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First Warmoth body and neck has arrived - Mustang!

ScottDR

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My first ever Warmoth body and neck order arrived today. Placed order on October 18, that's just 2-months wait! It's a Mustang hardtail body in vintage white and neck in vintage tint with rosewood fretboard. Looks fantastic! I'm not going to have time to start on assembly until after the new year. Will post photos of the build, several people have expressed interest. I ordered this one because my first guitar was a white '65 Fender Mustang (sold it decades ago, stupid me), feeling nostalgic in my old age!
 
feeling nostalgic in my old age!
And also with a bit more disposable income as we've gotten older ;)

My instrument collection has grown in inverse proportion to the amount of shows I'm playing over time. When I was younger and was able to play out, I had maybe 2 or 3 instruments and couldn't afford any more. I no longer play anywhere and the arsenal is at over 10 and growing :D
 
Will be starting the build soon. Have collected most of the hardware needed, just waiting on a few things from StewMac.
 
Started working on her this morning, got the tuners installed. Wow, that was far more labor intensive than I expected. The buttons are really close to each other on the small Mustang headstock, glad I went with locking. Think I'll call her Jenni after an old girlfriend.
 

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Got the bridge mounted and, the pickguard and control plate screw holes located and drilled. Had to remove a wee bit of material from the neck pocket end of the pickguard to move it toward the neck a little. Otherwise, the screw hole at the bottom of the neck pocket was right on the edge of the neck pickup rout hole. I know... I didn't have any small gage black wire for the bridge ground, so I used what I had.
 

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Hey! Those saddles look pretty sweet! What brand did you go with? Asking as I also am considering upgrading the stock Toronado saddles. :cool:
 
Looks good! What did you go with for pickups? I think they look cool with the exposed polepieces vs. the typical "smooth" covers.
 
Looks good! What did you go with for pickups? I think they look cool with the exposed polepieces vs. the typical "smooth" covers.
DiMarzio Injectors. My old Mustang picked up way too much electrical noise and had such a low output that I decided to go with stacked humbuckers. Plus, I got them during DiMarzio's Christmas 25% off sale. Hope I made a good choice.
 
Thanks! No personal experience with that particular pickup, but I've heard lots of good reviews about the DiMarzios over the years. (For whatever reason I never tried any- went with Seymour Duncans for my first aftermarket pickups and it has grown from there.). Let us know how you like them!

Totally get why you went with a low noise/noiseless option. I still have a good amount of fluorescent lighting in this old house so playing "old school" single coil pickups is a noisy experience.
 
Thanks! No personal experience with that particular pickup, but I've heard lots of good reviews about the DiMarzios over the years. (For whatever reason I never tried any- went with Seymour Duncans for my first aftermarket pickups and it has grown from there.). Let us know how you like them!

Totally get why you went with a low noise/noiseless option. I still have a good amount of fluorescent lighting in this old house so playing "old school" single coil pickups is a noisy experience.
That's the reason I lost interest in my old Mustang. Back in High School my little band played a sock hop (I'm 62 years old!) in the cafeteria under fluorescent lights and the noise was unbearable! Bought a used Electra Les Paul copy and that was that...
 
Wiring finished up and tested. It's wired like my original '65 Mustang. Waiting on neck plate engraving. I talked to five so called engravers in my area before I found one that would do it. Think I'm gonna set it up with 10-46 strings. Almost had an accident, was applying the Warmoth decal to the headstock and I dropped it. The decal miraculously fell in the right spot! Once these stick they are stuck forever!
 

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Almost finished. Got to do some fine adjusting over the next few days. Not sure if I'm gonna leave the strap button on the neck plate, will have to do some playing before I decide... Engraver only charged me $10 for the neck plate. Feels like I've gone back in time 40 years!
 

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Forgot to mention, the body is (of course) poplar and the neck is maple. She has a finished weight of 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
 
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