Recent content by Fivethumbs

I think the current Warmoth Standard profile is too thin. What's strange is that I have an old guitar I built out of Warmoth parts about 17 years ago and the neck is thicker than a Standard profile neck I bought recently. The old neck is almost as thick as a 59er.

I would like to see Charvel/Jackson spec neck pockets so I can put a Warmoth neck on my Charvel.

I've been down that road before and won't go down it again. It's almost impossible to sand down the platform while keeping it even and flat. It works if you don't mind the nut not sitting perfectly flush, seeing gaps, or having the nut sit crooked.

Changing the action at the bridge has very little effect on the action at the nut. The correct way to measure the action at the nut is not effected by the action at the bridge. My guitar repair manual states that to measure the action at the nut you press the low E string down between the second...

Actually, too low is preferable to being too high. They make shims especially for that so you can dial in your action just the way you like it. I have another guitar that a guitar tech did the Floyd installation. It's milled slightly too low so I just added a shim and it is perfect. These two...

This is my first post and it's not meant to be Warmoth bashing.  I have been ordering Warmoth necks and bodies since 1994. (I still have the old 1994 paper catalog). For the most part I have been very pleased with Warmoth's quality and I have built some really sweet guitars with Warmoth parts...