Recent content by ARCnet78

I am trying to undo my decades of heavy hands, these tips are GOLD!.... For many years my only guitar was a Lado Solo 1, an obscure Canadian brand from the 1970/80. Which I loved but it was heavy and largely unused so I sold it on Not having any experience (knowledge) with different neck...

Yes, I pulled the trigger pretty quickly. Now... to figure out what the rest of it will be? Guess it gives me time to burnish it.

Darn Exotic Wood run!!! Construction Gibson® Scale Conversion Shaft Wood Canary Fretboard Wood Ebony (Macassar) Nut Width 1-11/16" (43mm) - Modern Medium Right / Left Handed Right-Handed Neck Back Profile Wolfgang

The mini switches allow the following selections... single coil both coils in series both coils in parallel for each pickup. There is a link to the wiring in the build thread about 1/2 way down the page. That and the standard 3 way pickup selector makes for a fairly wide selection of sounds.

When I started this project, I planned it as my last. Pickups chosen were Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Tele®, Bridge Seymour Duncan Custom Mini Humbucker, Neck Links to my birthday strat. Build thread Photos thread Here is the order list. Telecaster® Replacement Body...

As a 60th birthday present for myself, I built the following. Better late than never posting it? For pickups, I chose DiMarzio PAF 36 in the neck and super distortion in bridge with all black hardware. Build thread I have also done a telecaster (thinking it would be my last), but...

I used to own a "the paul" with an ebony fretboard that I loved and sadly sold. I never enjoyed playing rosewood. My latest project has a Kingwood fretboard and it is my absolute favourite. I also own 2 Warmoth roasted maple necks which I love, just a little less....

Just a quick final update. I've been playing it a lot, the others are getting green with jealousy. :cry: It is the first Tele I have ever played and I feel the attraction. I am very happy with how it plays and sounds. The only future change I can see would be to switch the tone and volume...

My Warmoth Guitar Family. Each one has (is/was) become my favorite as completed, moving clockwise starting in the back. Fickle me! 🤣

Here are a couple pics of it assembled. I may replace the chrome scratch guard screws with black. I have wired it using a Mod Garage article from Premier Guitar. The color variations are a prime example of my photo editing skills. :oops: So far I am quite happy with the playability of it.

Is it just me or , in the top picture, it kind of looks like you've found a second use for the trem arm.... as a kickstand. :ROFLMAO:

Making some progress. Over the weekend spent some time polishing frets and today mounted the bridge, scratch guard and pickups.

Noticed that the option to chose neck heel shape on the Strat neck page (https://warmoth.com/guitar-necks/stratocaster) But that the total neck count did not match the counter under the selector. IMHO a great addition, but I only saw it on the strat neck page and not on others.. Thanks

The neck pocket is a little tight, but nothing that a few passes with some sandpaper can't quickly resolve.

Received my neck Friday, busy weekend, pictures soon. @stratamania, you were bang on about satin nitro, how close it is to bare roasted maple. Many thanks for your suggestion. Super happy with it, a big thanks to everyone at Warmoth involved in creating it for me.