Do you feel......special?

[Cagey]

Maybe "special" was the wrong choice of word for this. I don't feel superior to anyone or anything like that. I don't really know how to explain what I'm wanting to say.
MULLY

I know exactly how you feel, and I suspect most people here do as well. There's just no way to put it in writing without sounding pompous or condescending <grin>

 

[ORCRiST]

I know what you mean man... The one thing Ive learned reading this and many other forums is... I don't know shit.  :toothy11:  I'm working on that,
but yeah - the fact that we've taught ourselves the intricacy's of how a complex electric instrument is assembled (and all the variables you have to account
and plan for), and assembled a working guitar doesnt make me feel special, but accomplished. Sure, we can say its "not that hard" after the fact, and
to some its outright child's play - gives me no less a sense of accomplishment that I was able to take on a challenge, finish it through to the end, and
be a more knowledgeable and wiser person regarding the craft is something to be proud of, and I am (or will be, heh).

 

[mullyman]

Maybe "special" was the wrong choice of word for this. I don't feel superior to anyone or anything like that. I don't really know how to explain what I'm wanting to say.
MULLY

I know exactly how you feel, and I suspect most people here do as well. There's just no way to put it in writing without sounding pompous or condescending <grin>

It's like I want to say to one of my friends here "Why on earth did you spend $15,000 on a PRS when you could have built damn near 5 of them from Warmoth? ......with better tops even!"

 

[bendeg]

Check this :

http://www.musicstore.de/en_EN/GBP/Guitars/Electric-guitars/Fender-CS-50-Strat-MN-NOS-Quilted-Top-Tranparent-Blue-inkl.-Case/art-GIT0013228-000

It's a german shop (I'm in Belgium)

The price is in...EURO !

Would I buy that thing ??? Obviously not if I know W does better for less money ! I don't need to feel special, I want something with a good Quality/Price rate, what W gives !

 

[Cagey]

That's $7,290 in real money. But, it comes with a case! <grin>

 

[baskruit]

For that money, I'd expect the gold hardware to be really gold!

 

[DangerousR6]

Do you feel....Like I do...... :icon_biggrin:
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C'mon, that was funny...you peeps are as dry as Arizona.... :doh:

 

[JaySwear]

http://www.musicstore.de/en_EN/GBP/Guitars/Electric-guitars/Fender-CS-50-Strat-MN-NOS-Quilted-Top-Tranparent-Blue-inkl.-Case/art-GIT0013228-000

great example! before i built a warmoth i might have thought "man, what a cool top..." and now i think "eh, i'd prefer flame maple. i wouldn't pay over $300 for that body."

i do feel like i'm part of a unique club. like finding a band you love. the band's been around forever, but for some reason one day their music just clicked with you. you try to tell your friends about them, but they don't see the draw. some may, but most of them won't get giddy over it like you do.

i love my two warmoths, and will have more i know. mostly necks on other bodies, and a few bodies with other brand necks. but they'll all be awesome. resale may be terrible, but what i've gotten out of my guitars so far has been worth it to me. i like to use my telecaster deluxe as an example. fender's custom shop would have charged thousands more and taken much longer, but warmoth's quality is top notch and got it to me within a month or a little more. all it's missing in my mind is a logo. plus the whole thing with the sale only ran me about $1000. maybe a little bit more. i still just pull the thing out to look at every now and then. what a badass guitar :icon_biggrin: :icon_thumright:

 

[bendeg]

So, no, I don't feel special. I might be happy with my guitar but that doesn't elevate me to superior status because I can screw guitar parts together. No sense getting a big head over that sort of thing.

I totally agree with you.
W makes great quality guitars/basses (for what I read and saw so far on the web site, I don't have my very first pieces of wood yet...), and let's hope it's going be like this for years and years...
W isn't well knwon in Europe, I was looking for guitar kits here but W never showed up in a Google search or my search is not good...

I had to go to an instrument maker to be aware of W existence and, above all, to be trusty...And I think it's a good thing because if too many, if not all, people knew W, there're a lot of "chances" that it will become a must, like F or G, and musts are things snobs are looking for...We don't want snobs here, do we? Their presence often rises prices and lowers quality, because they look for a NAME, not quality...And I must confess, I was still like that a few weeks ago...Fortunately, I've made up my mind since I met an instrument maker....

Let's don't show off too much with our W axes, let's people think what they think about non F or non G, we don't give a damn, we're all aware here about W quality, let's keep it like this !

 

[tubby.twins]

I don't really feel special for having put the guitars together.  I don't really think it's that difficult to do.  I feel special for having the creative spark to pick everything out and make it work visually, the drive to study up on all the parts and make an educated decision on what I want on my guitar based on how those parts will work together, and the courage to spend money on something that isn't assembled yet and I could mess up on.  A lot of people don't have even one of those elements in their personality let alone all three of those. 

Well said.

I think the biggest reward for me is the sense of accomplishment after completing a build.  It is very gratifying to be able to hold the finished result in my hands, and know in my heart that "I built this" even though I know for a fact that I didn't actually make any of the parts by myself.  My woodworking skills are lacking at best, but I still feel that I've made something by picking and choosing the neck, body, pickups and hardware, and assembling them in a way that's unique and special to me.

I'm also fortunate to be in a position to have built so many Gecko basses, that I can do all kinds of "mix & match" testing to see what woods work best together.  It does take a certain amount of courage to buy something that may or may not sound just right.  The same goes for testing different types of pickups.  It also takes patience, to figure out what doesn't sound right and learn about how to make it better.  It takes another kind of courage to take a bass that works well and change something to see if it can become even better than before.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

It's a german shop (I'm in Belgium)

Where in Belgium are you, bendeg? I'm in Antwerp and I was starting to feel lonely on this forum...  :toothy12:

 

[bendeg]

It's a german shop (I'm in Belgium)

Where in Belgium are you, bendeg? I'm in Antwerp and I was starting to feel lonely on this forum...  :toothy12:

I live between Brussels and Bergen (Soignies). So, I'm not the only belgium guy here !
Do you already have a W axe ? If yes, how much was for the customs taxes ?

 

[ByteFrenzy]

Do you already have a W axe ? If yes, how much was for the customs taxes ?

Yes, six basses so far. I should take a family picture one of these days.

For customs you should count on about 25 percent of the purchase amount. I get the impression it used to be slightly less a few years ago and a bit more today. What can sometimes cause a nasty surprise are fluctuations in the exchange rate between USD and Euro.

 

[Strat Avenger]

I don't feel like I'm "special", but I do feel like my Warmoth is special, not only because I assembled it myself, but because there is not another one exactly like it on the planet (since it wasn't built on a production line). Because I was involved in every aspect of its creation, it is special to me.

 

[stormbringer]

I don't feel like I'm "special", but I do feel like my Warmoth is special, not only because I assembled it myself, but because there is not another one exactly like it on the planet (since it wasn't built on a production line). Because I was involved in every aspect of its creation, it is special to me.

+1 Definately agree with this...

 

[whyachi]

I started lessons again today and when I pulled out Murphy the teacher went, "Uhg, a Frankenbass?" which kind of ticked me off a bit. Then he pulled out a Ritter Roya with a MOP inlay of a sword spanning ten frets and I figured he might have paid enough to be snobby.

My W sounded better though.

 

[Cagey]

...when I pulled out Murphy the teacher went, "Uhg, a Frankenbass?"

Should've jammed it down his throat body first, then pulled it out of his ass and beat him to death with it.

Wait... did I say that out loud? <grin>

 

[whyachi]

...when I pulled out Murphy the teacher went, "Uhg, a Frankenbass?"

Should've jammed it down his throat body first, then pulled it out of his ass and beat him to death with it.

Wait... did I say that out loud? <grin>

It crossed my mind. He was a great player and turned out to be a good teacher, but his attitude left a lot to be desired. For a bass that lists at $6500 on a bare-bones model without the custom inlay and solid flame maple neck / body, I really preferred the sound of every P bass I've ever picked up. I mean, it was nice, but not six Warmoth's worth of nice.

 

[Strat Avenger]

I started lessons again today and when I pulled out Murphy the teacher went, "Uhg, a Frankenbass?" which kind of ticked me off a bit. Then he pulled out a Ritter Roya with a MOP inlay of a sword spanning ten frets and I figured he might have paid enough to be snobby.

My W sounded better though.

I would have been pissed too.

 

[hannaugh]

Honestly, the lesson probably would have been over for me.  I don't pay people to talk down to me.  That might sound like an overreaction, but really, a professional treats their clients with respect. 

I really don't understand this idea that if you have a guitar that you assembled, it's somehow a Frankenstein guitar.  Every guitar was assembled from parts.  Guitars aren't "born" whole.