Recent content by fsb

Clearly I'm late to this party but the original question was a good one, to which I'd say... If it's one of the Bigsbys with a B bender or, even better, B and G benders and you want to play that style then, since it's a Telecaster then by all means. Otherwise I'd say get a proper Bigsby...

For a while I had a Schecter Strat copy with uncoated wenge neck and board. That was perfectly fine. Might look good with natural-finish mahogany.

Could be. It was a Strandberg. Maybe the frets were too big for my vice grip. (Joke. Actually my left hand technique is ok.) Years ago I had a Parker Fly and I don't recall excessive string wear with that. Maybe I was using a wound G string. I don't recall.

I want to choose the gold frets. My guitar tech says they are a great mid-point between conventional and stainless in terms of hardness and work-ability. That sounds also good to me because I like conventional strings and would prefer not to have to choose a harder alloy. I had a guitar with...

Very nice. I rather like the idea of Candy Tangerine (is that what you got?), black pickguard, maple fingerboard. Very interesting. Makes sense. Warmoth is offering Hipshot now. My experience with that is very good. I have a Schecter USA PT and the stock bridge weighed about a pound and a...

Good to know! Thanks. I think I picked up that idea from one of the Warmoth videos that talked about necks arriving with finish on the frets. Now that I think of it, it must have been talking about maple neck and fingerboard.

Hi, this is my first post here. I have some unusual requirements for an electric and decided a Warmoth would probably meet them better than modding a production guitar, specifically wide neck (1.75", 44 mm nut) and Roland GK-KIT-GT3. Maybe Sustainiac (can be added later). Haven't quite decided...