Recent content by Buster Jones

As a newbie, I needed the wider necks..no way I could play a Fender 'A' neck......fingers kept fouling other strings, especially with open chords....Nowadays the thinner ones are more comfortable.  I was pleasantly surprized how comfortable my Warmoth 1 5/8 standard thin was.  Like butta! Play...

Pickguard thickness, .060.  I got it at my local metals and scrap yard.  About 18" square piece for $7.  I am thinking about a solid copper pickguard.  There are copper sheets on ebay.  :icon_tongue:

Thanks for the post.  I got the pickup years ago with a trashed L6-S which was my first project.  I thought that is was original because there are no screws, just slugs on both bobbins.  There was plenty of scum on the tops that I removed with scraping and extremely fine sandpaper. 

Yes, the spacing is a bit much............ Played it last night, very responsive, neck like butter.  I will have to shim the neck a bit to get 'perfect' action.  My first experience with a strat with a 22 fret neck, contoured heel and Warmoth radius........Fantastic.  I got the finish off of the...

After a few guitars made from ebay junk and guitar show seconds, I finally sprung for some Warmoth stuff.  Not quite ready to go, probably crank it up tomorrow.  4.1 pound swamp hardtail body, conversion scale maple neck, aluminum pickguard I cut myself, Barden two/tone in the neck, old Gibson...