JensLongneck
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Hi everybody,
I'm the new guy My name is Jens, i'm from Germany.
After thinking a lot about my new guitar I decided to go the warmoth-path. After long weeks of waiting a big brown truck came yesterday. It felt like christmas And man, it was worth the wait. The parts are stunning :hello2:. I got a showcase swampash thinline body with a butterscotch blonde finish and a big chunky birdseye maple neck with boatneck backcontour and abalone dots.
I allready drilled all the holes, coppershielded he cavities, wired the potis and mounted the tuning machines. Right now I'm waiting for the pickups, which should arrive today. I ordered a Fender SCN Noiseless Telecaster Pickup Set.
The only thing I'm not sure is what should I do with the neck? It is unfinished. I wanted to leave it like this because it feels great like it is. But the more I read, I'm thinking it might be safer to apply a finish. I don't think that I can do a satisfactioning laquer finish myself. My guitarteacher advised me to wax the neck. So I ordered Warwick Beeswax, but I'm still unsure about it. Anybody has expirience with unfinished maple necks? Any advise would be appreciated.
I know that the warranty is void if I don't apply a hard finish. But I'm not concernd about that, because shipping back to warmoth and then back to germany would be nearly as expensive as a new neck would be.
I've tried to make some pictures with the crappy cellphonecamera. I'll have to make better pics. Nothing is screwed together yet. It's just how it will look like.
I'm sorry for my rusty english :sad1:
Greetings,
Jens
I'm the new guy My name is Jens, i'm from Germany.
After thinking a lot about my new guitar I decided to go the warmoth-path. After long weeks of waiting a big brown truck came yesterday. It felt like christmas And man, it was worth the wait. The parts are stunning :hello2:. I got a showcase swampash thinline body with a butterscotch blonde finish and a big chunky birdseye maple neck with boatneck backcontour and abalone dots.
I allready drilled all the holes, coppershielded he cavities, wired the potis and mounted the tuning machines. Right now I'm waiting for the pickups, which should arrive today. I ordered a Fender SCN Noiseless Telecaster Pickup Set.
The only thing I'm not sure is what should I do with the neck? It is unfinished. I wanted to leave it like this because it feels great like it is. But the more I read, I'm thinking it might be safer to apply a finish. I don't think that I can do a satisfactioning laquer finish myself. My guitarteacher advised me to wax the neck. So I ordered Warwick Beeswax, but I'm still unsure about it. Anybody has expirience with unfinished maple necks? Any advise would be appreciated.
I know that the warranty is void if I don't apply a hard finish. But I'm not concernd about that, because shipping back to warmoth and then back to germany would be nearly as expensive as a new neck would be.
I've tried to make some pictures with the crappy cellphonecamera. I'll have to make better pics. Nothing is screwed together yet. It's just how it will look like.
I'm sorry for my rusty english :sad1:
Greetings,
Jens