Hi All,
My LPS finally arrived after a 15 week wait. Definitely worth it.
It has a chambered mahogany body with maple top. The neck is a 59 roundback also in mahogany with an ebony board and SS6105 frets.
I picked the colour based on similar designs I'd seen in the show case. My luthier friend does not like the colour at all. It's a good job it is not his guitar
I really wanted natural lip over bindings but some how I managed to only put natural binding on my order. :tard: So that's what I got. Now I have received it I'm not sure if I would have preferred the lip over or not. I really like it as it is. If it had been a Les Paul I would have definitely wanted the lip over, but as it's the double cutaway I'm more than happy.
The neck is pretty tame by you guys standards. I ordered the Jet black ebony board before I discovered this forum and saw all your wonderfull necks. With hind sight I may have ordered masacara eboy and hope for as many waves as possible. Still I think the jet black ebony will look great against the black humbuckers and rings.
I'm going to use gold hardware through out. I'm not sure to go with gold or amber speed knobs. For what they cost I'll probably get both and see what I like best.
The wood and finish is flawless. I really have to take my hat off to Warmoth. Thank you very much.
What I have noticed is how smooth if feels. It is going to be a dream to play. The edge of my Historic 58 Les Paul digs in my arm a little when playing sat down, even though the Warmoth is a very similar profile it feels much smoother and far more comfortable.
Oh, it is nice and light weighing in a 4lb 4 1/4 oz.
The neck is dead straight and I know it is going to be great.
The neck does not fit into the body at the moment, so I'm going to have to do a little carefull sanding.
Anyway here are the pics. I hope a few of you like it. Like I say my luthier friend didn't and so far he is the only one that has seen it.
Thank you for reading.
Dave
My LPS finally arrived after a 15 week wait. Definitely worth it.
It has a chambered mahogany body with maple top. The neck is a 59 roundback also in mahogany with an ebony board and SS6105 frets.
I picked the colour based on similar designs I'd seen in the show case. My luthier friend does not like the colour at all. It's a good job it is not his guitar
I really wanted natural lip over bindings but some how I managed to only put natural binding on my order. :tard: So that's what I got. Now I have received it I'm not sure if I would have preferred the lip over or not. I really like it as it is. If it had been a Les Paul I would have definitely wanted the lip over, but as it's the double cutaway I'm more than happy.
The neck is pretty tame by you guys standards. I ordered the Jet black ebony board before I discovered this forum and saw all your wonderfull necks. With hind sight I may have ordered masacara eboy and hope for as many waves as possible. Still I think the jet black ebony will look great against the black humbuckers and rings.
I'm going to use gold hardware through out. I'm not sure to go with gold or amber speed knobs. For what they cost I'll probably get both and see what I like best.
The wood and finish is flawless. I really have to take my hat off to Warmoth. Thank you very much.
What I have noticed is how smooth if feels. It is going to be a dream to play. The edge of my Historic 58 Les Paul digs in my arm a little when playing sat down, even though the Warmoth is a very similar profile it feels much smoother and far more comfortable.
Oh, it is nice and light weighing in a 4lb 4 1/4 oz.
The neck is dead straight and I know it is going to be great.
The neck does not fit into the body at the moment, so I'm going to have to do a little carefull sanding.
Anyway here are the pics. I hope a few of you like it. Like I say my luthier friend didn't and so far he is the only one that has seen it.
Thank you for reading.
Dave