Recent content by Hodgo

I’m waiting to hear a face rub review first

That is a perfect 10/10 for me Spud!

I think you lean in hard on the flame already present go with extremely high grade, roasted flame maple. Like this neck: https://warmoth.com/vmt-15505-teler-replacement-neck @aarontunes might accuse you of being “Rococo” for double flame, but I say go hard.

When I said Player Series - I think Players are as good today as AmStds were in the 90s. Manufacturing in general is very good now.

I never thought about that, but yeah. Never had a Warmoth product until I moved out here.

I think there’s some rose tinted glasses here - Warmoth has been super clear that they do not intend to provide CS results (and for good reason, why they can’t): https://warmoth.com/blog/warmoth-fret-installation I have yet to see a mass produced guitar with unimpeachable fretwork unless it was...

I have a handful of Warmoth necks. IMHO, they are playable out of the box in a Player Series Fender sort of way. I mean that as a compliment, not a dig. But I wouldn’t expect CS level fretwork or nut work, no. I’ve only ever received one neck in my life that was to that level, and it cost a...

Oh yeah I didn’t articulate that well… I mean to say that particular rear rout doesn’t follow the hips of the Tele as cleanly. I’m a big fan of the concept - here’s a render I designed a few years back for the ultimate Tele/SG hybrid, except I rendered it with Hamer style controls.

I don’t think the Tele has wide enough hips to support the exact same orientation

When the Thinline was released Fender actually referred to it as semi-solid in their advertisements. It was also routed out from the back, not the front, and had a cap of wood placed over the back. This is also how Paul F Bigsby did it on the Merle Travis guitars. In the same era Gibson’s...

It just moves the problem to the other side sadly. In the meantime, some weird strings I ordered

Duncan has a great comparison of all of their PAF flavors here: https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/a-guide-to-seymour-duncan-paf-pickups I have played the Seth’s, the Antiquities, the Jazz/JB hotrodded combo, and the 59s. They’re all great, I’d recommend the Seth Lovers for what...

Ostensibly that would be an all maple (core and top) Mooncaster with all the controls except the lower horn toggle, humbuckers, TOM bridge, ivoroid binding. Mahogany Hombre neck with rosewood or ebony fretboard and trapezoid/split/block inlays and again ivoroid bindings Gibson 57 Classic neck...

Wellllll this doesn’t quite fit right. I think I can dremel out a little room near the jack hole to slot this in sideways, but I might just go with a straight switch.

You’re the marketing guy, surely you have a pitch I mean have you recorded a Set Neck vs Bolt On video? Gibson vs Warmoth? How about a video comparing the various chambering options? I bet you have years of video topics in the hole you need a Gibson reference for If all else fails say “Hodgo...