Guitar is Fender 40th Anniversary 1994 Stratocaster.
Truss rod was not adjusting, so took to local guy to get it adjusted. He clamped the neck and managed to adjust it, but within a week the bow in the neck was back. This sounds to me like the truss rod (bi flex) is shot, which is what the repair guy thought might be the case.
He said the best option would be to replace the neck, but the guitar has a 40th anniversary badge on it, and I'd like to keep the guitar stock so that it might still have some collectible value 40-50 years from now (I'm eventually passing it on to my daughter, who was born in 1994).
This is not a normal thing for me to think about, as I think guitars should be played rather than collected, but my daughter's loved the guitar since she was little, and I'd like it to be functioning and also have some collectible value later on.
So, it seems the solution may be to replace the truss rod, which I guess will be an expensive and difficult job.
How much should I expect to pay?
Thanks.
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As ICBM says, necks aren't hard to find for that year. And as he says all of them made that year had the badges - except mine, as it had a replacement Fender neck (it arrived at the shop I worked at with a crack in it, so I was sent a replacement to fit - and I ended up owning it).
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Sometimes they can be a bit sticky in action, too - as in, it'll turn, then as it settles, it goes back. Eventually, after a few adjustments, mine was fine and has been completely stable since.
If you do want a new neck, northwest guitars do them. That said, I asked for a quote a fair few days ago now and they've not come back, so maybe they're a bit duff for service.
There are a few 94 Fenders on the market with the 40th anniversary badge on them. If the neck is shot (which you need to establish first) then buy a 94 40th anniversary strat, take the neck of and sell the rest. Or even put the old neck back on the replacement strat and sell as a complete guitar with a truss rod issue.
Either way it should work out the cheapest option and you keep a 94 serial number as well.