using Logo'd neck on another guitar

I still don't think it's a big deal. But there's always the possibility that someone will think they're getting a KLine guitar instead of a KLine neck on a Whackadoodle body. There's nothing that *can* be done about it if the constructors don't identify both major pieces. For that matter, the number of bits and pieces that are routinely mixed and matched after the fact make it virtually impossible to guarantee that you've got a manufacturer's guitar as he intended it unless you buy new.

 

So why would it be OK for Fender and not for a smaller builder? Misrepresentation is misrepresentation no matter who made it. Unless you are selling it, it doesn't really make any difference. If you were selling it with full disclosure (that it was a Mo Tone neck on a 'whackadoodle' body) I see no problem with that. IMHO the issue is when a seller tries to deceive a buyer into paying for something they are not really getting.

 

It's your guitar...you can do anything you want to it. I wouldn't think about it personally.

 

I love whackadoodle bodies

 

From that perspective, I see your point, but I wouldn't worry about it. You cannot, nor should you even worry about, what impressions others get. If they want to make assumptions without knowing all the facts, that's their problem, not yours.

 

I applaud you for the concern, but I think that's a pretty theoretical question, because no one is going to do that in the real world. Why would they? I'm not saying it's impossible, but not very likely. Someone into guitars enough to have a Nash neck in the first place probably isn't going to put it on a piece of junk. And even then, are most people going to realize it's otherwise a "crap" guitar?

The fact is, if you're playing a guitar that says Nash on the headstock, that's only going to make people aware of Nash, and it's really a stretch to think that the guitar it would be on is so bad that people will think that Nash makes crappy guitars.

I myself wouldn't take a logo off of a neck, because it likely would take away from the value of the neck were I to sell it later. On the other hand, I do have a couple of partscasters, and I would never think of putting a logo of a maker on the headstock.

 

If the bolt-on builders were so concerned with this they would not make their necks fit in the "standard" pockets. (apart from the guys that just buy their necks from Allparts etc.)
Since everyone seems to build to a standard dimension, clearly they are not concerned.

Most of those boutique necks eventually end up with Fender logos on them anyways.....

 

And most of them say allparts $99 on the back of the heel.

 

Mannish - I appreciate your concern, but once a guitar leaves my hands it's pretty much up to the owner to do what they please. I take great pride in my work and can see your point about mating a great neck with a not so great body, but hey - that's the breaks. Happens to Fender and others so who am I to get annoyed? Good luck on your project -

 

Sorry, that's Whackadoodle (TM)

 

The more expensive/high quality the neck is, the more OK it is to do it.

At least that seems to be the prevailing attitude around here, if you watch the "Replica" threads.

However, if you were to put a "Teisco" decal on a non-Teisco Chinese neck - straight to jail for you.

 

Paranoia will destroy ya.