Recent content by slowpogo2021

I got it from an authorized dealer on reverb...I'm not sure what Weber would say other than remind me of the break-in period and refer me back to the dealer for returns. I doubt the speaker is broken or anything, I think it's just not my thing.

Unfortunately I can't really do the break-in routine of playing a loop through it all day. Someone's always home in my household and the logistics just don't work out. The amp's stock speaker got better over time but it never sounded this bad, even when spanking new. I might just try to sell...

I figured as much, and there's my own subjective taste to consider too. But this speaker has such a reputation as being the ideal match for a 5E3 circuit, I had to wonder if something's off. It would have to change substantially for me to like it at all.

I have a Mojotone Blackout Tweed (5E3 style) and just replaced the stock speaker with a Weber 12A125-A. I know new speakers usually take a while to break in and tame the highs, especially. But this speaker has a notable midrange honk, a telephone effect of sorts. Is that normal as well for a...

I might just leave it. Especially considering how easily it happened, other scratches seem inevitable.

Thanks. Here's a photo

Finally mounted my Warmoth roasted maple neck after having to plug and redrill the mounting holes. I was a bit scared doing that process but it turned out perfectly...only for me to put a few light scratches on the headstock with my truss rod wrench :/ The angle of light in my room was such that...

Looking at them casually, nothing seems amiss about either the neck or the body. The holes looked reasonably placed on both. But it's like each one is about 1mm off in different directions. Drilling out the pocket holes to 1/4" would  have completely exposed the mounting pilot holes, just...

update: successfully drilled out 3/16" holes. Lined the holes with super glue and inserted oak dowels. Will remove the excess tomorrow. Gotta admit, was a bit scared after reading so many stories of roasted maple neck mishaps!

The mounting holes are off enough that I think I'd need to widen the neck holes to 5/16", any smaller and I'd probably have to angle the screws. This is too close to the edge of the pocket for comfort for me, plus the neck plate would be pretty far off-center. I have some oak dowels which I...

I got my neck from Warmoth finally and it's fantastic. Roasted maple, pau ferro fingerboard, lovely. I did not need to do anything special to the tuner holes, my Hipshot tuners with the UMP fit perfectly. However, the mounting holes do not line up with the Guitar Mill tele pocket I'm pairing it...

Nope. This is not motivated by saving money, if that's the case why would I keep the neck on order? I noted the 25% loss up above. Seems like a *bit* of a rude jump to conclusions.  I'm simply saying there might be a way for me to still do a satisfying build, and as a nice bonus, it doesn't have...

Thanks for helping me process this. I think what I'm going to do is keep the neck on order, but cancel the body. I'd be happy to find a mid-priced thinline, nashville or offset tele body...just something a little different that I can get excited about. There are some decent-looking ones on...

I called Warmoth just to ask about potentially getting the body chambered with an f-hole, something I almost did and now wish I had...a significant change, but I thought it might be more doable, depending on where things were, than simply scrapping everything for a new body type. Wrong lol...

This is the angle I can possibly live with. My cheapo is vintage style with brass saddles, 50s pickups, etc. It's a really nice surf/jazz instrument but maybe not the first choice for modern sounds. The Warmoth will use a 6-saddle steel bridge and hotter pickups...I should clarify, my initial...