wolf5150 said:
Gotta say it's my fave Strat I've seen on here so far. :kewlpics:
Beautifully shaped nut, did you do it ?
Can I ask, what did you use to round the board edges ?
Only one thing I think you need to do... put a Warmoth logo on it, too many people put Fender logo's and i think that's so wrong !! :doh:
It gives credence to fender that they simply don't deserve.
Yes I do all the work on the nut and everywhere else on my guitars myself (though I bought this pickup set prewired and the nut installed by Warmoth for simplicity of the build process), I did another graphtech nut on this guitar recently and it is much nicer looking than this, the nut too me is the toughest most critical detail on the electric guitar, lots of practice to get these right, I can say Im finally confident and proud of my ability to make a nut properly at this point, and it truley is the difference between a good sounding electric and a great sounding one.
Heres the details to rounding the finger board edges, I included the whole link as some other guys have some great Ideas as well so you can decide what works best for your needs.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=12300.0
A little sandpaper and a sanding sponge is all I used for any rounding of the covers and knobs and neck edges or saddle corners etc......I wasn't going for total vintage aging mostly just for comfort but still looking presentable...
No logos for me, I hate comercials on t.v. and radio so I can only proudly tell those that ask its a Warmoth, .....which by the way isnt long after they pickup my guitar... and usually say...Man!! ...that neck is Fat!!!...lol...Yep its a Warmoth Fatback...lol
I am loving this guitar more each day and I have always loved the Strat over all other guitars, primarily because it is the guitar I started on so I find its weight,balance, contours and neck very comfortable, over time I have come to expect a guitar to have the detailed response and the bell like quality only a strat can give, so I always find myself reverting back to it after playing on other styles of guitar, I specifically made this one with single coils ala standard strat as when I put humbuckers on I always long to hear those detailed single coil notes and find myself obssesing to recreat that specific tone and sound with my humbuckers ( usually by wiring them in parallel ) so I thought I would save myself the grief this time around and just go single coil from the start, I do have the body routed for a humbucker in the bridge however and can swap out the pickguard if I feel the need to do so....but with all my effects I dont find that necessary and I can still get the pure blues tones by cleaning things up. The Strat is the Best..which is why I love Warmoth so much...they do it right, and to your specs...hehehe.. :laughing7:
