My second Warmoth project start today: suggest !!!

[Bruno]

Today starts my second Warmoth project  :blob7::

Body (already decided): solid, contoured hell, mahogany / maple top (flame or quilt, I have to decide  :icon_scratch

Neck:  maple/pauf or bubinga/pauf. or goncalo/pau (I like the pauferro you understand?  :hello2or  maple/indian rose or or full indian rose. But the sounds are very different I think: nubinga like maple but a full indian rose neck is warm, all right?  Like goncalo or mahogany neck?

Hardware: Gotoh GE101 6 hole vintage tremolo (ok) and Sperzel T / L (recovered from a wild guitar that I hate ...)

Pickups: EMG SA/SA /SA (recovered too) or a new set of SUHR (ML/ML/SSH+, very expensive) or ... ????

I play a bit of everything, mostly pop rock, hard rock and blues
I would like a very versatile guitar, avoiding sometimes to play (and carry around !!!) LesPaul & Strat

 

[ihavenothingprofoundtosay]

So you're wanting suggestions on the body & whatnot in addition to the choices below?

I'd say your wood choices for the body will be excellent (maple over mahogany is quite the time tested combo), and I'd personally go for the bubinga/pau ferro combo on the neck. Nothing wrong at all with re-using good gear: the 3 EMGs + Gotoh trem would be solid choices for a stratish look, so I'd say go with something totally non strat with the shape.

I'd say go with the WGD (the "Jerry Garcia" guitar) with a Warmoth headstock.  That body shape with strat pickups & trem would look pretty cool, and totally unique: everyone would ask you about that guitar.  If you're wanting a flame or quilt maple top, I'd beg you to NOT use a toprouted guitar with a pickguard.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Bruno]

Thank for replay.
Exclude fixed bridge, binding of the neck and no EMG pickups  :laughing11:....
my aesthetic reference is this guitar. Headstck including

Very nice guitar it's true?
With no little complacency and with usual Warmoth quality, I think I can do ... not better, but not worse  :icon_thumright:





Maybe I'm cocky, but believe it is the first step for success.
Or not?  :icon_scratch:
:icon_biggrin:

 

[Orpheo]

flame or quilt, thats up to taste I suppose. I'd go with quilt if you can get the funds for a carved top soloist (and the handpicked quilt top). I suppose thats the body you're going for, and not a regular strat? otherwise a nice flametop will do just fine too.

goncalo is nice, really, but its too warm for my taste. I'd go with bubinga. it feels so smooth, and it sounds great; very versatile. I like that bubinga always stays cool. goncalo warms up after some playing, but bubinga stays cool to the touch.

 

[Bruno]

I like that bubinga always stays cool. goncalo warms up after some playing, but bubinga stays cool to the touch.

Just a moment, please.
What 's this story?

 

[Orpheo]

I like that bubinga always stays cool. goncalo warms up after some playing, but bubinga stays cool to the touch.

Just a moment, please.
What 's this story?

well, its my experience, it can change from player to player. But some woods (rosewood, wenge, goncalo alves) warm up to the temperature of your hand very fast. some others, like ebony, ziricote, bubinga, purpleheart, pau ferro, don't warm up as fast to the temperature of my hand as fast, and when they're warm, they cool off fast. I attribute that to the open pores of the warmer toned woods. open pore makes the temperature distribute faster and more evenly.

at least, thats my thing. I like cool necks. cool to the touch, like holding a piece of metal.