Since both necks were pre-drilled to the usual Fender factory dimensions – the bolts fit exactly and, with a little bit of wax to lubricate the cut – I can quickly, although carefully, tighten the neck bolts up, so that the neck sits straight and true. The fit in the pocket isn’t that snug, and there’s a little bit of play at each side of the pocket – but you can see from the photo above – the fit looks good, and that thick slab of rosewood looks, just the ticket. The old neck is removed, and I can test-fit with the new. I should even be able to restring with the current set, if I’m careful. The necks should be a straightforward swap. Add to that a Jimmy Page autograph on the rear of the headstock, vintage style tuners already fitted, and the aforementioned custom “Oval-C” profile – how could I resist? Swapping the necks over. In reality, it’s not exactly a million miles away from the “Classic 60’s” neck I had previously upgraded to – but the frets are just a little bit thinner and more authentic, the slab rosewood board is just that little bit nicer, with a slightly tighter grain, and the finish is Fender’s “Road Worn” nitrocellulose, instead of the “Classic 60’s” gloss polyester. The 7.25″ radius fingerboard is rosewood, and the 21 frets are “vintage-style”, thin wire. The neck was created to replicate the original, 1959 “slab” boarded neck – and is shaped in a special, custom “Oval-C” profile, which conforms to Page’s custom specification.
When Fender released the “Signature” and “Artist” series, Jimmy Page replica Teles, back in 2019 – Jimmy was quoted as saying he was “satisfied” with the way the Custom Shop team had exactly recreated the specifications of his original “magical” guitar. Fender, “Jimmy Page Signature” Custom neck. Many of my projects undergo evolutions and upgrades over time – and often long after I’ve supposedly “finished” them. With Don Mare Zep-O-Tone “Live” pickups, and my own custom holographic plate – this now has to be as close as I’ll ever get to the real thing.
#Wilko johnson signature fender telecaster upgrade
It’s the perfect opportunity to upgrade my “Dragoncaster” build to integrate a genuine Fender, Jimmy Page specification neck with my painted, 1959 replica Ash body. That ever useful Fender parts source, in the USA. I recently got a chance to purchase a new, Fender “Jimmy Page Signature” Custom neck, from the STRATosphere.
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