Hi All
I'm a newbie, and have been viewing this forum for a while, while I was constructing my Warmoth guitar.
So first, thanks for all the wealth of great information and ideas you have been providing here, I hope I can contribute as well as take...
My guitar details are:
Body:
Hollow Swamp Ash with contoured heel
Green Burst/Black back
Quilted Maple
HSH Rio Grande Dual Calibrated Quinto Set
Wilkinson Trem
Neck
Angled Strat/Quilted Peg with same burst as body
Standard Thin
Black gloss finish
Brazilian Rosewood
SS frets
Planet Waves Tuners
And now for the reason of this post - Some questions, and being a newbie I've got lots, here are the main ones :icon_smile:
1. The neck being finished with a gloss black finish, doesn't fit into the body's cavity. I assume this is quite standard, since the neck is heavily finished
--- Any tips for getting the neck to fit
--- I've read that getting a good surface contact between the neck and body is essential to getting a good tone. Should I sand the finish at the bottom of the neck heal (it is now finished with same gloss as the neck)
2. I've left the pot holes to myslef, since I like 1 vol 1 tone and a split/para/series switch to be located at my own convenience. I'm a bit worried about drilling in a finished neck, but my overall plan is to drill a very small hole using a dremel, and then use a Brad/Spur tool to finish. Any opinions/suggestions?
3 The pre-drilled holes in the neck are somewhat filled with the finish material, should I re-drill ?
Many thanks in advance to your replies
PS, I've tried to post pictures, but got message that upload folder is full, I'll try to post some as soon as this is cleared
I'm a newbie, and have been viewing this forum for a while, while I was constructing my Warmoth guitar.
So first, thanks for all the wealth of great information and ideas you have been providing here, I hope I can contribute as well as take...
My guitar details are:
Body:
Hollow Swamp Ash with contoured heel
Green Burst/Black back
Quilted Maple
HSH Rio Grande Dual Calibrated Quinto Set
Wilkinson Trem
Neck
Angled Strat/Quilted Peg with same burst as body
Standard Thin
Black gloss finish
Brazilian Rosewood
SS frets
Planet Waves Tuners
And now for the reason of this post - Some questions, and being a newbie I've got lots, here are the main ones :icon_smile:
1. The neck being finished with a gloss black finish, doesn't fit into the body's cavity. I assume this is quite standard, since the neck is heavily finished
--- Any tips for getting the neck to fit
--- I've read that getting a good surface contact between the neck and body is essential to getting a good tone. Should I sand the finish at the bottom of the neck heal (it is now finished with same gloss as the neck)
2. I've left the pot holes to myslef, since I like 1 vol 1 tone and a split/para/series switch to be located at my own convenience. I'm a bit worried about drilling in a finished neck, but my overall plan is to drill a very small hole using a dremel, and then use a Brad/Spur tool to finish. Any opinions/suggestions?
3 The pre-drilled holes in the neck are somewhat filled with the finish material, should I re-drill ?
Many thanks in advance to your replies
PS, I've tried to post pictures, but got message that upload folder is full, I'll try to post some as soon as this is cleared