Recent content by grahny

Nice!... got any close ups of the body?

It's a necklace I've been wearing for a while (tree of life). It just kind of fit nicely... it's held on there kind of loosely right now as I want to inlay it at some point. Just don't have the tools to do so properly yet.

Thanks for the compliments. I haven't stopped playing it since I completed it :) The knobs are a close match to the body, but not perfect (close enough though - I may still coffee the white ones I have just to try out that technique). I did some experimenting with the original gotoh tremolo arm...

Original thread: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8069.0 Lots of pics of the build process: http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii66/grahny/Strat/ Specs: Warmoth Alder vintage white body Warmoth white/black/white pickguard (S-S-S) - 6 hole white tremolo cover Allparts 1 piece...

I've done one mod to a previous build and just finished my first full build... really not that hard if you're mechanically inclined even in just the slightest. The trickiest part was not making starter holes for the tuners go straight through the neck  :icon_biggrin: The entire process was...

Thanks for the compliments. I'm really loving these pickups and the wiring configuration. The neck on is fantastic as is the passive midrange. The one thing I've noticed now with doing my own wiring, is that the tone is super responsive.... Every factory guitar I've ever played just seemed to...

I ordered parchment knobs from warmoth which should match the body dead on. In the meantime, wiring is done, guitar is assembled, plugged in and test driven.... oh my. This thing is magnificent. The 'neck on' switch I think is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I still need to properly...

Not sure if I'd be able to match the pickup covers since they're not really any standard color due to SD's 'antiquing' process.  However, the body color is dead on with the color of Warmoth's "parchment" pick guards.... so parchment knobs should work. Good call  :occasion14: I didn't really feel...

Warmoth goodies arrive today. I've got everything now to get started on wiring and assembly. I wasn't sure of the white pickguard at first, but after dry fitting some pieces I think I'll keep it as is. More pics here: http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii66/grahny/Strat/

I like that idea... This one doesn't have an outer to act as the regular tone though. I'll wind up with 1 master vol, 1 master tone, and passive midrange. This is the one I went with: RG500D: http://www.guitar-mod.com/rg_passive.html

Yup, I'm going to wire it as a 'neck on' switch. So I can flip the neck pickup on to allow for bridge/neck combo and all pickups on.

More goodies....

I may fall into the 'I don't know any better so they seem pretty good to me' bucket of guitar players re: the fretwork, but, they seem pretty damn good to me :) They're very smooth along the edges (nicely trimmed) - nicer than my '80 LP. The contour is the "VEE" contour from All Parts... I...

More stuff arrived... I'm no longer concerned about the neck. It's perfect. Exactly what I was looking for. Album here: http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii66/grahny/Strat/

Pickups arrived this morning.... http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/ii66/grahny/Strat/