Electric Guitar Neck Replacement, 22 Fret Electric Guitar Neck Canadian Maple Shank ST Strat Back Center Line [Peach Wood Pipe Cow Bone Pillow]

First of all, this is a really nice looking neck.The flamed maple really pops, and the amber colored finish and skunk stripe look sharp.That being said, the neck was more or less unusable the way it arrived.If you're like me, you probably saw this same exact neck listed several times with different prices and wondered "What's the difference?". I'm guessing that these necks are all screw-ups from the factory, and they're priced according to how bad the screw-up is.I ordered this neck, and a neck from a different seller at the same price point, and they both had the same exact problem. The fretboard radius is somewhere between 12-14 and the frets were fitted using a 9.5 radius die.This means that the center of each and every fret doesn't touch the fretboard, and has a gap of about 1mm or more in the middle even though the sides are fully pressed into the fretboard. Just for fun, I put it on anyway to see how it would play.It played terrible. Absolutely terrible. My niece has a toy plastic ukulele that has better action than this neck. To top it off, fret #11 actually started working itself loose as I was playing and I was able to pull it off with my bare fingers.BUT, because this actually IS a really nice looking neck, I thought I'd give it a second chance. I purchased a fret setting tool to try to press the existing frets down. While I was waiting, I even applied a faux Fender waterslide decal to the headstock and lightly sanded some of the high-gloss finish to give it the slight relic "worn in" look I was going for.The fret tool arrived, and it wasn't going to be enough to fix the neck. A few frets sat down OK, but most refused to lose the bend in the middle and a couple fell out. Finally I had enough and just removed all of the fretsAt that point, I should have just quit. BUT, I figured that now that I owned a fret tool, I should maybe give it one more shot with good quality frets. It's not like frets are expensive, what does another $10 hurt? Besides, it's like I said earlier - this is a really nice looking neck. It actually looked even cooler at that point, because I hadn't been at all careful with it and it got kinda beat up while trying to press and then removing the frets.I picked up some Fender frets and got to work. Things were going great at first. I had put the fret setting tool in the chuck of my drill press and was using the press to set the frets, which seemed to work great. About halfway through, some metal drill shavings found their way onto the press table, and I didn't notice them until I pressed the neck down onto them. I cleaned them off as best as I could, but they left a nasty rash on the back of the neck that I knew was going to drive me crazy while playing. Undeterred, I decided to put a piece of wood on each side of the press table and bridge the neck across them, setting the fret in the middle. As I pressed in the next fret, I heard a distinct pop, and I realized that I had just created the perfect setup for breaking a truss rod.I finally gave up on the neck, which is kind of a shame. It's a really nice looking neck. 😄

Had a quality issue with the first neck and contacted COASTSSM. Excellent service! Had a new one shipped from China within a week. As a custom luthier this was critical. I will have no issues buying additional items from this seller.

I needed a very thin shim in one of the guitars, using 1200 grit sandpaper smoothed out the back of both necks, and filed the sharper fret edges. These are just usual adjustments any other neck would require. I would buy again.

I used this neck to replace the old neck on my MIM Fender. I had to adjust my action because the neck is 1/8" thicker than a standard Fender neck. I suppose you could cut out 1/8" where the the neck fits into the body. In my opinion, it didn't need any fret work. The nut needs replaced but that is easily replaceable. For the price, this is a steal.

The quality in finish are pretty good on this neck. It of course needed to be leveled, as most brand new necks need to be. It looks decent and feels decent. I'm pretty happy with this purchase!

Fits well and feels great for how cheap it is. I had to drill the tuning knobs out a little to fit mine on, but that was it.

So I was a little iffy at first buying this but after I got it I was very impressed. Idk if I was just lucky but this bolted right up to my old fender. Didnt have to sand or anything. It's real smooth. No dead spots. I didnt have to prep at all. Good quality. I would definitely buy again. Was very plug and play for me.

Ladies and gents… it’s yellow…nice finish very nice neck.. little rough fret ends but no biggy.. but it’s yellow not in a good way..