tonymckenziecom | 4 years ago

A perfect Stratocaster guitar neck may not be what you might think! Here's a special Fender Strat neck that shaped rock. And this unique Ritchie Blackmore neck holds a secret that likely you simply did not know about.

Contents:

Start 0:00
Intro & Preamble 0:08
The Old Neck 3:06
Which New Neck 4:11
Blackmore's Neck 4:55
Malmsteen Involvement? 5:34
Closeup of Neck 7:40
The Tuners 8:24
General Neck Specifications 9:05
The Nut 11:03
Hand Created Scallops! 11:19
Secrets of the Neck 13:00
More on the Nut 15:18
Fitting the Neck 16:37
The Neck Pocket 18:20
The Fitted Neck 19:53
Neck Alignment 20:20
Stratosphere Parts 21:44
The Fretboard Finish 22:36
Strings & Neck Position 24:40
Intonation 26:44
Success! 29:03
Summing up & Conclusions 30:00
Neck Pricing 30:58
Thoughts About Scalloping 31:34
Review Score For This Neck 32:14
The MX Conundrum 33:22
What's it Like to Play? 35:24
String Run Off? 39:25
Neck Playability When Cranked 40:02
Tapping Style & This Neck 41:27
Played Rock Track 42:34

What you will learn:
Is this different than the Malmsteen neck?
Was the cost of the neck high?
Does this neck fit all Stratocasters?
How does this guitar sound?
Can anyone fit a guitar neck?
Is this neck good for everyday playing?

Other videos:

The Malmsteen Guitar Body : https://youtu.be/6dUWXPaZLyM
Link to Stratosphere Parts : https://stratosphereparts.com/
Link to my website : https://tonymckenzie.com

The history of rock guitar and some of the quirks that have shaped it with electric guitars that have been somehow modified is a long road. But those earlier players often made it to being one of the 'Gods' of rock guitar. Take Malmsteen that has dominated the 'Neo-Classical' style since his debut on the scene. But Malmsteen in some ways is a copyist!

It's well documented that Yngwie Malmsteen was influenced greatly by Ritchie Blackmore in a big way. So much so that Malmsteen took Ritchie's 'scalloped' guitar neck and made it extremely scalloped for the Malmsteen style of playing.

But often Malmsteen guitar necks simply are one step too far for most players; they try them and quickly never go back because it's so easy to play out of tune or there are other antagonizing features that stop ordinary worldly players ever using those necks.

But Ritchie Blackmore's Fender guitar neck is NOT a Malmsteen neck. Gone is the mind boggling scalloping (for the most part) that guitarists just dislike... and in it's place is a far more friendly solution that could honestly change your guitar playing forever. It's a less known secret that Ritchie's guitar neck is far less aggressive, and scarily this could be the answer that you have been waiting for to move your playing to the next level.

In this video I show the closeup of a genuine Fender Ritchie Blackmore neck with its specifications and dimensions, its features close up, the fitting of and the setup of the neck, and lastly I offer playing examples and any disadvantages of the Ritchie Blackmore neck. This is a very close up review of this neck and so is inherently a long video. But you should find it useful and hopefully entertaining.

This video has been completely funded by me, written and developed by me and is not sponsored in any way by ANY company. I purchased everything for the guitar. I trust that this video inspires you too to consider other things than just the every day often boring options out there when considering guitar necks!

I have spent considerable time creating this video entirely at my own expense:

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