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Some pretty cool scalloped necks in this limited release, at some pretty incredible prices. If you're even a little scallop-curious now is the time to jump!
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A new video and a scalloped neck limited release!
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Damn, this is scary, as I have been thinking of an YJM Strat the last couple of weeks!
What are the full specs of that particular build?
Also, those of you who own or have played a Fender Malmsteen Strat, is there something that you don’t like in that guitar, which could be fixed by ordering a Warmoth guitar with somewhat different specs? And I do realize that the Fender ones have changed over the years.
What are the full specs of that particular build?
Also, those of you who own or have played a Fender Malmsteen Strat, is there something that you don’t like in that guitar, which could be fixed by ordering a Warmoth guitar with somewhat different specs? And I do realize that the Fender ones have changed over the years.
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Man and here I had always thought that "padouk" was just some sort of slang/insult.
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Do the Puyallup! Nice! That's Legit!
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Full specs? Yeesh. It's disassembled and gone now, but I'll try and recall:
Woods are all mentioned in the vid
1-11/16" nut width
Standard Thin
6100SS frets
That much I remember for sure. It was a very medium weight. 7.5lbs I would guess.
I've played the Fender YJM sig models on several occasions. They are pretty great, but I'd choose ours any day for the neck choices alone. I want my necks the way I want them; nut width, radius, fret size, wood choices, etc.
Aside from the above-mentioned stuff, the answer is SS frets. You can't get them from Fender.
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You can do it at a trot, you can do it at a gallop!
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I've had a couple of YJM strats, and the build quality was flawless. I liked both a lot, but ultimately got rid of each in favor of Warmoth partscasters. Preferences will vary a lot, but the things I didn't like so much about the YJM strat were, in no particular order:
* only 21 frets
* vintage style 6-screw bridge
* vintage/narrow width at the nut
* glossy finish on back of neck
* neck profile was pretty thick
* nickel frets
[edit: I forgot to mention the extremely limited color choices. You used to be able to get it in vintage white, candy apple red, or sonic blue. Those days are long gone, now Fender makes this in any color you want, as long as you want vintage white!]
My strat-style partscasters have 22 frets, 2-point trems, modern nut width, satin or unfinished necks, modern thin neck profile, SS frets. Both have scalloped fretboards. One was done by Warmoth, and it's fantastic--just gorgeous to look at, with nice, deep, symmetric scallops. The other I scalloped myself, so it's not done nearly as well but it's a graduated scallop pattern that I might like even better than symmetric (the Ritchie Blackmore strat was what inspired me to learn to do this).
The scalloped necks that dropped into the showcase are incredibly affordable, if they had more than 21 frets I'd probably already have ordered one!
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LOL. You may be the only other person here who can play along, except for probably @TonyFlyingSquirrel. Everyone else is wondering what the heck all these rando comments are about.
Well.....here you all go, because nobody asked:
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I own a Fender Malmsteen Strat. It is probably my favourite Strat and pretty much perfect as it is. I suppose you could go for things like locking tuners and a 22nd fret etc, and possibly a narrower spaced bridge, or a wider nut if that is what someone prefers, but I dig the Malmsteen for what it already is.
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uh, what else happened at college?
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Hey, at least you gave it a try and now you know.
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What is the rest of the build?
Mincer
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It is a padouk/padouk neck on an alder Soloist, painted Cinder Red (that is being made now). Black hardware. I'll play jazz on this thing.
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Mine started and ended with McLaughlin: After hearing what he did on his Johnny McLaughlin, Electric Guitarist album, and then seeing him live with the One Truth Band from the front row, I was ready to throw in the towel completely on guitar playing...but I definitely realized that anything I might try to do on a scalloped fretboard would just be a pale imitation of what McLaughlin had already done. His vocabulary on the instrument was so distinctive! :swoon:
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The Tone controls on Yngwie's guitars are not connected. The neck pickup sounded a bit fat (although that may be preferable for some players).
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