles, and drive that beast until I could save some money.

Trying to assemble parts from different sources on a tiny budget is just nothing but pain, best I can tell.

[wavey63]

I'd buy a used Indonesia Squier, replace the nut, strings, tuners and perhaps the saddles, and drive that beast until I could save some money.

Trying to assemble parts from different sources on a tiny budget is just nothing but pain, best I can tell.

Wouldn't that be just about the same thing as what I am doing already? The body and PU's I have are great so I don't want to change that and I already have guitars I am using. Just wanted to get the other up and running for little dough.:RoCkIn

[Boris Bubbanov]

Wouldn't that be just about the same thing as what I am doing already? The body and PU's I have are great so I don't want to change that and I already have guitars I am using. Just wanted to get the other up and running for little dough.:RoCkIn

Respectfully, no.

The way I see it, the complete used guitar no matter how inexpensive, can be inspected in its whole form, played, evaluated and you have a baseline from which you can try and improve. You are protected to a degree from really badly messed up components because you have tested them for soundness.

But, If you buy a dog's breakfast of mismatched parts and you put them all together, even if you are lucky and everything fits, if it plays and sounds bleah, will you throw it in the incinerator, or will you pass it off on someone else? If you tell everyone that the stuff you assembled performed badly, at least some percentage of guys is gonna look at you askance, even though you did everything right. GFS is great, therefore you the assembler are not. Assembling low end parts in the hopes the package will come together is great for an adrenaline rush, but I value my time, not just my money.

[walterw]

what he said. you're basically going through the hassle of custom building yourself a cheap squier strat.

[wavey63]

So you suggest I get rid of a body that I know is great sounding and buy a complete guitar that may or may not sound good? I understand your theory but I am not sure that is the better route than purchasing an aftermarket neck and bridge which is abou tthe same level of "parting" as a complete guitar with new tuners, nut, saddles and pickups. (RUn on sentence it is!!) I am not disrespecting anyones opinions. I just wanted peoples experience with any particular neck manufacturer.

[Gasp100]

I've had 2 sets of GFS pickups and they were GREAT. Not just great for the money, great - the fatbody Tele pickup for $35 is as good (different) but as good as my Dimarzio Area T $75.
I can't speak to the quality of the necks, but I do know when I was researching their OLDER T style Xaviere (may have been the X600?) the reviews were very positive, especially about the neck and body.
That being said, if you want to chance it (which you are basically doing when using "non standard parts" that you are not totally sure fit) I would try and grab an old Fernandes neck (saw one or two on ebay for about $50-75). You didn't state what style guitar you are building.

[JohnK24]

Why not watch out on ebay for one of those "fender chop shops" that sell pieces/parts of new guitars. Be on the look out for a neck from the new Squier Classic Vibe series strats. I got the CV Tele yesterday and it's got a neck that is just as well made as a 52 RI Tele...believe me, these MIC guitars - the Classic Vibe series are serious guitar that need just a few tweaks to be primo playing/sounding guitars.

[Rhomco]

head over to the TDPRI pages and search the GFS body and necks. Your questions are all answered.
Rob

[Gas-man]

I have one of the tele-style semi holler bodies.

The pup switch broke and it only seems to work intermittently and the saddles were a huge hunk o' krep...but the rest of the guitar is pretty nice. I have it set up for slide right now and I'm digging on it.

[Scott Auld]

The neck is one of the most important parts of the guitar -- it's where you get a lot of your tone, and it's where you interact with the guitar to a large degree IMHO.

Skimping on neck just does NOT make any sense to me. It's false economy.

I already have guitars I am using. Just wanted to get the other up and running for little dough

Since you already have working guitars, and are just doing this for a project, I highly, highly, highly recommend you wait a month, or two, or whatever it takes you to save up for a NICE neck. You know how to save money, right? Do that for however long it takes you to get a niiiice neck and you will thank us profusely later.




I don't know you, but I'm pretty sure you are not going to take my advice.

[wavey63]

Just wanted to know what you all thought of the quality. Thanks for all the input!!!

[Boris Bubbanov]

Why not watch out on ebay for one of those "fender chop shops" that sell pieces/parts of new guitars. Be on the look out for a neck from the new Squier Classic Vibe series strats. I got the CV Tele yesterday and it's got a neck that is just as well made as a 52 RI Tele...believe me, these MIC guitars - the Classic Vibe series are serious guitar that need just a few tweaks to be primo playing/sounding guitars.


Yuh, it is inevitable. Guys are gonna be willing to pay $ 175 easy for the Vibe neck alone, maybe more, and the rest of the dough can be easily made up selling off the other pieces parts. I don't buy China, but there's no denying this is some seriously nice fretwork on these Vibes.