Recent content by jtroska

OzziePete: You mentioned a few things that ring very true.  Outfitting the garage with a workbench... That's something I need maybe more than anything else:  A proper work space.  That and anger management! hehe!  No, really... if I had a proper space to work and all the tools I needed and...

Ironically, my Carvin never failed me.  It's been my workhorse almost exclusively for 10+ years.  But it looks quirky and it's a little off-balance.  Part of my frustration was having to play some nice summer gigs on my old, ugly, inexpensive Carvin because the new "improved" Warmoth wouldn't...

haha! Yes! Actually, my wife made an interesting observation:  I'm usually such a NON-angry, easy-going guy.  The only other time I had such a terrible temper was when I was in Egypt a year ago after taking some prescription sleeping pills to sleep through the long flight. Flash forward to...

Thanks guys. But it's a non-issue now.  The Warmoth is gone.  I just couldn't take it anymore. I think I was too ambitious for my first time building.  I should have kept it simple with 2 humbuckers and a master volume and tone.  Heck, I don't even need a tone knob. But I had to go all out...

Finish my alder LP.  I had hoped the alder would have cleared up some of the muddiness inherent in mahogany Les Pauls.  But I didn't care for the results.  It did cut through very nicely.  But it was almost too clear--to the point of sounding a bit nasty. Anyway, after way too much time...

I had almost the exact same experience with my Gibson Les Paul.  I love the bad ass look of those things but Gibson does some shoddy work putting them together.  Still, I love the look and the way they hang when strapped on.  That's why I built my own Warmoth LP--to get the look and feel I...

It's the white corian nut. I browsed around the internet to find more information on the problem.  I even googled "guitar nut lubricant" to see if any such product existed to fix the stick. Turns out there is such a product.  Better yet, I read that pencil graphite applied to the inside of the...

My new Warmoth build is having trouble staying in tune and I suspect it's the nut.  I'm probably using heavier strings than the nut was cut for.  (.010 - .052) I think it's the nut because I can turn the peg and instead of getting a gradual increase in pitch, I get nothing and then -ping- my...

Cool.  Thanks.  I'll check the hobby shop and get back to you if I can't get what I need.

Yep.  It's a Sustainiac.  The bridge is a Dimarzio Dual Sound.  Not very creative but my cover band does a lot of old school rock and metal songs and it doesn't get much more authentic than that.  :glasses9:

Thanks.  The back is trans yellow over alder.  It looks almost carmel colored.  I tried Home Depot but their dowels are too big.  I think I'll try a simple tooth pick. Thanks for mentioning the liquid super glue.  I wouldn't have known what to get.

I moved that strap hook even before filling the old hole.  It was twisting my back in the old position.  Just moving it a few millimeters made a world of difference because a small angle degree difference at the body pivot point makes a significant pitch difference at the other end of the neck...

Thanks guys.  I'm going to try the dowel method.  I wonder if Warmoth sells touch-up paint. Anyway, since seeing pictures our Warmoth guitars is always fun--at least for me, anyway--here's mine...

I think I may want to move my strap hook a teeny bit.  Is there a way I can hide the existing screw hole?  It doesn't have to be perfect.  I'm not going to try to match the color and paint over it.  But if I could get the hole filled somehow even if it leaves a dot of a different color, that...

I have the Warmoth peghead and it comes to about 39.25" not counting the strap hook. So that's the LP body, 25.5" scale, and Warmoth peghead = 39.25"