Hi guys,
First of all, thanks to everyone posting here for your wealth of information and enthusiasm - I've learned a lot! And I'm very excited because...
My second Warmoth has arrived - true to the spirit of the topic, it's just out of the box. My first was a standard tele, swamp ash body, maple neck, Callaham hardware and Fralin pups.
Specs for this one:
Body: Chambered swamp ash on swamp ash, black gloss finish - from the showcase sale. It certainly feels nice and light - my scales say it's 3.6 lbs. Otherwise standard stuff
Neck: Stratocaster®, Vintage Modern, Right Handed Handed, Indian Rosewood, Indian Rosewood Fretboard, 1 11/16" Nut Width, Standard thin, SS6115 (Stainless), Vintage Style (11/32") Tuner Ream, 22 frets, Straight 9.5" Radius, Mother Of Pearl Dots Inlay, Black TUSQ XL, 25-1/2 in. Scale
As you can see from the custom pickguard, I'm going for a 2-pickup strat (who needs 3? :icon_scratch
. Again, I'm going for Callaham hardware and Fralin pickups (I might try his new Split Rails).
Again, absolutely fantastic quality from Warmoth. I'm very picky over quality and I can't find anything (and I mean ANYTHING) out of place here or less than perfect.
I plan to use this as a main gigging guitar with the Tele (always nice to have a backup!) - there's nothing too fancy here, but I'm hoping it'll sound great and handle well. Also, I won't be worried if it falls off its stand, gets dinged, bashed etc.
I probably won't bore you guys with pics of what will be a standard assembly, but I'll post some completed ones when it's done.
Stew Mac pots, switches etc. and the Callaham hardware are on their way - I'm in England so these things always take some time.
Now, back to work...
First of all, thanks to everyone posting here for your wealth of information and enthusiasm - I've learned a lot! And I'm very excited because...
My second Warmoth has arrived - true to the spirit of the topic, it's just out of the box. My first was a standard tele, swamp ash body, maple neck, Callaham hardware and Fralin pups.
Specs for this one:
Body: Chambered swamp ash on swamp ash, black gloss finish - from the showcase sale. It certainly feels nice and light - my scales say it's 3.6 lbs. Otherwise standard stuff
Neck: Stratocaster®, Vintage Modern, Right Handed Handed, Indian Rosewood, Indian Rosewood Fretboard, 1 11/16" Nut Width, Standard thin, SS6115 (Stainless), Vintage Style (11/32") Tuner Ream, 22 frets, Straight 9.5" Radius, Mother Of Pearl Dots Inlay, Black TUSQ XL, 25-1/2 in. Scale
As you can see from the custom pickguard, I'm going for a 2-pickup strat (who needs 3? :icon_scratch
. Again, I'm going for Callaham hardware and Fralin pickups (I might try his new Split Rails).Again, absolutely fantastic quality from Warmoth. I'm very picky over quality and I can't find anything (and I mean ANYTHING) out of place here or less than perfect.
I plan to use this as a main gigging guitar with the Tele (always nice to have a backup!) - there's nothing too fancy here, but I'm hoping it'll sound great and handle well. Also, I won't be worried if it falls off its stand, gets dinged, bashed etc.
I probably won't bore you guys with pics of what will be a standard assembly, but I'll post some completed ones when it's done.
Stew Mac pots, switches etc. and the Callaham hardware are on their way - I'm in England so these things always take some time.
Now, back to work...
