Galaxy_Stranger
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Hi all!
I just found the Warmoth site last week and I'm super stoked at all the options they offer. No matter how long I wait, I'll never find a manufactured model made exactly how I want it. I'm going to sell of both my guitars and my amp to get this thing made. BUT, it'll be my first to build like this and before I screw up the entire order I'm going to be asking a lot of questions so I know EXACTLY what I'm getting.
Going through the site making my dream guitar has really been educational. But there are a few details that I don't know what to answer:
1. I'm having a hard time choosing between Stainless Steel frets and neck binding. Is it true that they don't offer stainless steel frets on necks with binding? I love the look of binding on Jackson necks, but are stainless steel frets really better than standard frets? Or is Gold Color a viable alternative to stainless steel?
Plus, I can't decide what size to get. Apparently, my Ibanez S470 has jumbo frets - and they're comfortable.
2. Does the body come with drilled holes for strap buttons? (I'm getting the standard strat replacement body.)
3. Can the body have holes drilled for 4 knobs a la Les Paul?
4. How do I figure out which nut width I will require - I'm getting a Jackson neck and using a Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo.
5. How do I figure out which fretboard radius I need?
6. Will they leave the peghead unfinished so I can paint it?
7. I read on the boards that Ebony was no longer fretboard option - yet I just found it on the order form. Is it available?
8. Do you think the extra $80 is worth the single piece body?
Thanks in advance for any information you can give me. I'm suuuper paranoid that I'll order something wrong and then have to replace the neck or something stupid like that. Hell, the neck costs more than the BODY!
I just found the Warmoth site last week and I'm super stoked at all the options they offer. No matter how long I wait, I'll never find a manufactured model made exactly how I want it. I'm going to sell of both my guitars and my amp to get this thing made. BUT, it'll be my first to build like this and before I screw up the entire order I'm going to be asking a lot of questions so I know EXACTLY what I'm getting.
Going through the site making my dream guitar has really been educational. But there are a few details that I don't know what to answer:
1. I'm having a hard time choosing between Stainless Steel frets and neck binding. Is it true that they don't offer stainless steel frets on necks with binding? I love the look of binding on Jackson necks, but are stainless steel frets really better than standard frets? Or is Gold Color a viable alternative to stainless steel?
Plus, I can't decide what size to get. Apparently, my Ibanez S470 has jumbo frets - and they're comfortable.
2. Does the body come with drilled holes for strap buttons? (I'm getting the standard strat replacement body.)
3. Can the body have holes drilled for 4 knobs a la Les Paul?
4. How do I figure out which nut width I will require - I'm getting a Jackson neck and using a Schaller Floyd Rose tremolo.
5. How do I figure out which fretboard radius I need?
6. Will they leave the peghead unfinished so I can paint it?
7. I read on the boards that Ebony was no longer fretboard option - yet I just found it on the order form. Is it available?
8. Do you think the extra $80 is worth the single piece body?
Thanks in advance for any information you can give me. I'm suuuper paranoid that I'll order something wrong and then have to replace the neck or something stupid like that. Hell, the neck costs more than the BODY!