Meanwhile, at Warmoth: another sweepstakes!

[GearBoxTy]

So, on Tuesday August 4th 2015...I got a mysterious email...

UPS Quantum View, UPS Shipment Notification.  Evidently a 7lb package is being sent to me from Warmoth Guitar Products, Inc.

Could it be a Body of Mystery?!?!?!  Here I thought they might have been waiting for me to collect enough pennies to buy a neck before sending the body...

On or around 8/11/2015 all will be revealed!

 

[aarontunes]

Cool man! Make sure to post plenty of pictures, un-boxing videos, etc.

I don't know if you're a cryer, but if you could squeeze out a few tears for the camera that would be icing.  :headbang1:

 

[GearBoxTy]

Look what arrived on Tuesday August 11, 2015!

First, I looked like this...

Then, I looked like this (and also posted this to a couple social network sites)...

And, finally I looked like this!

Thank you, Aaron and everyone at Warmoth!  I'm still stunned that I won and humbled by the pure awesomeness of the body!

Warmoth Rules!  Now, to gather funds for a neck...

 

[GearBoxTy]

I only took a few iPhone pictures of the unboxing...

Expertly packed!

The top again...anyone else see The Joker, or Wolverine, or some Demon in the quilt between the bridge bushings?

The back...

A view of the binding (not a great photo)...

The Gotoh 510 bridge on it to see how that might look...

I'll start a thread in Just Out Of The Box, too.  Regardless, I have started a Flickr album for the guitar so unboxing, build, and complete photos will be there.

 

[jbluvudu]

I can totally see the Joker there!  Pretty darn good image of him.  How crazy random is that?  Strike one up for our brain's pattern recognition abilities.

 

[GearBoxTy]

Well, it's taken quite some time but I finally ordered a neck on 12/14/2015!

Here are the specs:


Style: Warhead
Construction: Modern Construction
Orientation: Right Handed
Neck Wood: Roasted Maple
Fingerboard Wood: Indian Rosewood
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Back Shape: Boatneck
Fret Size: 6100
Tuner Ream: Planet Waves(13/32")
Radius: 10-16" Compound
Scale: 25-1/2"
Fret #: 22
Mounting Holes: Standard 4 Bolt
Pre-Cut Installed String Nut: Black Corian - Earvana Nut
Inlays: No Inlay
Side Dots: White Side Dots
Finish: No Finish
Custom Option: Quilt Maple Peghead Veneer
Custom Option: Purple Dye Headstock - No Back Finish

I went with the Roasted Maple for weight reasons and the fact that I won't need to have a finish.  Quilted Maple veneer on the peghead/headstock face finished in purple dye since the top of the body is purple dye.  I'm not too concerned about them not being painted at the same time.  I went with Warhead because I like it, prefer 6-inline headstocks, and they will do a veneer on that headstock style.

Now, I just have to wait until February...

 

[bagman67]

Sounds like a winner. GLad you're back in forward motion on this baby.  We wanna see ACTION.

 

[rgand]

Congrats on the win and for ordering a good neck. You'll be in for another pleasant surprise on the roasted maple neck. I got one last year for much the same reasons as you. Then I played it. Whoa, what a fine feeling neck. You'll probably never get another neck that needs a finish again. Looking forward to pics of the completed guitar. :icon_thumright: