New strat - second build.

[runem]

Hi fellow Warmoth-people.

So it happend, I found an excuse to build me a second Warmoth-strat...

I used the neck of a 1979 us strat for an other project, and wanted to put the rest of the guitar - except the boatanker body with awfull amateurish refinish - to good use. So i had a bunch of hardware, pickups and electronics from a 79' strat... If that isnt a good excuse for building a Warmoth I don't know what is...

So i ordered body, screeningfoil, strap-pins and neck+tuners and stringtrees... The the rest i took from the old strat.

When i had put it together i wasn't satisfied with the white pickupcovers and black knobs I had mounted it with. That was the original idea for the design, but it just didn't give me visual satisfaction...

It stood clear to me, that chrome was the way to go... So i ordered three chrome-covers and some black chrome knobs with abalone inlays. The neck has greenbluish abalone-inlays, so i thought it would go well together...


So... A few pics from the process, and some of the final result of course too 


Yay... Items arive... All of you must know the feeling of pure happiness from recieving a shipment from warmoth

Getting ready to build.

Screening done.

Tuners and trees done.

All parts put together... But had to wait with strings, as i realised white/black plastic wasn't gonna work.

Ordered chrome!!!

Beautiful birdseye maple neck.

And the complete guitar:

And my two Warmoths together...

And the dog on the couch. Obviously loathing me and the camera for interrupting her chewing in a bone.

Very happy with the guitar. The chrome covers worked very well. And the knobs too... Not much classic strat over this guitar. But whats the point in building a fenderclone 

Here is the rest of the electric family. Its my first mapleneck... But i dont think, that will be a problem at all!

 

[mgaut051]

Nice group shot. 

Good job on the strat, ballsy for the chrome covers - reminds me a little of those lipstick strats...

 

[AutoBat]

Looks good.  Thank you for not putting gold hardware anywhere on that build.

 

[drewfx]

Very nice. Love the chrome.

 

[exaN]

Really liking this man! Great build :headbang:.

 

[JaySwear]

yeah! badass. and do you have more pictures of the other strat? i'd love to see them

 

[hannaugh]

Very nice work.  I like the chrome covers.  You have quite a handsome group of guitars there.

 

[elfro89]

Welcome to the board  :icon_thumright:

Amazing guitars man, but I have to say I LOVE that dog!  :laughing7:

 

[Patriot54]

Wow - this guitar is incredible. The combination of black and chrome and the way the fret inlays and knobs match the finish - gives me some ideas for a future build I want to do in blue/green finish.

 

[Jusatele]

nice build, looks great

BTW we need to take all the pics with feet in them and make an album , I find it very funny that so many of us, including me have taken pics of our guitars with our feet in them.

 

[runem]

Looks good.  Thank you for not putting gold hardware anywhere on that build.

Haha... The vintage stuff i had was chrome, and somehow i think it would have been a bit vulgar with gold on it... In my opinion gold hardware works best on more simple finishes - black, blue white etc... Chrome is the new black!

 

[runem]

yeah! badass. and do you have more pictures of the other strat? i'd love to see them

Actually i posted it some while ago, when i had just finished it. There is a thread with it here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=11494.msg156756#msg156756

 

[runem]

Welcome to the board  :icon_thumright:

Amazing guitars man, but I have to say I LOVE that dog!  :laughing7:

Hehe... My girlfriend works with animals and naturally wanted a dog. She's very understanding with me having 10 guitars hanging in the livingroom, so of course she could have a dog... And hey - that little bugger is great in every way. Its named Hollie by the way. She and the other puppies were all named after summerrelated songs. So her official name is "Summer Holiday" after Cliff Richards tune... One of her brothers was named "Summertime Blues" 

One more picture for the dog-people:

Plan is to breed on her (or how you say that in english). And girffriend wants us to name the pups after guitars.

I allready have decided, that the male pup we keep is gonna be named "Gibson".

Well... Thats enough dog-talk


She is known as Dog of ROCK!

 

[runem]

Wow - this guitar is incredible. The combination of black and chrome and the way the fret inlays and knobs match the finish - gives me some ideas for a future build I want to do in blue/green finish.

Glad i could inspire... And that you got the point with the inlays, knobs and finish... I was afraid it would be to corny - but i think it looks classy in combination with the chrome.

 

[elfro89]

Welcome to the board  :icon_thumright:

Amazing guitars man, but I have to say I LOVE that dog!  :laughing7:

Hehe... My girlfriend works with animals and naturally wanted a dog. She's very understanding with me having 10 guitars hanging in the livingroom, so of course she could have a dog... And hey - that little bugger is great in every way. Its named Hollie by the way. She and the other puppies were all named after summerrelated songs. So her official name is "Summer Holiday" after Cliff Richards tune... One of her brothers was named "Summertime Blues" 

One more picture for the dog-people:

Plan is to breed on her (or how you say that in english). And girffriend wants us to name the pups after guitars.

I allready have decided, that the male pup we keep is gonna be named "Gibson".

Well... Thats enough dog-talk


She is known as Dog of ROCK!

You should make that your Display pic!

haha, whenever I can put my guitar down long enough to hunt for a girlfriend there is 3 things she must be/have.

1. Worship Van Halen more then me.
2. Be a redhead.  :laughing7:
3. Understand that my guitar will always mean more to me then her, and if there was a fire I'd save them first.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Jusatele]

one of my dogs

elfro

ya know, I was married to a woman once who did not like my guitars, came home from working one saturday and she had sold my Sunn Amp

well a few years later after we divorced I decided I would never put up with someone getting between me and my love of music

for the next 10 years I told all the women I dated that the guitars and motorcycles were not going to go away, they would leave before them, and a few tried to push that issue and were shown the door.
I have been married for 11 years now to a woman who understands that I keep an amp in the living room, that if I turn on the radio or the stereo that the TV goes off, that I will play out all night and that I ride my bike when I want.
She also knows that if allowed such I treat her better than her friends get treated, and she knows I do not cheat on her. Yes sometimes she can get upset if I spend a night out playing till 5 or 6 in the morning, but she knows I always call her and let her know where I am, that I do not drive drunk and most times I am out that late is because I do not drive till I know I can. Not only that but she knows I am who I am because I of that guitar.

 

[elfro89]

nice jusatele! My mother used to have a similar dog, I Love how lazy they look!


Damn straight on the woman front, the main reason why I don't have a girlfriend is because there is a distinct lack of red head van halen fans.  :icon_tongue:
I don't bother with it cause I hate this hole make-up break-up crap. When the right wench appears she appears, until that day my guitars are the only thing I waste my time on.

 

[runem]

Welcome to the board  :icon_thumright:

Amazing guitars man, but I have to say I LOVE that dog!  :laughing7:

Hehe... My girlfriend works with animals and naturally wanted a dog. She's very understanding with me having 10 guitars hanging in the livingroom, so of course she could have a dog... And hey - that little bugger is great in every way. Its named Hollie by the way. She and the other puppies were all named after summerrelated songs. So her official name is "Summer Holiday" after Cliff Richards tune... One of her brothers was named "Summertime Blues" 

One more picture for the dog-people:

Plan is to breed on her (or how you say that in english). And girffriend wants us to name the pups after guitars.

I allready have decided, that the male pup we keep is gonna be named "Gibson".

Well... Thats enough dog-talk


She is known as Dog of ROCK!

You should make that your Display pic!

haha, whenever I can put my guitar down long enough to hunt for a girlfriend there is 3 things she must be/have.

1. Worship Van Halen more then me.
2. Be a redhead.  :laughing7:
3. Understand that my guitar will always mean more to me then her, and if there was a fire I'd save them first.  :icon_jokercolor:

Haha... Well - mine is a redhead 

The was allways a lot of music in her family, and she likes the guitars, as they actually fits the room. Only rule is: "None of those ugle heavy-metal thingies!"... And i can live with that!

That last part i don't know tho... Hehe... Haven't had a fire yet - so no reason to let them know...

 

[elfro89]

A dog, a red-headed girl and a fine collection of guitars, man you got it made!  :headbang:

 

[runem]

one of my dogs

elfro

ya know, I was married to a woman once who did not like my guitars, came home from working one saturday and she had sold my Sunn Amp

well a few years later after we divorced I decided I would never put up with someone getting between me and my love of music

for the next 10 years I told all the women I dated that the guitars and motorcycles were not going to go away, they would leave before them, and a few tried to push that issue and were shown the door.
I have been married for 11 years now to a woman who understands that I keep an amp in the living room, that if I turn on the radio or the stereo that the TV goes off, that I will play out all night and that I ride my bike when I want.
She also knows that if allowed such I treat her better than her friends get treated, and she knows I do not cheat on her. Yes sometimes she can get upset if I spend a night out playing till 5 or 6 in the morning, but she knows I always call her and let her know where I am, that I do not drive drunk and most times I am out that late is because I do not drive till I know I can. Not only that but she knows I am who I am because I of that guitar.

Hehe... Thats a big mouth on that dog

Think you got a point about the women. Luckely i seem to have found the good kinda woman before getting married to one of the wrong kind...