A very hard choice

[Bruno]

With 677Euro I could buy a new Charvel San Dimas PRO MOD STYLE 1HH
(NB: made in japain with added SKB hard case vs San DImas made in USA)
Specifications: alder body, one-piece maple neck, 22 Jumbo frets, scale: 648 mm, Nut width: 43 mm, Mini Rotomatic Grover machine heads, recessed Floyd Rose FRT-O2000 Double Locking tremolo, pickups: Seymour Duncan JB TB4 Humb bridge, Seymour Duncan '59 Humb neck,  3-way-toggle, 1x master volume control, chrom hardware, color: black, incl rectangular molded SKB case

Where is the doubt?
Right ... I wanted to assemble a guitar (body and neck by Warmoth) virtually identical to this one (some little change: wilkinson vs100 and sperzel or schaller tuner machine).
But using the same materials (wood and hardware) I spend more with warmoth parts and separate hardware!
In addition I have to assemble...

I do not argue about the quality I am quite sure that the wood used by Warmoth are much higher than those used by Charvel, but the savings are substantial ...

You, what would you do?

 

[Orpheo]

warmoth all the way, ofcourse. For that guitar, I'd choose a nice flametop to go, a padouk neck, ebony fingerboard, and that alone makes warmoth worth while.

 

[Bruno]

Yes, warmoth is the best but there is a substantial economic difference.
I do my estimates some time and often fall below 1000Euro  (~ 1360$)

 

[ORCRiST]

Hey I'm all for Warmoth - but Charvel makes some badass stuff. If it fits what you want, I say go for it. Warmoth will
always be here for when you want that one-off custom.

My $.02

ORC

 

[Jusatele]

you are asking on a Warmoth forum and wondering what the answer will be?
I bet if you go to a Charvel forum you get a different answer

 

[drewfx]

To me, the advantages of building your own are:

1. Fancier, more beautiful or exotic woods and finishes.
2. Getting exactly what you want.

So if you're not looking at fancy woods, and you can buy a stock guitar with (more or less) the exact components you want, I don't see anything wrong with buying a stock guitar.

Having said that, I like my Warmoths better than almost any of my other guitars/basses.

 

[pabloman]

Get the Charvel..Everyone needs a Charvel :guitarplayer2:

 

[Strat Avenger]

If you're too lazy or incompetent to build your own guitar, then yeah -- buy a stock one.

 

[Bruno]

you are asking on a Warmoth forum and wondering what the answer will be?
I bet if you go to a Charvel forum you get a different answer

I think people are smart enough **to understand** a simply question and answer not only as fans...

 

[Bruno]

I assembled several guitars.
I'm not afraid, on the contrary I really enjoy doing this.
But, as I wrote several times to the forum, what I seek *now* is a guitar *functional and easy*, alder body & maple neck with 2 humbuckers, a good bridge/tuners and... stop.
Nothing exotic or esoteric wood (I already have assembled a Reb Beach replica with Koa, Mahogany and Pauferro)

More *X* in the side of Charvel.... ok but I can't think of the quality Warmoth and the joy of the assembled a guitar.
When I want to make a replica of the 2 color sunburst Schecter strat Knopfler's ... well, I will have no doubt (as to the reb beach!!!).
But this motherfu... Charvel... 
It has everything I need.

Ugh, it's regrettable to have doubts  :icon_scratch:

 

[donw]

What always tips me toward Warmoth (or Carvin for that matter) is the stainless steel frets. If I could get those on some of the other brands, maybe I'd consider them, but I'll never own another guitar without stainless. The way I play, I'd be having a fret job done every couple of years.

 

[Cagey]

What always tips me toward Warmoth (or Carvin for that matter) is the stainless steel frets. If I could get those on some of the other brands, maybe I'd consider them, but I'll never own another guitar without stainless. The way I play, I'd be having a fret job done every couple of years.

+1,000

Even if they didn't last longer, they just feel so much better. The gold ones are the same way.