Recent content by Vulpez

Dyed quilt maple, natural masked binding, maple fretboard...

I would still take flat blade over philips. Maybe I keep getting cheap screws but GAHD, they wear down faster than a balsawood pick playing speed metal. I'm with OP, it's time the industry standard got an upgrade...

I don't know if Acid Jazz counts, but it's the closest thing I listen to regularly. https://youtu.be/gFFOXwniVKw

I'm feeling Dragon Burst or Emerald City. Two ways to look at it - the blue on the neck is centralised around the heel, so it'll be mostly covered once it's assembled, BUT, with Emerald City, you'll have the blue on the body surrounding it to compensate. As a whole picture, the fade from green...

I'm not much of a coding expert, but I spend a good majority of my day on a computer; I can recognize when something doesn't work like it should. Is this desktop only or are you also testing how it looks on a mobile device?

I've found you can make a Strat sound like anything with the right pickups. Slapping a Gibson HB into it won't get it sounding like a Les Paul, just for the scale length alone, but you get a similar output pickup with a darker tone, and that goes a long way. Far as wood goes, I'd just go with...

So, you mean no markers of any kind? Not even side dots??

That's one I haven't heard in a long while. I forget how much I love symphonic metal sometimes.

My setup for the longest time was a POD HD500X into a generic active monitor (an EV, don't remember the model exactly.) Nowadays, the only thing that's changed is... I sold the speaker. Don't have a band to practise with, needed extra space in the apartment, and I've got headphones. Since it's...

Check out Endless Ways by Anathema. Dunno if it's exactly AAA, but it's pretty close.

Excellent choice! I've been playing EMGs for nearly four years now, their strat pickups are awesome! Really looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

I like smaller frets myself. Not sure why extra jumbo is the go-to on so many shred guitars, but I never liked it. You ideally want something tall to make bending easier, but I'm like you, my hands aren't super big. If I'm making a shred instrument, ideally I'd choose the 6105 wire. And yes...

One big advantage I've found with Warmoth as far as price is the fact that, no matter how much the build costs in total, you're still buying parts. You can totally just order the body, wait a bit, save some money, and then get the neck and just slowly keep adding parts whenever it's financially...

According to Spotify, I listen to these guys way too much, but... Hell, I love Electronic as much as I love Rock, so any music that marries the two is an instant win in my book. https://youtu.be/hOuoWjJtX00

I've been lurking here for maybe a year, so I figure it's about time I actually share my first (and, for the moment, only) Warmoth build. This is Trilogy The body is basswood with a quilt maple top, and the neck came from a different Strat which now has a Moses Graphite neck. Was thinking of...