Its here

[bassetman]

It’s here Wenge and bubinga neck swamp ash body. The neck feels awesome just out of the box. :turtle: feeling very good with these.

 

[swarfrat]

Nice guitar, but where's your cat? It's customary to include your cat sniffing out the new arrival in the pics.

 

[bassetman]

I was unaware. I will cat it up later. :turtle:

 

[bassetman]

The ash body is getting this stock fender neck.

This wenge /bubinga neck is going on my strat as I need the bigger profile. It fits better than the original already. Next week it is going to Cagey for some love.

 

[rgand]

Wow, a two-fer! What a fine neck. Can't wait to see it all done and mounted. That body with the other neck will make a beautiful guitar. Can't wait to see what you do for a finish.

 

[bassetman]

With natural nitro on it the ash will match the neck very closely. I do have one major complaint.....the parts are so nice that the urge to acquire more is insatiable. The other neck and body are still a month out...next week back to the showcase for a Tele body and neck. :turtle:

 

[dmraco]

Very nice.  Double the fun!

 

[bassetman]

With a bit of sanding I gave it a shot of sealer , looks great. I am a Warmouth customer for life....I was a bit hesitant as I’ve tried other premade stuff before and found it simpler to start from scratch. I spent about fifteen minutes total on the wenge neck and it’s better than the Fender neck it replaces, even with the nut only about halfway down to its final height it plays great.

 

[bassetman]

With sealer.

 

[bassetman]

Adding required cat content. Mr. Boots hard at work.

 

[rgand]

Ahh, a cat doing what it does best. :icon_thumright:

 

[Cagey]

Yep. Conserving energy while being instantly available for ruthless, cold-blooded murder.

 

[bassetman]

It’s basically finished. It plays wonderfully and is so light. Gen four noiseless pickups with 2010 s1 wiring. It’ll do it’s first gig after final intonation when things settle in. Need to get a boat neck profile for it but it’ll do till then.

 

[bassetman]

finally found the edit button. .

 

[musicispeace]

Well done, well done, well done. And that Wenge/Bubinga looks even better than I imagined, superb. And a cat for the win! This story has everything!  :hello2:

 

[bassetman]

Thanks. The neck has surpassed my expectations by a fair margin. Especially now that it’s mostly burnished, the nut is about 75% down where I want it.....the neck plays fabulously....now that I remembered to change the saddle/bridge radius to match the compound radius neck...played funny with the strings at 9.5”....I feel dumb for skipping it but just wanted to feel it play. After initial adjustment the neck has not moved a bit. I can’t believe how good the grain looks.

 

[BigSteve22]

Great choices for both instruments, love 'em both!  :icon_thumright:

.....And a cat for the win! :hello2:

I second that!

 

[swarfrat]

Nice! I still feel sick about my Wenge neck. I'm sure it can be fixed, but I'm too embarassed to look at the holes. Boogered an insert install. I'm sure it could be drilled and plugged.

 

[bassetman]

Ya, I understand. I could very likely do the inserts myself.....but it’s going to cagey anyway in a couple weeks sooo. I can’t imagine boogering it up....I’d just hate that. Going to take the nut down a few more strokes and some back filing the slots. So far no need for string trees at all. I can bend most of the way across the board with no pop outs or buzzes. I’ve had 13 major back operations so the lighter chambered body is such a relief just to pick up. I’m not terribly happy with the vintage noiseless pickups but they were what was around for now. I think a couple duckbuckers and a little 59 bridge should sound fine.

 

[Cagey]

If you want a truly authentic sounding set of single coils that don't need a noise gate, the two sets I'm most impressed with right now are Bill Lawrence's Microcoils and Fishman's Fluence set. Also, if you're into experimenting at all, GFS' "TruCoil" series are pretty sweet, and they're cheap enough that if you aren't thrilled to death, you won't have cry in your beer about sunk cost.

The Bill Lawrence parts are actual single coils. No stacked coils or dummy coils or active electronics or anything. They're noiseless (and passive) by design. Magical parts. Highly recommended.

The Fishman parts are actives with a different coil design altogether, in that that there is no coil, per se. Also noiseless, but you need power. Still, highly recommended.

The GFS parts are mostly noiseless, using a dummy coil to achieve CMNR. What noise they make is very limited, though. It doesn't bother me, and I'm easily bothered by such things. A noise gate with a very low threshold setting would make them silent, but even that's not really necessary.

In all cases, the sound is very satisfying. I've used a lotta "noiseless" single coils trying to get that sound and have never been as happy as I am with any of the above. I'm almost certain any of them would make you happier than the Fender noiseless.