el_duberino
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Well, I'm nearing completion on my swamp ash velocity. I picked up the body during the Screaming Deals sale earlier this year, and have been slowly laboring away at it ever since. The stain is Minwax, but I wish I'd been patient enough to order dye. Oh well. The color is fine, but I think it could be better. The clear coat is Tru-Oil, around 40 coats due to some trial and error with the application process. I read at least a dozen walkthroughs of Tru-Oil application--all different, I might add--and ended up just figuring it out as I went. I do wish that I'd used a more pasty grain filler, rather than the Birchwood Casey sealer/filler.
The neck is from a previous Warmoth build in 2011 (note the Gibson-correct headstock). It's all mahogany, rosewood fingerboard, 24 3/4" conversion scale, SRV profile, 6130 (I think) frets. Other than the profile, I was trying to get as close to Gibson as possible on that one. The humbucker is a "Tres Hombres" from JS Moore Pickups. Single volume and tone. Wilkinson tremolo (which I'm still dialing in). The wiring worked on the first try, but I think I have a grounding issue (not uncommon in guitars where I do the wiring myself!), leading to some buzz when I'm not touching the strings. The pickup cavity, control cavity, and control plate are all painted with shielding paint.
She plays great, a real rock machine! It's a bit neck-heavy, what with the all-mahogany neck and the locking tuners. I also don't like having the open tremolo cavity on the back, it catches my belt buckle. I was actually a bit surprised that Warmoth didn't include a cover, or even the appropriate route for a cover.
The remaining step is to trace and cut a tortoiseshell pickguard and truss rod cover. My plan is something along the lines of a '69 Tele Thinline, with the guard sweeping down under the knobs. I've got an artsy friend working on the outline, then I'll go cut it on the router.
The neck is from a previous Warmoth build in 2011 (note the Gibson-correct headstock). It's all mahogany, rosewood fingerboard, 24 3/4" conversion scale, SRV profile, 6130 (I think) frets. Other than the profile, I was trying to get as close to Gibson as possible on that one. The humbucker is a "Tres Hombres" from JS Moore Pickups. Single volume and tone. Wilkinson tremolo (which I'm still dialing in). The wiring worked on the first try, but I think I have a grounding issue (not uncommon in guitars where I do the wiring myself!), leading to some buzz when I'm not touching the strings. The pickup cavity, control cavity, and control plate are all painted with shielding paint.
She plays great, a real rock machine! It's a bit neck-heavy, what with the all-mahogany neck and the locking tuners. I also don't like having the open tremolo cavity on the back, it catches my belt buckle. I was actually a bit surprised that Warmoth didn't include a cover, or even the appropriate route for a cover.
The remaining step is to trace and cut a tortoiseshell pickguard and truss rod cover. My plan is something along the lines of a '69 Tele Thinline, with the guard sweeping down under the knobs. I've got an artsy friend working on the outline, then I'll go cut it on the router.
