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    New video: My top 5 things guitarists suffer from.

    The hyper fixation on guitar parts in songs. After watching Slash playing on I'm Just Ken at The Oscars I asked my girlfriend if some of those bends sounded really out of tune, and she said, "Whaaaaa?".
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    FR Nut Rear Neck Screws

    I have 3 partscasters with original Floyd Roses on them. The 2 with the rear neck nut screws stay in tune WAY better than the one without those. Is this something others have experienced or is it probably something else?
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    New video: Quartersawn Necks

    I've had a one piece Warmoth 1/4 sawn maple strat neck for 8 years and have never adjusted it.
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    In praise of the Friedman Smallbox

    I've been playing through nothing but an Axe FX III for the past 4 years (through an 2X12 FRFR cab and a pair of monitors), and I thought it was supposed to act similar to a real amp with the master volume cranked, because you can do that and turn down the level very low. I don't have a good...
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    What new product or feature would be in your Christmas list for Warmoth to introduce in 2024?

    90 X 55 SS frets. My go to on other brands custom necks.
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    Doppelgangers

    '94 from Bettendorf. My high school band was called Day Old Donuts.
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    All I want for Christmas is...

    I don't want anything because I need to finish my current project. Spray painted a DIY ready body black a week ago. Need to get around to applying tape then painting white for a '78 EVH style guitar (with roasted maple neck). Thought about buying the actual model but I think I'm too far gone to...
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    Doppelgangers

    What's really freaky is when you run into YOUR doppelganger. Happened to me once at a Jesus Lizard show in Iowa City circa 1997. I believe we had an unspoken agreement to not acknowledge it, and avoid each other for the rest of the night.
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    Post what you're listening to!

    Listening to Allan Holdsworth since I'm going through my annual "let's see if I like Allan Holdsworth yet" phase.
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    Veteran’s Day

    Thanks! Although I'm one of those rare veterans who wishes Veterans' Day would go back to Armistice Day in the USA. The end of a war seems like the best thing ever to celebrate. BTW, I have no tattoos but I've always thought it I did, I would get one of a Marshall knob to 11. But I know as...
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    Warmoth builds that didn’t work out? Looking for mistakes made in hindsight

    The 2 mistakes I've made both involve the frets. One neck had such horrible fretwork I would have returned it had I checked it before putting the guitar together. The other mistake is ridiculous. I ordered a 22 fret neck (which I finished myself), from Musikraft and I didn't notice it was only...
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    Post what you're listening to!

    DLR was putting in the work back then!
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    New video: High Output Humbucker Smackdown

    Just bought a JB from Warmoth last week, along with a body and neck for a '78 white and black EVH style build. Thought about it for two seconds. It's $80 and I'm sure it sounds fine. 21 partscasters later I've never been disappointed in a pickup purchase. Guess I've become the dreaded "tone is...
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    10 radius floyd nut on 12 radius neck?

    Warmoth offers the Floyd Rose R3 rout (which is a 10 radius nut), on a 12-16 radius neck. Is there an easy (if even necessary), fix to make it play as good as possible? I like my action low. Not sure if this is even an issue.
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