New member, new Warmoth.

[DonBot]

Greetings all. Figured I'd join up since I am now an official Warmoth addict.  :icon_biggrin:
This is my second Warmoth but it's the first one I got to finish and assemble myself.
I always wanted a Star so I snagged the swamp ash Star body that was sitting in the showcase. Also snagged a showcase neck. It started life as a lefty neck but they we kind enough to put side marker dots on the "right" side for me. And I figured I'd post it in the "Work in Progress" section since I still plan on getting a real Floyd for it eventually. The holidays have forced me to cut a corner or 2 for now. lol.

Anyway, on to the good stuff.
What started life as this:

Now looks like this:

Some specs:
Swamp ash body.
Birdseye maple neck and board.
6100 frets.
Motor City Pickups "Nuke" humbucker.
1 volume and 1 momentary switch.

Enjoy!

 

[blue313]

That's a pretty nice start there.  What FR bridge is on it now?

Welcome to the board!  ccasion14:

 

[DonBot]

Thanks!
It's just some licensed Floyd knock-off. Not sure of the brand. It was all of $50 so I figured I'd give it a try. Seems to actually be working pretty good.

 

[Alfang]

I love it, I think you did a great job on the finnish.  Is the momentary switch an "off" switch?  dumb question I guess, what else could it be        And where did you find a floyd knock off for $50.00

 

[Mor Paul]

Looks very different.

I like it.

 

[DonBot]

Thank you!

The floyd I found on ebay. I think it was actually around $54 or something. Not bad for brand new.

Oh, and the momentary switch just kills the sound for as long as I hold it down. I'm a huge Buckethead fan and you can hear it a lot in his music. Makes for a nice effect.

 

[-CB-]

Not quite the same shade as Barney....  I like it!~  Sort of a Pepto-Bismol "after the Drambuie" shade there.  Very interesting.  Very tasty.  Thats sure to turn heads.  Which way... I cant say. :icon_biggrin:

 

[DonBot]

lol! Thanks. Yeah, when I was getting the color mixed, the girl at the counter came over, opened the can and said..."Oops. I think I mixed it a little too pink." I just said "PERFECT! It's going on a very "80s" guitar anyway."

 

[blue313]

Just my two cents.   If it works, then hold off on the OFR until this one ceases to do the job for you.  Otherwise, that looks like pretty done.  :headbang:

 

[DonBot]

Yeah. You're right. I'm not real big on using the trem. I just really like the double locking aspect of it, for the most part. Well, and the looks.  :icon_biggrin:
I figure if I happen to come across a good deal on a used black OFR in the future, I'll snag it. But if not, no big deal.

 

[back2thefutre]

way cool dude! Good luck getting that thing in that case. :laughing11:

 

[Unwound G]

Nice clean work,  Very organized layout.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Great looking guitar! And a Buckethead-style kill switch is a bunch of laughs to play around with. Me likes.

 

[Nando Vallart]

Interesting!

 

[Mor Paul]

Look at this guy... he stained the inside of the spring cavity the same as the top. Cool.

 

[MUYFUE]

Look at this guy... he stained the inside of the spring cavity the same as the top. Cool.

yeah I saw that...Very close attention to detail.
This guitar is about as different from my style as possible, but...I'm...drawn to it...somehow!
Pretty killer!  :headbang:

 

[simple]

Yep, very cool build there!  :headbang:

 

[CrackedPepper]

Very cool, very 80s - get out your spandex and tease out yer hair!  arty07:

 

[exaN]

This one has 80s written all over it

Very original build man, 5 stars

 

[DonBot]

Haha. Thanks, guys. What can I say... I am a huge fan of the 80s! ccasion14: And yeah, working on finding a case for this thing. The one in the pics is just there so I had something to lay it on. Still working on finding a proper case for this thing. :icon_biggrin: