My first Warmoth Start... canary or goncalo alves neck???

[Surf n Music]

Well this is my first time on this site and I am doing my first guitar build. I just bought my body. An ash strat in seafoam green with an f-hole. I am savign up and trying to decide on a neck. I am leaning towards toward a canary neck mostly because I like the look but goncalo alves is a close second. I am using a parchment colored pickguard. What are your thoughts?? Tone, looks with the seafoam green. I like playing jazz and blues mostly but dable in a little of everything.

 

[Great Ape]

I'd say canary--goncalo's a good wood, but canary is much prettier, and would ( :doh look alot prettier with the seafoam body...just my 2 cents--remember that what YOU think is all that matters...good luck!

 

[DavyDave53]

Bubinga gets my vote.

 

[Surf n Music]

Ya I thought the canary is prettier too  :icon_thumright: Bubinga is a good vote also. Any of these should sound good in a ash body ya? Can't wait to get this thing built n play her!

 

[DavyDave53]

What pickups are you planning to use?

 

[Surf n Music]

I was going to do dual humbuckers. Was thinking seymour duncans SH4 Jb in the bridge or a Brobucker in the bridge and SH2 jazz in the neck. Going to do one volume, one tone and a three way. Maybe do push pull pots so I can split the coils with one and do a megabucker on the other.

 

[line6man]

Seafoam Green goes with Rosewood or Wenge. Canary works, but personally, I can't picture Goncalo working. It would clash.

 

[Surf n Music]

Seafoam Green goes with Rosewood or Wenge. Canary works, but personally, I can't picture Goncalo working. It would clash.

Checked out the wenge. Beautiful but some dark stuff. Originally I was thinking maple but I'm just so tired of mainstream type of style. The more I think about it the more I am leaning to canary. It looks beautiful and lighter in color. Why don't they make these in vintage modern?? The little side adjuster on the warmoth pro seems weird. 

 

[MikeW]

I built a Strat very similar to what you're describing recently. Definitely a good choice for pickups and Canary mates really well with the Ash body. The Canary adds just a bit of mids to the brightness of the Ash. The one thing to consider is that Canary does have some reddish striping in it. That may clash with the Seafoam Green. You might want to check out Afra if that bothers you. I may have missed it someplace above but I don't see what you were planning on using for the fretboard. Ebony? Rosewood? I've got Ebony on my Canary neck and really love it.

I used the SD 59er in my neck position simply because I wanted something a little hotter. The SD Jazz will work well too.

Check out this diagram. It may get you where you want to go without needing push-pull pots.
North coils:http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L10_01/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume.html
South coils: http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L11_00/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume1-Tone.html

 

[Surf n Music]

I may have missed it someplace above but I don't see what you were planning on using for the fretboard. Ebony? Rosewood? I've got Ebony on my Canary neck and really love it.

South coils: http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L11_00/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume1-Tone.html

Well I custom ordered a neck. I liked the afra but it looked like they were out. Originally I wanted all maple vintage tint so I chose canary on canary. I found a piece in their custom selections that had lots of shades of yellow and not much red so my fingers are crossed it looks good.


I like this option. It didn't occur to my that you could coil split with a 5 way switch. I like that! I already have parts coming to wire it with push pull pots. I am going to keep this other schematic tucked away though. I like that you get to choose what coil you are turning on and off! I would only have to get a 5 way switch. Thanks!

 

[MikeW]

I may have missed it someplace above but I don't see what you were planning on using for the fretboard. Ebony? Rosewood? I've got Ebony on my Canary neck and really love it.

South coils: http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH5L11_00/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers5-Way-Lever-Switch1-Volume1-Tone.html

Well I custom ordered a neck. I liked the afra but it looked like they were out. Originally I wanted all maple vintage tint so I chose canary on canary. I found a piece in their custom selections that had lots of shades of yellow and not much red so my fingers are crossed it looks good.


I like this option. It didn't occur to my that you could coil split with a 5 way switch. I like that! I already have parts coming to wire it with push pull pots. I am going to keep this other schematic tucked away though. I like that you get to choose what coil you are turning on and off! I would only have to get a 5 way switch. Thanks!

Very welcome.

Be sure to post some pics of the build when you get going on it. I'll be following to see how it turns out.

 

[Surf n Music]

Be sure to post some pics of the build when you get going on it. I'll be following to see how it turns out.
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For sure I started a post in A work in progress and titled it "A guitar for a lifetime". I will post pics and document my build there  :icon_thumright: seemed like that was the spot to do it in.