Kavanagh Customs

Carefully and accurately templated from an original late-50s Fender Stratocaster neck, although still featuring our fast-playing 12" radius, and our patented heel-adjusting truss system, this would look right at home on that beaten up relic guitar body you've been promising yourself you would finish since last summer..!

The latest batch of rosewood we received here at the workshop has been truly unbelievable. We were going to use ebony on these necks but having tried out this rosewood, we decided it would be better and we think you will agree with us.

The fingerboard on these necks is a single thick slab - just like Leo Fender used to make them back in the 50s and 60s. This gives a richer feel under-finger and also allows for far more of the control from your hand to translate into the strings and body vibrations. You may, of course, want to rub some lemon oil into the fingerboard once you receive it - it's currently completely raw - but this just allows for you to get it to your exact liking. We preferred it raw here!

All of the wood we use in our workshop is carefully hand-selected for individual tonal properties and beauty and absolutely always comes from sustainable sources. The maple used in this neck is of the highest quality with some really beautiful and vivid figuring - even the photographs don't do this justice. Everything is finished in thin layers of nitrocellulose which really allows the wood to resonate more freely and adds to that vintage feel.

Continuing the high-quality and playability theme, we use Jim Dunlop 6105 nickel frets, which is the same hard-wearing fret wire used on the Deluxe USA Fender Stratocasters and Telecasters. This, combined with the exotic woods, 12" radius, and nitrocellulose leads to an extremely comfortable and fast-playing neck, making string-bending an absolute breeze. It also looks absolutely stunning.

The headstock is left completely blank for you to add any logo of your choice (please be aware that we will not and do not apply Fender logos to our necks, nor can we supply them), and the heel is left undrilled to ensure a perfect fit with your instrument. A cut bone nut is included, although this can be removed upon request if you have something else you would rather use. We have also incorporated our very own new patented heel-adjusting truss rod system into these necks which allows for that vintage feel at the headstock (no truss rod 'bum' by the nut), gives you more flexibility when making adjustments, and does not interfere with the neck's compatibility with Fender's standard neck pocket dimensions. For more information on this system and how it works, please click here.

This would be the ideal starting point for that guitar project that you have been promising yourself since last summer - all you need is a suitable guitar body and you're halfway there. There are some beautiful Mahogany bodies that would look great with this neck, as well as a wide selection of two-piece alder bodies in Fender Custom Colours.

We can also additionally provide a relicing service for this item if you aren't happy doing such things yourself yet still want a true used vintage appearance, just contact us to find out more!

Please note that this is not a Fender product, nor is it made in a sweatshop in the Far East by children getting paid 10p a day - it's much, much better than that. Like all our items, it has been carefully hand built to exacting standards and dimensions to ensure the highest possible quality, and the perfect fit for Fender, Squier and 98% of the Fender-copy market. We comply directly with Fender's own neck pocket dimensions (see the diagram on the left), although there may still be a small amount of work necessary to ensure a perfect fit.

If you have any doubt over whether any of our work is suitable or not for you, drop us a line, we're always happy to help.

This neck has been left undrilled at both the heel and headstock (apart from machine head holes) to ensure maximum compatibility with anyone and everyone's needs: you can fit it to a three-bolt or four-bolt body, you can use one or two string trees, and you can use any type of machinehead you desire without having holes to refill or build the rest of your guitar around.

Don't see exactly the part you're after?

We can build it for you to your exact specifications - nothing is too weird or whacky!

Contact us for a totally free quote and a chat about your requirements, and click here to see our price lists for custom-builds.

We can also supply all the parts you need to complete your guitar project, from fretwire and string trees to custom-wound pickups and polishing cloths! We will be expanding our shop in the near future so that you can conveniently purchase all these items at once but for the moment, contact us and tell us what it is you're after and we will happily arrange or source the parts you need for you.