Can anyone identify this Tele neck?

Jimbro66

The is a Tele neck I bought a few years ago but have no note of what make it is. There are no maker's markings at all, just a felt pen date 2013. It's very attractively figured maple with a honey lacquer finish and with a particularly nice fretboard and medium-ish frets which are very well finished. Plastic nut. The neck has a medium-to-shallow C profile that I find comfortable but would not suit chunky neck lovers. The no-name tuners seem OK. A clue to its origins might be the truss rod adjustment: Instead of the usual Fender cross-head it has a 4mm Allen key adjuster and what feels like a double-action truss rod.

Taken from a non-Fender guitar? Or perhaps one sold by Allparts, WD Music or one of the Fretboard traders?

Anyone have any ideas?

hoops

Could it be a GSPBasses neck possibly?

ICBM

It looks very Chinese to me, but I could be wrong.

Jimbro66

hoops said:

Could it be a GSPBasses neck possibly?

Maybe but I have one of Graham's Tele necks with a double-action truss rod and it has the normal cross-head adjustment not Allen key.

ICBM said:

It looks very Chinese to me, but I could be wrong.

The most likely answer. If so it is very well made but perhaps some Chinese necks are?

Henrytwang

Looks Chinese to me. I’ve had some very nice Chinese made Tele style necks over the years, in fact I believe that the excellent Allparts necks are made in the Far East.

gavin_axecaster

Allparts are made in Japan.

Definitely looks Chinese - the allen bolt truss rod adjuster is the giveaway.

Some Chinese necks can be good and they do like figured woods.

Jimbro66

Thanks Gavin I think that is pretty well conclusive then.

Thanks everyone for your comments. Once again the Fretboard is a mine of information.