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From plain white Maple to colorful tropical exotics, we offer a rainbow of musical instrument woods. There is no one "best" wood. The choice you make should be based upon your application and personal taste or preference.
Part of the beauty of wood is the uniqueness of each piece. There are wide ranges of color, striping, streaking, figure size, interval, etc. all varied by the touch of nature. Our pictures are for general reference only.
If you have specific appearance expectations, please con...
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Binding is a decorative material applied to the edge of a body to to give it a classy look. Warmoth offers body binding in five materials: White Body Binding Black Body Binding Cream Body Binding Ivoroid Body Binding Pearloid Body Binding Tortoise Body Binding
Tortoise binding is translucent and looks best over light woods. Over dark woods like Rosewood or Ebony it may appear almost black.
White Binding darkens to a light cream colo...
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Strat®-style Tummy and Forearm contours may be added to most Warmoth bodies that don't come standard with them. Tummy Contour A Tummy Contour allows the guitar to sit closer to your body, at a more comfortable angle. Forearm Contour The Forearm Contour increases comfort for the picking arm where it contacts the top of the body. Contoured Heel The Heel Contour option sculpts the lower horn and reduces the thickness of the heel, which makes play...
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Right-Handed Oriented for right-handed players: the left hand frets, while the right hand picks. Left-Handed Oriented for left-handed players: the right hand frets, while the left hand picks.
Warmoth never charges extra for left-hand options.
Right-Hand Reversed This is a left-handed body shape routed for right-handed hardware, and meant to be played right-handed.
Right-hand Reverse is available on the Stratocaster® replacement body only. It uses our special...
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Heel and Neck Pocket Dimensions
Warmoth adheres to Fender's® USA vintage/original neck heel and neck pocket dimensions on all models (except when noted). Many other manufacturers have adopted these dimensions as well. Unfortunately, they are not universal...even among Fender® products. Careful measurement is the only way to be sure your parts will be compatible. Strat® Neck Pocket Tele® Neck Pocket Strat® / Tele® Heel Dimensions Neck...
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Color Choices
Choose a paint swatch to see an image of a guitar body in that finish color. Browse through the dropdown categories for ideas to customize your guitar body order.
Paint Finish
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Part of the beauty of wood is the uniqueness of each piece. There are wide ranges of color, striping, streaking, figure size, interval, etc. Our pictures are for general reference only.
If you have specific appearance expectations, please contact our Customer Support team by emailing
[email protected] or calling (253) 845-0403 to determine availability and price.
Alder - Alnus rubra
Alder is used extensively for bodies because of its lighter weight (...
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1-piece guitar bodies and Lam Tops are rare and exceptionally beautiful. When we have them they are typically offered in the In-Stock showcase. Occasionally we may have enough available to offer the option in the custom builders as well.
We sometimes have 1-Piece wood options in stock that are not offered in the custom builders due to sporadic availability. These include:
Swamp Ash - add $65
Alder - add $80
Black Korina - add $80
Mahogany - add $80
Poplar - add $65
Walnut - ad...
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If you want Warmoth to install a String Nut on your neck you must first choose a fret option. If you select "No Frets - Slots Only" the String Nut option will not be available.
String Nuts Traditional Nuts: Pre-cut and Installed The string nut dictates both the spacing of the strings and their height above the frets, and must be cut to the specific dimensions of the neck it will be used on. We have built a system for precision cutting and shaping, done by a bench-top CNC m...
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From plain white Maple to colorful tropical exotics, we offer a rainbow of musical instrument woods. There is no one "best" wood. The choice you make should be based upon your application and personal taste or preference.
Part of the beauty of wood is the uniqueness of each piece. There are wide ranges of color, striping, streaking, figure size, interval, etc. all varied by the touch of nature. Our pictures are for general reference only.
If you have specific appearance expectations, please con...
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Part of the beauty of wood is the uniqueness of each piece. There are wide ranges of color, striping, streaking, figure size, interval, etc. Our pictures are for general reference only.
If you have specific appearance expectations, please contact our Customer Support team by emailing
[email protected] or calling (253) 845-0403 to determine availability and price.
Alder - Alnus rubra
Alder is used extensively for bodies because of its lighter weight (...
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Tummy and Forearm contours may be added to most Warmoth bodies that don't come standard with them.
Tummy Contour A Tummy Contour allows the guitar to sit closer to your body, at a more comfortable angle. Forearm Contour The Forearm Contour increases comfort for the picking arm where it contacts the top of the body. Contoured Heel The Forearm Contour increases comfort for the picking arm where it contacts the top of the body.
Most of ou...
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Warmoth makes bass bodies using three different constructions: Solid, Chambered, and Hollow. Not every construction is available on every body style. The sections below explain each construction in more detail.
Solid Bodies
Solid bass bodies are built with a solid wood core. A Lam Top may also be used, but is not required.
A Lam Top is optional on solid bodies
Solid 51 P-Bass® Replacement Body Solid Deluxe 5 J-Bass® Replacement Body with Lam Top Chamb...
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Tremolo Bridge Routs
6-Hole Vintage Tremolo This rout fits the 6-Hole Vintage Tremolo unit. Shop 6-Hole Vintage Tremolos View Bridge Rout Diagram Mounting screw span is 2.2" (55.9mm) Mounting screw hole diameter: 1/8" (3mm). Gotoh 510 Tremolo This rout fits the Gotoh 510-TS-FE1 Tremolo unit. Shop Gotoh 510 Tremolos View Bridge Rout Diagram This rout also fits the Wilkinson 1302P tremolo, but you must use t...
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Warmoth makes guitar bodies using three different constructions: Solid, Chambered, and Hollow. Not every construction is available on every body style. The sections below explain each construction in more detail.
Solid Bodies
Solid guitar bodies are built with a solid wood core. A Lam Top may also be used, but is not required.
A Lam Top is optional on solid bodies
Solid Soloist Body Solid Strat® Replacement Body Solid Tele® Custom Replacement Body with La...
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Warmoth's Unique Choice section allows you to browse our stock of premium fretboard blanks and choose the exact piece of wood Warmoth will use when building your custom neck. No guesswork or blind purchases. You'll know exactly what you're getting from the start.
How to Purchase
To purchase, just add the Unique Choice fretboard you want to your cart. (Be sure to follow the sizing guidelines below.) Then use the custom builders to spec out the neck you want it used on, and choose "Unique Cho...
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The Neck Pocket Option allows you to choose either Strat® or Tele® neck pocket shape for your pickguard. The Tele® shape is flat, while the Strat® shape is rounded. You can choose either Strat® or Tele® shapes.
Be sure to choose the neck pocket shape that matches your guitar body.
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Standard 4-Bolt
With this option the guitar body will come with four pre-drilled mounting holes that match Fender's® vintage/original neck pocket specifications.
This is the default option, and how the vast majority of bodies are sold.
Fits Warmoth replacement necks, and all other necks that use Fender's dimensions.
No Mounting Holes (Index Hole Only)
With this option three neck mounting holes will be left undrilled. The remaining one, which Warmot...
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Will it fit my Guitar?
Will it fit my Bass?
How do I order?
How long will my order take?
Can I request a custom option?
Will my body or neck look like the picture?
How do I adjust the Truss Rod?
How do you finish your Frets?
Do you offer Nitro finish?
How do I use a Conversion Necks?
Will it fit my guitar?
All Warmoth guitar replacement parts adhere to Fender's® vintage/original 2-3/16" neck pocket and heel dimensions. This means our pa...
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One-of-a-kind Choices
Warmoth is the only guitar parts manufacturer that lets you choose your own unique piece of wood. Select your own one-of-a-kind Unique Choice Fretboard or Lam Top when you use our custom builder tools. Or, pick your own one-of-a-kind guitar or bass neck or body from our extensive in-stock selection.
Create Your Own Signature Model
We offer an unrivaled range of options on our necks and bodies, including standard and exotic woods, pickup and bridge routs, neck profiles, f...
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Color Choices
Choose a paint swatch to see an image of a guitar or bass body in that finish color. Browse through the dropdown categories for ideas to customize your guitar body order.
Paint Finish
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George Harrison-style Rosewood Tele® Replacement Bodies
In 2026 Warmoth presented a limited run of Telecaster® replacement bodies, built as a tribute to the most famous Rosewood guitar of all time!
Each body featured beautifully grained solid Rosewood on the top and back, and a thin accent line of Maple sandwiched down the center. They were also chambered for weight relief and routed for all the most popular options.
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Guitar Necks Guitar Bodies Bass Necks Bass Bodies Featured In-Stock Guitar Necks
Strat® Replacement Neck
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21 vs. 22 Frets
Fender's® original Strat® and Tele® necks had 21 frets, while Gibson® necks had 22. In order to bring this extra range to Fender®-style models, we created replacement necks with a 22nd fret on a short fretboard extension. Standard 22 Fret
Fretboard extends 1/4" beyond neck heel.
A 1/8"(3mm) space between the fretboard overhang and the top of the body leaves enough room for a standard thickness pickguard.
Switching from a 21 to 22 fret neck usua...
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Warmoth's Unique Choice section allows you to browse our stock of premium fretboard blanks and choose the exact piece of wood Warmoth will use when building your custom neck. No guesswork or blind purchases. You'll know exactly what you're getting from the start.
How to Purchase
To purchase, just add the Unique Choice fretboard you want to your cart. (A Universal Size fretboard is required for bass necks. See the sizing information below.) Then use the custom builders to spec out the neck you ...
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We do our best to ship orders within the time frames listed below. We will contact you if your order is significantly delayed for any reason. Otherwise, your patience is greatly appreciated. We will ship your entire order together once all items have been completed and are in stock.
Hardware and Pickguards
In Stock Hardware: 2-3 business days
Custom Pickguard: 3-4 business days
Guitar & Bass Necks
In Stock
Not adding paint/finish or alrea...