Hey all.... This board rocks :headbang1:! I've been a guest for a while, but finally registered today....
I'm more of a collector, gearhead, & reader of technical information than I am a player these days, but I do try to make some noise now and then
arty07:.
I currently own several Fenders, a Les Paul, and an Ibanez bass, but the one that's always leaning on the amp and the one I always seem to pick up and enjoy the most is my homemade Warmoth Soloist (or whatever the Soloist was called in 1989).
Storytime - In 1989, I needed a home for a DiMarzio PAF and an Ibanez Edge tremolo that I got for next to nothing. I saw an ad in either Guitar or Guitar World magazine for Warmoth - I phoned them up & they mailed me a catalogue (pre-net info-hunting sucked, didn't it!). Once I'd decided on the body style & rout options, I called them back, placed my order (note the 80's EVH-style slant on the p/u - all the rage back then), and flew out to pick it up. I remember that both me and the person at Warmoth were a little aprehensive about putting in the Edge tremolo into a recessed pullback rout for an original Floyd - the Edge had only been out for about a year at most, and they were pretty scarce as a replacement part, so there was some worry that it wouldn't fit. It worked (barely!), and the rest you can see for yourself (so long as I can figure out how to attach the pics!).
Specs
1989 Soloist (or whatever it was called then) body - alder
Maple/Rosewood neck - unfinished (and smooth as butter!)
DiMarzio PAF
Edge Tremolo w/Floyd nut
? Tuners
Gibson 500k pots (tone-.047uf film cap.)
9-49's
3rd finish job in 19yrs (it's a bloody Etch-A-Sketch!)
Thanks for looking, and thanks for keeping up one awesome board. I have a sneaking suspicion that there's a few more Warmoth's left in me - but don't tell my wife!
John
I'm more of a collector, gearhead, & reader of technical information than I am a player these days, but I do try to make some noise now and then
arty07:. I currently own several Fenders, a Les Paul, and an Ibanez bass, but the one that's always leaning on the amp and the one I always seem to pick up and enjoy the most is my homemade Warmoth Soloist (or whatever the Soloist was called in 1989).
Storytime - In 1989, I needed a home for a DiMarzio PAF and an Ibanez Edge tremolo that I got for next to nothing. I saw an ad in either Guitar or Guitar World magazine for Warmoth - I phoned them up & they mailed me a catalogue (pre-net info-hunting sucked, didn't it!). Once I'd decided on the body style & rout options, I called them back, placed my order (note the 80's EVH-style slant on the p/u - all the rage back then), and flew out to pick it up. I remember that both me and the person at Warmoth were a little aprehensive about putting in the Edge tremolo into a recessed pullback rout for an original Floyd - the Edge had only been out for about a year at most, and they were pretty scarce as a replacement part, so there was some worry that it wouldn't fit. It worked (barely!), and the rest you can see for yourself (so long as I can figure out how to attach the pics!).
Specs
1989 Soloist (or whatever it was called then) body - alder
Maple/Rosewood neck - unfinished (and smooth as butter!)
DiMarzio PAF
Edge Tremolo w/Floyd nut
? Tuners
Gibson 500k pots (tone-.047uf film cap.)
9-49's
3rd finish job in 19yrs (it's a bloody Etch-A-Sketch!)
Thanks for looking, and thanks for keeping up one awesome board. I have a sneaking suspicion that there's a few more Warmoth's left in me - but don't tell my wife!
John
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