Need a new neck for the corvette

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My current axe is a FNA Jazzman 4 string thats got a swamp ash body, bubinga pommole top, ovangkol neck and a flame maple fingerboard. And its got a really sweet twist in the neck.

Before I go blow $600 on a new neck I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a alternate route. Im open to different woods, anything to save a little coin here. So am I really gonna need a new neck?? HElp!!!
 
JimiLL said:
My current axe is a FNA Jazzman 4 string thats got a swamp ash body, bubinga pommole top, ovangkol neck and a flame maple fingerboard. And its got a really sweet twist in the neck.

Before I go blow $600 on a new neck I was wondering if anyone could help me out with a alternate route. Im open to different woods, anything to save a little coin here. So am I really gonna need a new neck?? HElp!!!
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is your bass new? are you the first owner? check to see if it is under warranty. talk to your Warwick dealer and distributor to see what they can do to help you get one before you make one. will be better and cheaper. ;)
 
thank you sir. New to the forum, but not music.

The bass is a 2000 model, and they are not willing to make a warranty claim on it. Guess I cant blame them.

So..... any ideas anyone?? And if I do have a new neck built.... how about some opinions on woods to use?? I kind of want to hold on to the maple fingerboard, mainly because there arent too many warwicks with maple boards. But I feel like I am missing some of the growl without using wenge.

All info welcome
 
And as I have noticed around the site, my neck does have a twist, not a bow. I do know the difference. One can be cire with an adjustment, the other cant.
 
JimiLL said:
And as I have noticed around the site, my neck
does have a twist, not a bow. I do know the
difference. One can be cire with an adjustment,
the other cant.
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One method thaz safer than a new neck and
also safer than heating and straightening, is
repairing it. The reason it's safer than a new
neck is that your twisted neck was recently
a new neck ... always a risk. Now that it has
'sprung' it is an old neck, and more stable.

Repair involves removing and replacing the
FB, plus re-planing the mating surface on
the neck to receive the new FB. If you want
figured maple, wenge, ebony or whatever it
will affect the price, but not hugely, since
you're already ignoring the less expensive
"default" choices of Asian rosewood or plain
USA maple.

If decide that you want maple again, don't
ignore bird's eye. A premium piece is pricey,
maybe 2X vs flamed, but is a masterpiece
of nature. I bleeb you can get a new brass
fret set from Warwick. Would look killer with
any type of maple, whether you keep them
polished or let them go brown.​


P.S. If you've been thinking about a FL, now
is the perfect time to think a lot harder ! !


 
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I think a new neck from warwick would be cheaper then $600.

what Golem suggested is the only repair route to take. the cost will be close to that of a new neck for that repair. but it will have the benfit as Golem mentioned. it has set itself to where it wants to be any futher movement will be unlikely.

I had the repair done on my 96 vette that had a twisted neck.
it was a little different then what Golem described but the same basic repair. I had the wenge/wenge neck. it was due for a refret anyway so instead of removing the FB to have the neck plained down. I just had it defreted and plained down the FB, then refreted. its perfect now, with the wenge/wenge neck I can't even see the difference so it looks untouched. the cost was $350..ouch
 
I think Koy had the same issue and a new Warwick neck was about $300 if I remember right. should be somewhere around this forum recently. He got a new neck too since he thought $300 was too much.

$600 is the price of a new bass almost. you can snatch another Warwick bass for that price and swap necks and not go through all that mess in that price range ;)
 
golem said:


One method thaz safer than a new neck and
also safer than heating and straightening, is
repairing it. The reason it's safer than a new
neck is that your twisted neck was recently
a new neck ... always a risk. Now that it has
'sprung' it is an old neck, and more stable.

Repair involves removing and replacing the
FB, plus re-planing the mating surface on
the neck to receive the new FB. If you want
figured maple, wenge, ebony or whatever it
will affect the price, but not hugely, since
you're already ignoring the less expensive
"default" choices of Asian rosewood or plain
USA maple.

If decide that you want maple again, don't
ignore bird's eye. A premium piece is pricey,
maybe 2X vs flamed, but is a masterpiece
of nature. I bleeb you can get a new brass
fret set from Warwick. Would look killer with
any type of maple, whether you keep them
polished or let them go brown.​


P.S. If you've been thinking about a FL, now
is the perfect time to think a lot harder ! !
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Whats an FL???
 
You know another thing I noticed is the UK price list says a Ovankkol/Wenge replacement neck is 277 pounds (approx. $321) while the distributer says its gonna be $550?? Whats up with this??
 
JimiLL said:
You know another thing I noticed is the UK price list says a Ovankkol/Wenge replacement neck is 277 pounds (approx. $321) while the distributer says its gonna be $550?? Whats up with this??
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INT. shipping charges apply. ;)
 
I'm sure of it.

From a shop stand point, they're not going to want
to deal with the hassle of INT shipping, so why not
put a little more tax on top of that if possible!?

I don't know. I think Koy's neck turned our preety
nice...
 
Talk to your dealer & haggle a better price.
$600 is list price & nobody EVER pays list.
btw,welcome aboard Jimmi.
 
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