Recent content by gutter0909

The Stewmac fretwire is within thousandths of an inch of the Warmoth. I have an offset file as well as the z-file but my offset file is jumbo as most of my guitars have jumbo frets but this neck did not. Thus why I stuck to using the z-file solely. In a rare moment of clarity I realized I was...

I guess we'll see. I ordered some SS fretwire from StewMac. I guess we'll see how it goes huh? I still can't figure out where I went wrong. I've done close to a dozen fret levels before and they turned out great. I'm blaming the stainless frets since this was my first one. Damn stainless frets.

I walked away pretty quick but I think it was just the first 3 frets that are buggered.

Thanks for the replies guys but now I have bigger issues. I thought I was better at this than I am. I massively screwed up though. I was doing a fret level for probably the 10th or so time and I made the first 3 frets triangular. The neck was off, I made sure it was flat using a notched straight...

Things are coming together nicely but I have one last hiccup. The cutout for the blade switch is too small, I can't get my switch fully in the 1 or 5 position. I tried using a small file to open it up a bit but after about an hour of filing and test fitting, I feel I'm not getting any closer...

First line after the picture "A teaser until I get the rest of the correct hardware (read: black)." The black switch tip is on and the knobs are in the mail.

Yeah, that did the trick. I messed with it last night after posting and I had to get the pickups lower than I wanted in order to get rid of the warble. Just new guitar woes. Thanks for all the help guys.

I have a fret kisser from stew mac coming since the only spot I have an issue with the frets is the 15th (it's not lifted, I double checked after reading your post). I swapped the middle pickup with another single coil I had for a different project and it works fine so I'll send the pickup back...

The string height and neck relief is set up right where I want it. It's just the 14th fret on the high e where the note is dead and I get rocking with a fret rocker on the 15th fret. I've levelled frets on 4 of my guitars and 2 of my basses so I'm not new to this, I've just never had a neck with...

This is different, weaker may not have been the best descriptor. I have a regular strat and I know what the 2 and 4 positions are supposed to sound like and this is far from it. It's kinda like if you ran an eq that would cut your sound in half and what I'm hearing is the bad part of the eq, not...

A teaser until I get the rest of the correct hardware (read: black). Until then I could use some help. I've leveled frets on my other guitars and basses but this is my first guitar with stainless steel frets. The 14th fret is deader than a doornail on the high e and I get rocking on the 15th...

For me, the first few weeks were painful but I actually got busy in life and it moved to the back of my memory. It was a pleasant surprise to get the email from UPS saying I had a package on it's way followed by the email from Warmoth. As of this morning, my packages (two, one for body and parts...

This will be my first Warmoth guitar but I have 2 Warmoth P basses from 2016

I received tracking information much earlier than expected. The big brown truck of happiness is set to deliver the parts on Monday! It only took about 11 weeks instead of the 14-16 weeks quoted for a fully finished body. I'll have pics when I unbox and then pics once I get everything assembled...

If I'm not mistaken, a Jackson Dinky is actually 7/8 and a Soloist is not.