Recent content by nsurround

Great replies and hope this bodes well for Warmoth.

If you are the DIY type and want a very customizable guitar, Warmoth parts are at the top end of quality and price. That being said, you will essentially have a 'partscaster' that in the end may cost you as much or more than a similar branded guitar such as Fender etc. If resale value is...

First, it does not wipe off with thinner. Cannot even sand it off. I do believe it is 'end grain'. Maybe I should have applied a pre-stain wood conditioner before the transtint mix. Not sure I really want to sand back to that and not sure even the conditioner would have changed things much. I...

After receiving a new Warmoth unfinished tele neck I wanted to give it a vintage tint. The neck was fairly smooth and only lightly sanded with 350 grit. Wiped down the back of the neck with naphtha to clean any finger oil etc. I then applied a first coat of transtint color mix with 50/50 DNA and...

Well no replies and probably similar question as has been posted before. In any case, I did some more research and purchased the materials and dyes to do the Vintage type finish on a unfinished vintage swamp ash tele body. What I found so far that unless you really are interested in doing an...

Just received my vintage telecaster unfinished swamp ash body. I also received a warmoth roasted maple neck. Both look really good. Will probably not put on any finish/oil on the neck. However for the body I was thinking of a natural but Vintage Tint look similar to what Warmoth does with that...