Recent content by Waraxe

Im having 2nd thoughts on one of these now. No binding, yet masked edges are available. I really want binding. 4 hole controls too. A carved top is a frivolity, but I want it. So, I'm back to the carved top tele, unless the binding and 4 holes are1 doable. I could forego the carved...

Gold is the........ahem......gold standard for a reason. :cool:

I've been working with wood all my life and have never had over tight screws cause any issues on 2 closely and tightly mated surfaces. In a strat pocket, the only mounting thing that can cause a warp up high is a small non tapered shim. No shim, no problem.

I have a set of 57/67tws in my VIP build. I was intrigued by the very same aspects of actives that you are. As @TonyFlyingSquirrel said, they do get some good clean sounds, moreso with the tws in single coil mode. My trick is to eq a little bass and low mids, which shifts the eq a bit to...

Alot of cool stuff can be done with a 4 pole super switch. In either one, you get a common lug plus a lug for each position. Its super easy to do a dual switching setup on one. 3 separate switching patterns is doable, depending on what you want to do. Where you'll run into problems is...

Best i can do is a vip with a wraptail and neck angle. 57/66tws fit, but barely. I have 2mm from bottom of string (unfretted) to top of pickup. They really need a bit more than that, but I deal with it. That height makes for tasty sounding single coils. The bridge has no issues with...

I'm all in as soon as these release. @aarontunes , will these essentially have all the bridge and pickup options like a tele or strat? please say yes.

I keep sniffing around the regal. It would need a funky bridge though. Something you dont normally see. The 4 knob layout and switch location is appealing to me. The carved top tele is another one. This is so true. Its also why I dont like actual les pauls. I guess I just like that...

My '99 tele started out as an alder/spalt showcase body i just HAD to have. I too was concerned about excessive brightness, so I went with a mahogany neck. The fretboard is ebony for some articulation. I wanted maple, but they wouldn't do it. It sounds amazing unplugged, just perfectly...

Yes! And allow any headstock to be used. A 24fret, short scale super strat? Built however you like it? Where do i sign?

Well, logic says that if you seat the frets all the way tight to the board, you will have no problems in that regard. Since they're all the same height initially, it's kinda hard to mess up the fret leveling in relation to a straight radius.

Blizzard pearl is the correct answer when looking for something slightly on the creamy side of white. Looks amazing with white pg, plastics, and maple neck. Check out the older squier deluxe from maybe 10 or 15 years ago. Metallic white is my fave. But its gotta be white white though.

I echo what everyone else says. Building a warmoth is not about saving money or "doing it better". It's about a guitar with the right specs for you, and to have something unique. I see them as functional art. I love the design phase as much as the build, setup, or playing phases. When I...

Call this one in. Also call in for painting headstocks, and any other finishing questions. I had to call in to get a gloss finished spalted headstock veneer on a satin nitro finish. It's shouldn't be an issue since you are basically doing a gold top in a different color.

Seating them wasn't much of an issue. I did learn something though - use a piece of hardwood, not a 2x4. Why? Because ibdented the s**t out of my brand new fretboard. A drop fill with ca glue, razor blading, fine sanding, and 15 years of playing has all but made these disappear. I think...