My CS is up for grabs in the ads, but I love it and will be gutted to see it go. I'm only selling it because I dislike the 9.5" radius and want a vintage correct 7.25" radius with vintage frets. Though it has to be said that I've not played a guitar as resonant as that one.
Jonathan and the gents
@FelineGuitars, did an incredible job on re-radius'ing my Tele and I think that this could be an option for the Strat. But modding CS instruments is considered sacrilege.
Part of me really wants to keep the guitar and change the board radius, but my head tells me that this could be a mistake to change the spec. Interested to see who would do it or not.
Furthermore, would you change the pickups on a CS strat or is that a no too?
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1 - You like the look of the neck
2 - You don't like feel of the neck
3 - You are willing to let the guitar go because you don't like how it feels
Which concludes that you put playability above cosmetic...therefore I don't see the problem of getting another neck with the right radius, even if it doesn't look the same, going to matter? Since you are willing to let the entire guitar go in the first place.
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Behold....Trigger's brush!
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It's not like you are going to bin the old neck, just keep it.
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just think of the effort and craftmanship that's gone into it
it'd be like getting a gourmet meal served up and then you just slather it in brown sauce
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1 - take sandpaper to it yourself - I'd try this, doesn't really matter if it goes wrong.
2 - play it liked you've never played it before and wear it out
3 - get a roadworn neck
https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/parts/necks/?rl=en_US
You can even get the neck from Fender direct, not worried about fakes.
It's also not as if you're going to do something out of keeping with the guitar, like a 16" radius and jumbo frets. The only caveat would be if it's a round-lam rosewood board - that would make it a difficult job to do right.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Im not knocking CS stuff btw... just pointing out that it’s still a mass produced guitar and there’s nothing “hand built” about it...
if you like the guitar but would prefer the 7.25 profile... get it done...
but will it make it “vintage correct”? Prolly not...
correct at the time it should have been built maybe but very few vintage strats/teles now have the original radius imo...
my ‘61 tele is now closer to 9”- 10” compound after nearly 60 years of being played, refretted and having the board reshot...
There are potential pitfalls though, depending on whether it's a maple or rosewood board.
If it's a maple board you'll lose the factory relic finish on it if that's an issue, if it's a round lam rosewood board there might not be enough wood there to radius the edges away.
Talk to them, they won't force you to go ahead or lead you up the garden path.