Recent content by lkja8uatt33

Cagey, I agree with your points. ......I just want Warmoth to be able to resume making the old Gibson bodies and necks again. I don't know if that will eventually become legally possible. 

Now maybe Warmoth can resume making Gibson style Les Paul bodies and necks. Sorry, I just hate their Regal body shape. No substitute for the Les Paul body.

Yes, keeping Strat pickups will still keep the quacky Strat quality and replacing those with something like Burstbuckers would move it closer to the LP type vibe. Obviously such a design as I mentioned would still be different than the former Warmoth LP design since the overall thickness of the...

Thanks for the replies. Considering the demise of all the G style bodies and necks, it might be a good idea to try for hybrid Strat and Tele bodies that would incorporate the bottom 1" core as mahogany and the upper 3/4 top as maple. Since the forearm contour would show where the two slabs...

Does adding a maple drop top add brightness to a guitar's body (alder, ash, mahogany) compared to not having a laminate top. I know that the drop top is only 1/8" thick.  Warmoth says that it does not significantly alter the sound of a guitar, but I was wondering if some of you that have a...

Yes, I just found that, it does help with the visualization, thanks.

I'm sorry that didn't register when you mentioned that before - I probably took that to mean tops that were part of the showcase collection. My apologies. I admit that's something I hadn't considered. So yes, I'm looking at that now. Perhaps that is something I woud go for, but I admit it is a...

First off, thanks to everyone who has tried to help with this. A pinstripe doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather like a solid black binding, but I'd need to see the wood grain which apparently is impossible with a scratch build. So even if I found a body with a laminate top that I liked, I still...

In that case the project is doomed.

Thanks Croquet, I'd probably not do that since trying to pick a similar grain would be open to a lot of interpretation on W's part. I really need to see it. I'll probably have to settle for some maple laminate top. Wouldn't mind a birdseye top but I see those very rarely and usually are already...

Thanks Cagey, Nice guitar there. I would want a solid black binding. Unfortunately, all the solid swamp ash bodies I ever see in the showcase that have swamp ash as the top are all chambered. All the solid ones do no have a laminate top and therefore have rounded edges. I'm sure I'll never...

Warmoth states: "Special Drop Top binding available on Strat and Jbass bodies only. That's right, the binding follows the forearm contour and looks super custom! Expect a slightly sharper radius on the body top to accommodate the traditional binding aesthetics and because of how we build these...

Thanks everybody!

I did a quick scan, filtering on finished standard strat bodies and then tried to find "satin" anywhere on the pages of results and could not find any. The Finish filter does not seem to have a "satin" designation. I was primarily looking for a sunburst type body with a satin finish. Is it a...

I'd rather they just built them like they used to be, providing they could re-negotiate with BCR and reach an equitable agreement for the license.