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chuck7

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You can see the "just out of the box" pictures here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=3215.0

The specs:

LPS hollow mahogany body with carved flame maple top, finished in fire burst with lip over natural mask binding
Warmoth Pro neck in padouk with ziricote finger board, perloid binding, no inlays no finish
Seymour Duncan P90 vintage in the neck and SD P90 Stack in the bridge - cream covers
Gotoh 510 bridge, 2 concentric tone volume sets with standard LP 3 way pickup selector, and on-on-on mini toggle for series/split/parallel on the stack pickup
All hardware is gold


I debated for a while on how I wanted to do the wiring.  In the end, I decided to keep it simple and just do the 3 way switch instead of getting all crazy with a 6 position 4 poll rotary or similar.  I just have a few connections left, then I am done with the wiring.  I have only made one mistake so far, I wired one of the pot sets upside down, so the top was tone and the bottom was volume.  Its all just personal taste, but it felt wrong to me, so I switched it. 

I just realized a bit ago that I actually made another mistake as well - I wired all the pots backwards.... Oh well, I'm not changing it now, and its not like they are labeled anyway!  In actuality, I did it on purpose, I just didn't notice it was wrong, so maybe that means its just more natural for me...

The last little hiccup was with the pickup covers.  The P90s came with black covers, but I wanted Cream, so I ordered some from StewMac... which of course didn't quite fit.  But they were close enough, so a touch here and there with a dremel and now they are fine. 

So all is going fairly well, but enough of the chit chat, on with the pictures!

Shielded and partially wired... backwards...
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Day 2 Controls on
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Here is a nice shot of the grain of the ziricote
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And here it is with the pickups mounted and the bridge stuck on for show
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Finished!  http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=3218.0

I figured I would have another day or so, but I got through everything today.  It looks and sounds incredible. 
 
The bridge is the gotoh 510 in gold from Warmoth.  And thanks for the comment!
 
-CB- said:
nice to see the proper safety gear was used too

With a 5 year old and 17 month old in the house, its almost guarantied that there will be a toy in the background of any picture taken in my house.  In this case, "Bob the Builder!  Can we build it?  YES WE CAN!!!!"
 
I'm not sure if it's the camera angle, but does the fretboard sit flush up against the body? If so, did you do any additional routing on the neck pocket, or was it like that 'out of the box'? I'm curious, because I personally hate the 3/16" or so gap between FB and body.
 
Yes, the back of the fretboard sits on the body, no gap.  I was very pleased with the fit.  It was nice and snug, but not to the point where anything was binding, or had to be forced. 
 
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