Recent content by Wil

I didn't pilot holes in my thinline strat. I just attacked the strap buttons with a big screwdriver and extreme prejudice. Worked fine, but I am an advocate of percussive guitar building!

Stunning guitar. It came together really well. Get some vids up of that B bender in action, or some soundclips at least?  :toothy10:

All finished now, the pickup arrived today so I wired it in. It sounds great, really full smooth lead tones with nice mids. All it's missing is that extra string tree, but it doesn't seem to be causing an issue, sustain is fine and the strings seem to have sufficiant break angle with the...

That guitar is beautiful. The black hardware really acentuates the flame top.

I really like the strat headstock with that body. I know it looks nothing like a Starcaster, but it has that vibe. Nice!

Great finish, really like these green axes!

Probably could have done, and should have done. Only this one screw to go, though, all the others went in without a hitch.

Does anyone know what size screws come with these string retainers from Warmoth? I managed to shear one of them and don't have any spare. Got it out though! :icon_thumright: I can certainly see why drilling pilot holes would be a good idea, but hell, I'm not buying a drill just for these ...

Yeah, it's got that sorta Elvis Costello look about it. Nice.

Thanks for the comments, glad you like it  :)

I guess they spray the maple fingerboards with finish after fretting, because I've just been noodling around and it seems to be falling off the frets as I bend strings  :laughing7: do you guys polish the frets before use or will the finish just come off naturally with playing? Yeah, a simple...

:headbang1: Wow. Warmoth really make some great parts, eh? I got the bits today (it only took 2 days to go halfway round the world - that's faster than the Royal Mail!) and banged 'em together. I'm no luthier, and I tend to have a shoot first ask questions later approach to things like this, so...

I just got my UPS email, and a call from them to clear the hefty customs charge in advance (about £130!) - so, hopefully the parts should be here in a few days. Here's the full run down: Chambered swamp ash Stratocaster body, black gloss finish, with single F hole, rear routed, single...

At the time I was thinking I'd only want the bridge humbucker (it's going to be a hardtail, single volume pot, nice and simple!) but for my clean tone I quite fancy the idea of a single coil angled towards the neck on the treble side (a bit like the configuration on Warwick Jazzman basses, but...

That is a one hot guitar.