Recent content by mycroftxxx

(my emphasis) Same here. I was happy with my “off-the-shelf” quilted maple, but on the one I’m currently waiting on (it’s been 14 weeks! The waiting is killing me!), I splurged on a unique choice flamed maple top with tiger’s eye dye finish. Fingers crossed to see how it turns out!

Here’s the build thread from my 2023 Tele with the “standard” quilted maple with amber dye finish; there are some pics: https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/quilt-top-telecaster-build-w-warmoth-finished-body.35041/#post-485724

I’m right now at 12 weeks for a fully finished carved top Soloist, with binding, so I’ve been expecting delivery at the 16 week point, but the neck came in 3 weeks earlier than I expected, and that and your experience is making me cautiously optimistic for early-ish May…hope your build goes well!

Enjoyed this! Although, as much as I love Leslie West…Pete Townshend on Live at Leeds is just about as iconic a P-90 sound as you can get; a taste:

Got the neck today! Looks good but I was having a hard time getting a decent photo so no pics yet…hopefully time this weekend to start burnishing the neck - feels pretty good out of the box but I should be able to get it to excellent pretty quickly. The body is still several weeks out so...

Unexpected surprise…the neck’s status is showing “picked” less than four weeks since ordering! Hope it’s not a mistake… One thing I’ll be doing differently than my 2023 Tele build is burnishing the (roasted maple) neck. I like the feel of the Tele’s neck just fine, but when I compare it to my...

I tried a set in the Tele I put together a couple of years ago, and was not particularly happy; there was a distinct volume change between the D and G strings that is not there with the pickups I eventually ended up with - a Wilde L280TN in the neck and a Fender Ultra Noiseless in the bridge...

I thought about EMG pickups - the Retro Active Crossroads set, to be specific - for my upcoming super-blues-Strat build, but the reviews are a bit mixed, so right now I’m planning on a Zexcoil set (I still have time to change my mind though ;), but I probably won’t). However, I want to use the...

I don’t necessarily disagree with what I’ve quoted from your original post, but my situation (which seems to be similar to other posters in this thread) is that I don’t care about resale value; I’m looking for a guitar that is customized to what I want, to a much, much greater degree than I can...

Kicking off a new build today by ordering a fully finished carved top Soloist body (I’m not set up to do paint/dye/etc.); since that will take 4 months or so to get here, I have plenty of time to order the rest of the parts, including a Warmoth neck, but I wanted to get the body on order as soon...

Thanks all! The Regal is certainly an interesting possibility, and the replies to this thread were very helpful. But…after thinking about it some more, I think a super-Strat is more my speed and I’ll stick with my Epi Les Paul 1960 Tribute+ to scratch the LP itch. I’m currently leaning towards...

I’m slowly doing some initial thinking about a next build (my Warmoth Tele has been a great guitar and gets compliments every time I use it at a jam, so I’m hooked!). Might do a Strat-shaped object, but I already have two really good Strat-types (one a AmDlx Fender, the other a Suhr Standard...

An update on my summer Telecaster build (documented in the build forum), but I’m creating a thread here because I’m curious if anyone has had similar issues with the neck pickup route and I couldn’t find an existing thread: I’ve been auditioning new pickups because there are some things about...

As promised, a few pics of the finished product; not the greatest lighting but I think you can see some details:

Finished this morning, sounds great! I haven’t done any setup at all, just bolted on the neck, strung it up, tuned it, plugged it in, and started playing, but it plays terrific! A rough check on intonation is plenty acceptable, as is the action. I’ll likely do a full setup next weekend, but...