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    showcase frustration

    How do you even see/filter all of the showcase necks at once like in the original post above? I can only figure out how to see the in-stock necks for each style one at a time (i.e., available Mustang necks, etc)
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    Guitar cutting/routing for user-supplied wood?

    I have a 45-year-old Ash tree that had to come down due to Emerald Ash Borers. I would LOVE to make a guitar body from it for sentimental reasons, preferably in a Duo-Sonic shape. Does anyone know of a place where I could send a body blank of my own wood for them to then cut and route? I'm not...
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    Electrosocket question

    This may be more drilling than you would want, but I'm loving this untraditional electrosocket placement...
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    Anyone have examples of black burst? Can't find any

    Hm. Trans black USED to be an option, and then it wasn't available in the custom drop-downs but they said that was an error and it was still available (many moons ago). It may be worth dropping them an email to see if you could get it.
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    Anyone have examples of black burst? Can't find any

    What about transparent black instead of a burst?  That seems to fit your description.
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    7/8 Tele -- "Must shim"?

    It's listed as having the range from bottom of strings to face of guitar adjustable from .25 to .42" ... does that seem normal? The plate thickness seems normal and the saddles seem "normal", and I haven't really seen any tele bridges with a thicker plate (nor would I really want one, I guess).
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    7/8 Tele -- "Must shim"?

    On the plus side, it's gorgeous. Trans brown gloss on roasted maple.
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    7/8 Tele -- "Must shim"?

    I fully set the neck before installing the pickguard at all (so I would know exactly where the pickguard SHOULD go). So I don't know. I had the shim ready to go because I was expecting to need it based on the last one, but still, I don't understand it. But all's well that ends well.
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    7/8 Tele -- "Must shim"?

    Thanks for the replies. The pickguard isn't affecting anything and I sure didn't see anything in the pocket that would prevent the neck from sitting right. The reverse shim works fine; it's just slightly ugly (I could stain it to be a closer match, I suppose). Certainly not worth sending back...
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    7/8 Tele -- "Must shim"?

    I just put together my second Warmoth 7/8 tele. The first had a 7/8 neck and this second one a Mustang/Jaguar. Both have required a "reverse" shim as the bridge adjustment screws cannot go high enough to clear the frets. Bridge is a Hipshot Telecaster Retrofit Bridge (stainless steel for bridge...
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    Tried and True finishes and Roasted Maple/Swamp Ash

    It looks beautiful and I might try this next time. Do you grain fill at all, or just apply without any prep?
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    ⅞ Roasted Ash Strat

    This is looking amazing! Like you, I was very surprised how light your initial picture was, but the tru-oil is darkening it to perfection! How often are you applying coats, and what are you doing in-between coats (nothing, steel wool, wet sand)?
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