Choosing a suitable and comfortable electric guitar neck is very important for a musician, as he touches it while playing.
You should offer different possibilities of choice in your catalogue, allowing your clients to customize the neck according to their preferences and receive it on time.
In this article, we give you some advice on how to:
- offer top-quality and customized guitar necks
- avoid delays due to the actual supply chain crisis
How to create a top-quality electric guitar neck and receive it on time
Guitar necks are not all the same. They may have several designs and shapes as well as different weights depending on the type of wood used. These factors considerably affect the tone of the guitar, how comfortable it is when played, and its aesthetics.
Denser woods—such as maple—tend to reflect sound waves, so they sound brighter and have less sustain. These types of wood have less space among their grains for the sound to move, so you can expect quick attack and bright clarity.
On the contrary, in less dense woods, such as mahogany, the sound will have more space to move among the grains, producing a warmer and darker tone with better resonance and sustain.
However, you can also find significant differences between two pieces of the same wood. Being a natural material, it moves and changes constantly, and each log is different from another one.
The shape of the neck, also referred to as the neck profile, doesn’t affect the tone of the electric guitar, but it does determine how comfortable it is and how well the instrument will play.
There’s not an ideal shape for an electric guitar neck; it depends on the owner’s physical and aesthetical needs and should be customized according to them.
When selecting your electric guitar manufacturer, you must ensure it has the right competency, technologies, and tools to create custom designs, finding solutions to meet even the most demanding requirements.
This could mean creating complicated shapes and difficult designs while maintaining the highest standards of durability, resistance, and functionality.
The codesign phase is essential to meet your clients’ requirements
The design phase is when you and your supplier should work together to determine the feasibility of your client’s idea as well as possible problems and issues and how to solve them. Your partner should help you improve the final product before production, giving advice based on their experience.
The possibility of seeing a 3D prototype is therefore necessary to understand if the product corresponds to your client’s requirements or if some modifications are necessary to satisfy his needs.
Cooperation and communication are the keywords.
That is why choosing a supplier located in your own country makes the difference. If the supplier is far way, it will be very hard to coordinate with the time difference, resulting in communication difficulties and possible delays.
However, this is not the sole advantage of choosing a nearby manufacturer.
The actual supply chain crisis demonstrates it’s better to choose a U.S./EU manufacturer
Today, companies that relied on Eastern manufacturers for finished products or components are suffering the worst problems in terms of shortages, delays, rising prices, and business growth.
Demand has risen much too quickly as lockdowns have lifted. Ports are now congested, trucks are lacking, and companies must wait months to get their products if they actually receive them at all.
The consequences for their business are undeniable.
Producing in your own country is not only possible but also a great advantage in terms of:
- shortening lead time
- preventing risks & delays
- competitiveness
- quality of products
A European or an American manufacturer will send your products on time and be able to support you every time you need it. Thanks to advanced technologies and tools, it will create the most difficult designs, customizing them with a wide range of finishing options.
The Minelli Group, thanks to its decennial experience in wood manufacturing and its European and American production plants, can guarantee maximum precision and punctuality: you can be sure you will receive your product on time and start selling as scheduled.
We can also set up dedicated production lines to fit the specific needs of your clients, giving you the possibility to produce wooden guitar necks and bodies in small lots and apply the desired finish on demand depending on the market trend.
We can also provide customizable private stocking solutions so that you can order your components from stock with virtually instantaneous delivery.
If you are looking for a top-quality electric guitar neck or body delivered on time at a competitive price, we are at your service: book a free consultation with one of our experts!
