A wenge neck will be roughly 50 grams heavier than maple with an open grain feel.
We offer a 5-piece laminated wenge neck as an option. Years of experience have proven this design to be highly stable and reliable. We’ve experimented with many different laminations and have found a 5-piece maple construction to be among the most reliable. Many states that their Dingwall’s necks are as stable as their graphite-necked instruments. Touring musicians are constantly amazed at how stable Dingwall instruments are. Simple design changes and material choices could have minimized many of these problems. In my years in the guitar repair business, I constantly had to deal with humidity-related problems made worse by our local climate’s colossal temperature and humidity swings. We take neck construction very seriously due to our extensive experience in guitar repairs coupled with our geographic location and extreme climate.
