Recent content by PatrickWD

Yes, like Stratmania says, Jescar has stopped making the EVO gold frets because the alloy is no longer made. Apparently, the alloy is not used for many other things, and the quantities Jescar buys is not enough to keep the production of the material going. I probably bought one of the last...

Yes, the strings does come trough, but there’s just enough room to get enough windings on there. After three windings, the string is beginning to overlap on the b string. I have handed the guitar over to my luthier to have the frets levelled today, and I asked him to drill holes for the...

The neck is on! Putting the neck went without problems. After stringing it up i did a few adjustments to the action. As usual with a new guitar for me, the neck profile felt a bit wrong. So i was a bit afraid that i had chosen the wrong profile. But after just a few minutes of playing it...

Got the ferrules installed today! I used the rolled up sandpaper method to remove some finish and wood to get the ferrules in. Since the body is roasted swamp ash, i made sure the holes were big enough before i hammered the ferrules in. I'll probably put the neck on tomorrow. I adjusted the...

These are not locking tuners. To save weight to avoid neck dive i went for the non-lock hipshots. If these were locking, the short post wouldn't be a problem.

Removing the UMP might help a bit, but the plate is only 0.5 mm thick. It might be enough, but i'm not sure. I need to get some sandpaper to widen the holes for the string ferrules a bit, and once i have those installed I can try stringing it up to see how many winds i can get on the post at...

Yes, it's the E and B tuners. I usually prefer 3 winds on the thinner strings to avoid slipping. I'll have to see how many winds i can get on there when i get a bit further in the build.

Got my tuners today. Hipshot staggered open gear classic (non-locking). I got these to avoid neck dive since the body is super light. Installing them using the universal mounting plate was easy, but i discovered that the string hole is note clearing the top of the nut and washer completely on...

I thought any sort of Fender style bridge means I need a wider spaced humbucker in the bridge position. Wouldn't a standard size humbucker cause the strings to not line up with the polepieces with this bridge?

Not really intentional, but since i'm not going to do any fancy wiring i would prefer single conductor wiring for both. The problem was that the "F-spaced" humbucker only comes with modern four conductor wiring. I didn't notice this when I was ordering, so i thought both pickups would be single...

Got my pickups delivered today! Lollar Imperial standard wind with black chrome covers.

Hi! I'm starting my first Warmoth build. Just got my parts all the way from Warmoth to Norway today. The plan is to get a lightweight guitar that is a sort of hybrid between a tele and a 335. The neck is a 12" radius Gibson scale conversion neck with flame maple and rosewood board. Because...