Recent content by CatchTheBreeze

Hi all, I'm new-ish here and just about finalizing buying all the parts for my first WM build, a Jazzmaster. I have not started assembling anything yet. I'm trying to understand tuning machines and what to buy... It seems that most all JMs have a string retainer for the two high strings. Does...

Yep, I'm new to Warmoth but am very impressed so far. I've got multiple builds in the works.

Received a very quick response to my email to Warmoth: they don't have any pics at this time.

Oooh, that's lovely.

As Rgand suggested, I've sent a email to WM. Will update this thread if I learn anything. This is the stock image from the custom body builder, it's the same image whether I choose roasted or un-roasted. I suspect it's an un-roasted body pictured here.

These are screenshots from WM's custom body build tool, roasted on the left, non-roasted on the right. I know these are just graphic representations but I wonder how accurate they are.

That's really interesting, thanks for posting that.

Yep, I'm in love with that trans red on roasted also! Nice looking guitar you've got there. Right now I have a trans purple on regular swamp ash and it's lovely but for another project I'm looking for a darker purple, less "grape" than the purple on un-roasted. I'm wondering if the trans purple...

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Thanks for the reply! And do we know for sure that the Warmoth JM body is US-spec? I can only see one thimble on Mastery's site (https://masterybridge.com/product/mt-set-of-2-solid-stainless-steel-thimbles/) which is the one that comes with their OMV bridge/vibrato kit...

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I'm in the planning stages of a Jazzmaster build. I want to use a Mastery bridge and vibrato but I don't know which rout to specify when ordering my Warmoth JM body. "Mastery" isn't an option in the list but "Standard Jazzmaster® Bridge And Tremolo" is -- are they...