Made my first order

[justsomeguy1]

I have to say that in all my years buying/trading gear there aren't many moments that I remember being as satisfying as placing my first Warmoth order. To be honest, there is a slight "I hope I like this thing when it's all said and done" feeling, but very minor and mostly excitement.

I've realized from reading on this forum that many of you have done multiple Warmoth builds. For those who have a number of them in the bag, how do you recall the feeling of ordering/building your first Warmoth? Has the excitement stayed or changed over the course of multiple builds?

To those curious I ordered a mahogany strat with flamed maple top and a roasted maple neck (10" - 16" and SS 6100 frets). Will have an HH config and the new Wilkinson WVS1302P bridge outfitted with their locking saddles. The original plan was to do a floyd rose build, love my 80's rock, but already have a couple guitars with them and wanted to try something slightly different. Figure this will give me a lot of versatility but in a single locking setup.

 

[Michaelga]

It's a very satisfying experience to build your own custom guitar/bass! I have 2 Warmoth basses and on bass I built from a Carvin kit. I just placed an order for a body that'll go with an extra wide Strat neck I purchased a while ago that is currently on my Fender Stratocastor (I'm going to be selling it soon with the original neck back on it).

Michael

 

[rauchman]

The excitement still lives.  I'm on my 3rd, and all have been purchased as unfinished bodies.  There is a certain "looking at the body as an artist looks at a blank canvas" type of feel to it.

I have a cousin, who is one of the worlds biggest artists (exhibits at the Met in NYC and what not).  I asked him once, how do you come up with what you want to paint.  He said, he sits in front on the canvas for 3 days or so and meditates on it.  I find myself doing a similar practice when I get a new body.  I give myself about a week of looking at it saying "what do I want to do with this beautiful guitar body?".

So yes, the excitement is still there.  Now, having some experience with this, the excitement is still there supplemented with a growing confidence in this craft.

 

[wildbill]

I think the more you learn and gain experience, the more fun they are to build. We tend to keep taking on more of the project, finish, body routing, etc. I can't build a neck as good as W though so I am still a customer. Take your time, read, think ahead, measure 10 times then once more before cutting anything or drilling a hole. Most of all, enjoy because we are in this for fun.

My first W project is still a treasured Strat. She has had a few tweaks since then but still something that I am happy with. I actually did a lot of homework before I ordered that body and neck and still went through several versions of dye , sand back, dye, sand back before I was happy with it. I probably used 10 rattle cans of lacquer on that one. LOL. Now I waste it by the gallon with my HVLP and enjoy it even more.

I have had a lot of hobbies and I have been a woodworker all my life but this is the best hobby I have had yet in the satisfaction it gives.These people on this forum are the absolute best of any group I have ever joined. Awesome folks, friends I have never met.