Aqua Marine Soloist

[exaN]

Build thread

I had been looking to replace the body on my Warmoth Soloist for a while and I jumped on this one when I saw it. I also wanted to change the pickups to a DiMarzio Gravity Storm pair and so far I'm really happy, I can't put this guitar down. They have a much higher output and low end than the Air Classics I used to have. You can really hear single coil qualities when picking even with the coil split off. With coil split on, it gives a slight treble boost without lowering the output much at all.

I'm waiting on a custom neckplate from Doug and also thinking about a custom headstock graphic. I thought getting it laser engraved might look great but have yet to find a place that can fit a guitar neck in their machine.
And as always, thanks to the community for all the help on this build ccasion14:.

Specs:

[b]Body[/b]
-Quilt maple on black korina
-Aqua marine dye, transparent blue back, gloss
-Natural masked accent
-1 volume, 1 push push tone (coil split)
-DiMarzio Gravity Storm Bridge
-DiMarzio Gravity Storm Neck
-Schaller Floyd tremolo

[b]Neck[/b]
-Dark indian rosewood on roasted maple
-22 SS6150 frets
-Graph Tech nut
-Schaller mini locking tuners

Quick demo using Helix Native which I'm new to and still learning how to use:

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/amisson/soloist-demo/[/soundcloud]

 

[GearBoxTy]

The quilt on that body is INSANE!  Awesome build!

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Stunning! Great work capturing that gorgeous figuring in the photo, not always an easy task. And thanks for the audio, sounds great! I always enjoy getting to hear the guitars while I drool over the pictures, kind of a sensory feast  arty07:

 

[exaN]

Thanks guys!

Stunning! Great work capturing that gorgeous figuring in the photo, not always an easy task. And thanks for the audio, sounds great! I always enjoy getting to hear the guitars while I drool over the pictures, kind of a sensory feast  arty07:

I'm lucky my SO got some studio lighting for her work recently so I'm taking advantage of it .

 

[rgand]

That sounds as good as it looks. Very nice.

 

[exaN]

Added a new neck plate by Doug!

 

[rgand]

Doug does it again! Looks great.

 

[stultzies9]

That is, quite simply, one of the nicest looking guitars I've ever seen. Not just from Warmoth parts. Period. Beautiful work, man!

 

[fdesalvo]

That neck plate really takes it over the edge!  Get your sig ready for the banner, son!

 

[exaN]

Appreciate the kind words guys! All that's left is figuring out the right decal to put on the headstock. I still haven't found a place that has a big enough machine to laser engrave a guitar headstock, might have to settle for a regular decal.