Recent content by screamin_conure

FWIW, this is my own experience with roasted vs. regular maple... I put together a Warmoth Strat back in 2015.  The original neck was a Warmoth Pro, standard maple, '59 Roundback with 6130 frets and a clear satin nitro finish.  About a year later, I decided the 6130 frets just weren't for me...

Very cool seeing a working musician putting their PT to good use!  Gary, by chance are you the same Gary Guzman who writes reviews for Premier Guitar?  https://www.premierguitar.com/authors/186-gary-guzman

Well, that didn't take long...     A couple hours Friday evening and finished it up on Saturday afternoon.  Already have it in the capable hands of Bob Owensby at 219 Guitar Works for a bone nut, fret level and initial setup. My soldering sucks (as usual) but it works and is well hidden...

The neck arrived on 1/20/17, and I'm just now getting around to turning PT6048 into a playing guitar.  I decided to use a very nice HipShot stainless hardtail bridge that I had in my parts drawer (the Callaham saddles that I ordered for the Tele ended up on my Warmoth hardtail Strat). Bustin'...

Lots of good advice here.  I built my first Warmoth guitar last year, and the video series presented here on YouTube was instrumental to my success... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqLfllURlo8 This was my first build and I had zero experience.  My soldering looks like crap, but it's hidden...

I don't believe I missed this.  Gary, the guitar looks great!  My plan for PT6048 is to come as close as possible to all of the specs on the Mad Cat vintage reissue:  http://www.madcatguitars.com/ When I ordered my neck from Warmoth, I spec'd it as close as possible to the Moridaira-built...

Welcome Todd!  I'm in the same boat.  I have just about everything I need except the neck. So that makes five PTs accounted for.  Only PT6056 and PT6059 remain.  Pretty cool.

FWIW, I did receive an email reply from Bill Lawrence USA stating that they did receive my order, and that they would be processing it this week.

Walk into any well equipped outdoor sporting goods retailer that sells fishing equipment and you'll be overwhelmed with a dizzying array of lures and baits.  I've often likened effects pedals to fishing lures.  They're not so much designed to catch fish, as they are to catch fishermen. ...

Yep, I'm totally aware of the difference between "Bill Lawrence USA" vs. "The original Bill & Becky - AKA http://wildepickups.com/".  I specifically went with Bill Lawrence USA only because the build I'm currently working on is one of the Purple Tribute bodies that Warmoth released back in...

Hi all, Just curious to know if anyone here has ordered anything from Bill Lawrence USA lately.  I used their online web store (http://www.billlawrenceonlinestore.com/) almost a couple weeks ago to order a couple of single coils.  Used PayPal to pay for them, and the charge has hit my credit...

One of my favorite solos.  Unfortunately, I did not see this video until shortly AFTER Prince passed away.  It gave me a whole new respect for what a great guitarist he was.

Beautiful work NKS!  Your Purple Tribute looks amazing!  I ordered the parts for mine this week (PT6048).  Don't feel bad about the pre-wired harness.  I'm doing the same thing.  The less time I have to spend holding a soldering iron, the safer the people and things around me are.  ; ) I also...

This is the video I was referring to:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Z7ZIKAXTA I get what you're saying about hum canceling requiring an RWRP pickup.  I had just thought that a RWRP mid pickup was ALWAYS installed in ALL Stratocasters.  From a comment made in this video, I learned that...

Actually, I had heard about that.  That's kind of unfortunate.  To be able to tour such a remarkable place, but not be able have pictures to remember it by.