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Bagman67 said:
Yeah, wenge sounds like a good chioce for this one. I'm going to have to put some thought into it, because I hadn't planned out my LP build yet - the Strat was planned out through most of the details, but this body pushed it back. I'll have to pick out pickups, hardware, a neck, decide if the SS frets are worth skipping binding on the neck... a lot of decisions to make.
And it's going to be a while before this gets underway... I'm already stretching the money to get the body, so neck/hardware/pickups are down the road a few months at least. But I will definitely update on here when I get to them.
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I would definitely skip binding on the neck for this one - the natural binding and overall darkness would not go well with white/cream/whatever binding on a neck. I think it'd be a little jarring, contrast-wise.
I'd go with an unbound neck with no inlays, in fact - ebony on wenge oughta do the trick. Let the wild color of the guitar's top be the focus. See how I did a plain quartersawn wenge neck on Quty Pie to minimize distraction from the top: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=17614.msg260035#msg260035
I'd go with an unbound neck with no inlays, in fact - ebony on wenge oughta do the trick. Let the wild color of the guitar's top be the focus. See how I did a plain quartersawn wenge neck on Quty Pie to minimize distraction from the top: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=17614.msg260035#msg260035
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I think Wenge would be a good choice, but the fretboard absolutely HAS to be plain and simple.... and dead sexy. Ebony all the way on that body/a wenge neck. Warmoth headstock shape for a less Gibsonish vibe, if I were building it. I almost pulled the trigger on that body tonight. Congratulations! :cool01: 
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arty07:Tipperman said:I think Wenge would be a good choice, but the fretboard absolutely HAS to be plain and simple.... and dead sexy. Ebony all the way on that body/a wenge neck. Warmoth headstock shape for a less Gibsonish vibe, if I were building it. I almost pulled the trigger on that body tonight. Congratulations! :cool01:
I knew quite a few people would be looking at that and thinking about pulling the trigger pretty quick, so I figured it was now or never.
I think I'll probably go for a Gibson headstock on this one, I'm planning on doing the Warmoth headstock on my VIP baritone build down the road. Plus I like the idea of mixing the classic with something different, so the Gibson headstock will help balance out the atypical parts of the build.
NQbass7 said:I just... I just don't have words for this.
If I had any chance of scraping up the money for that, I would. Right now.
Wow, that is great. Its even better than the one I purchased a few months ago. I would also recommend a wenge neck. It just goes so well with black korina. Both tonally and visually.
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NQbass7 said:Tipperman said:I think Wenge would be a good choice, but the fretboard absolutely HAS to be plain and simple.... and dead sexy. Ebony all the way on that body/a wenge neck. Warmoth headstock shape for a less Gibsonish vibe, if I were building it. I almost pulled the trigger on that body tonight. Congratulations! :cool01:
I knew quite a few people would be looking at that and thinking about pulling the trigger pretty quick, so I figured it was now or never.
I think I'll probably go for a Gibson headstock on this one, I'm planning on doing the Warmoth headstock on my VIP baritone build down the road. Plus I like the idea of mixing the classic with something different, so the Gibson headstock will help balance out the atypical parts of the build.
Don't get me wrong, I love the open book style headstock. I just think on an LP shape, the warmoth looks very classy and sets it apart. Similar to a PRS but different. Stgill, it's your guitar and I am positive the results will be fantastic. Go with Bare Knuckle Mules for it, if you're looking for any input/suggestions. They're expensive but they blow my ****ing mind every time I hear them.
Nice neck, what neck wood / f/board wood is it???
Very beautiful. Lovin' it. Don't have money.
My eyes are so struck on a super high grade birds eye maple neck, just love the look, but cannot afford it at this point.
http://www.warmoth.com/Showcase/ShowcaseNeck.aspx?i=sn10103&Body=1&Path=Neck
Ciao JULIA
Very beautiful. Lovin' it. Don't have money.
My eyes are so struck on a super high grade birds eye maple neck, just love the look, but cannot afford it at this point.
http://www.warmoth.com/Showcase/ShowcaseNeck.aspx?i=sn10103&Body=1&Path=Neck
Ciao JULIA
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I'm so glad someone else bought this tele body since I don't have the money right now. I was thinking about selling a kidney before it was sold
drewfx said:Bagman67 said:Somehow this thread rolled down to the second page of "General Discussion" - and now I see this come across the Interwebz, and can rescue the thread from obscurity!
Want!!!
Strange, if I were to just look at this I would say it is walnut/flamed maple/walnut, but the wood after the scarf joint looks like flamed koa....
All the same, it is beautiful. I wish Warmoth would do more lam necks.
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looks like flame koa/pau ferro with flame maple skunk stripe... :dontknow:
Would look most amazing with this LP....
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Would look most amazing with this LP....
