Patrick from Davis
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Well, after a hiccup or two, I have finished this project. It is a one piece swamp ash strat with a Warmoth Mary Kaye finish. The neck is a Standard Thin, 1 11/16", Bocote/Bocote neck with mother of pearl dots, stainless steel 6105 frets, and a Warmoth/Earvana corian nut. It has Callaham/Fralin H/SRV pickups in parchment white, with a blend knob for the neck pick up on a Warmoth white/black/white pickguard. The tuners are Planet Waves, and the bridge is fixed. Now on to the pictures.
Although it has only been together for a short time, here are the initial observations. The pick ups sound really nice. They just sing with various levels of gain. From over the over the moon fuzzed out to a clean Fender amp with a touch of reverb, they behave really nicely. They sound terrible if you get them too close to the strings, but back them off a ways and the sweet spot is unmistakable. I also have a Warmoth tele with a Macassar Ebony neck so the Bocote is a bit of a change. Both are unfinished. Because words fail to properly describe how a neck feels, this will not be a perfect metaphor, but oh well. The Bocote feels more like flannel while the ebony feels like silk. I tried... The Warmoth/Earvana nut is interesting. Once again it is difficult to describe, but here goes. When you tune a guitar, and the strings adjust into tune, the rest of the strings tend to resonate and let you know that everything is right. It is a cool fur on the arms rising sound. The Earvana/Warmoth does this as well, but it does it when you play open chords. I am sure that there could be a long discussion on why, but the fun part is that it does. Hope everyone enjoys the pictures and I am going back to fiddle around on my new toy.
Patrick
Although it has only been together for a short time, here are the initial observations. The pick ups sound really nice. They just sing with various levels of gain. From over the over the moon fuzzed out to a clean Fender amp with a touch of reverb, they behave really nicely. They sound terrible if you get them too close to the strings, but back them off a ways and the sweet spot is unmistakable. I also have a Warmoth tele with a Macassar Ebony neck so the Bocote is a bit of a change. Both are unfinished. Because words fail to properly describe how a neck feels, this will not be a perfect metaphor, but oh well. The Bocote feels more like flannel while the ebony feels like silk. I tried... The Warmoth/Earvana nut is interesting. Once again it is difficult to describe, but here goes. When you tune a guitar, and the strings adjust into tune, the rest of the strings tend to resonate and let you know that everything is right. It is a cool fur on the arms rising sound. The Earvana/Warmoth does this as well, but it does it when you play open chords. I am sure that there could be a long discussion on why, but the fun part is that it does. Hope everyone enjoys the pictures and I am going back to fiddle around on my new toy.
Patrick
