Recent content by mycroftxxx

I hear people who love Kinman, but…every time I go to their mid-90s AOL inspired website my snake-oil alarm goes up to eleven :(. No exception this time unfortunately. I never seem to find anything except hyperbole and it really turns me off :rolleyes::eek::cautious:

Beautiful! And if you think the roasted maple neck is smooth from the factory, you should try burnishing it with Bufflex/Assilex to 2000 grit; it develops a glass-like appearance that is incredibly smooth and, despite the glossy look, is completely nonstick. Can be finished in less than two hours.

I typically like thinner necks so I got the Standard Thin for my first Warmoth, and changed it up for the second guitar to the Wolfgang. I can tell they’re different but I don’t really have one I prefer over the other. I have a D shape coming for this year’s build though; should be interesting…

I have the EMG AB220 clean boost and SPC mid-boost on my “super blues” Strat; works like a charm.

The largest decision I have yet to make on this guitar is…pickups. This build is an HSH for three reasons: I wanted to center this guitar around a dual humbucker configuration but with some single coil sound there; I have multiple all-single coil guitars, and even a HSS, but my only two-HB...

So, something I didn’t know: with a painted headstock, they have to finish the back of the neck too. I settled on vintage nitro satin. The order is now showing “processing.”

I have Zexcoils in a couple of guitars including the Strat I built last year, have been very happy with them. I tried the Fralin noiseless rails in a Tele, and liked the except there was a slight volume jump between the D and G strings that I could not solve with pickup height, action, etc., so...

(My emphasis) Very pretty! Love the color combinations. Hope my new order makes it out early too 🤞

Just ordered the body and neck: Stratocaster® Replacement Guitar Body Construction: Chambered Core Wood: Alder Lam Top Wood: Alder Control Cavity: Top Rout, HSH, no F-Holes Jack Rout: 7/8" (22mm), Side Bridge Rout Type: Tremolo Bridge, Wilkinson VS100 Standard 4-Bolt Neck Pocket, Strat® Shape...

Thanks, that decision is made now!

I’m contemplating a new build this spring/summer, and for aesthetic reasons, I want the entire neck to be dark, significantly darker than roasted maple, so I’m considering a solid rosewood neck as a material that is not terribly unusual for a guitar neck. IOW, I’d like to stay with a dark...

You obviously found the explanation on Callaham’s site. I got the “enhanced” saddles in brass and couldn’t be happier with them.

I know that lots of people like the Gotoh In-Tune saddles, and I started off with them on a Tele that I built a few years ago where I wanted the three-barrel bridge…but I was never able to get them satisfactorily intonated. I ended up buying some compensated saddles from Callaham, which worked...

Well, In-N-Out does actually publish their “secret menu” on their website…;)

Is there a summary of all of the off-menu options somewhere? I’ll be ordering a body in the next few weeks for a new build, and I want to make sure I’ve had every opportunity to hand over more money to Warmoth ;)