Recent content by Hodgo

What kind of trem is that on the first one?

So many rails! A roller nut too. You got that thing plugged into some rack mount effects? Partying like it’s 1993.

Hope so too. The elevation in that area varies wildly though, not sure exactly where the Warmoth shop is but Puyallup covers territory that is near sea level to 100+m in elevation. Fingers crossed

My turtle story: when I was a young Marine stationed in Hawaii I’d find tourist girls and ask them if they wanted to see the sea turtles. I knew a spot, I’d say. Of course I didn’t, but it ain’t exactly hard in a spot called “Turtle Bay”

Snapping turtles are some beastly creatures!! They would make a poor logo unless Warmoth was more metal-aligned.

Very cool. Any koa drops coming in 2026?

You certainly should! Low output A3 neck PAF and a hot Tele bridge pair up nice. You just gotta decide how you’re going to get the resistance right.

You are correct, except the last position is described as “neck with 10% less low end” (passive bass cut) by Bill. It’s the same cap that provides the HOoP effect in position 4.

Yep, I think it’s much better than an OoP setup unless you are specifically going after Peter Green or Jimmy Page in the 80s. I believe Lawrence designed it to give a 2-pickup guitar the in-between Strat sound. Since I have a PAF in the neck it’s not exactly that but it does have a great...

This is the way. Gives you access to a quasi-Tele middle position tone without adding a switch

I have a HOoP setup on a Tele using Lawrence 5-way wiring, a Duncan Broadcaster, and a PAF in the neck. It does NOT sound out of phase. You can hear it here, 4th clip:

Lordy. And no odd combos that cause everything to go to ground? How many combos do you actually use?

It would be shocking if you were the ground! Your body is a big sack of water that does a great job acting as an antenna. It actually works both ways: if you’re ever hunting for your car in a parking lot, you can hold your key fob under your chin and it will increase the range while making you...

I absolutely love this. I asked ChatGPT about the phrase, and it said: Now I need to learn to pronounce it for my next meeting at work.

Warmoth tends to say no unless you explicitly say “I know this might not work and will be non refundable and am willing to pay the shop fee regardless” Had to do that for one of my builds where the Warmoth pickguard wouldn’t fit my options and they told me it was fine as long as I accepted the risk