New video: What if Malcolm Young played a Wramoth?

[aarontunes]

Lots of positive feedback on this one! What do you think?

 

[bonesofwrath]

For the big reveal you should've panned the guitar hard right and just left the left side silent.

 

[Spud]

Lots of positive feedback on this one! What do you think?

I watched the whole video, did you have Warmoth drill all the holes or no?

 

[supertruper1988]

Looks awesome!

 

[bonesofwrath]

I think Warmoth drilled the volume pot and bridge post holes since 1) AA is stumping for the W and 2) had he elected to drill it himself it would probably be for a specific reason he would've told us about (ie I like it here). He gave plenty of detail on the pickup routing. And 3) Aaron has warned us previously about wild hair builds. (Which i frequently ignore Sorry dude, advice noted.)

 

[desertrider13]

The video was great. I really like it without the F holes. Possibly a stupid question but, on the builder the Mooncaster is listed as a hollow carved top. Is it fully a hollowbody? Or is it a center block design. Thanks all.

 

[aarontunes]

I watched the whole video, did you have Warmoth drill all the holes or no?

The volume knob is one of the stock positions from the Mooncaster builder choices. I just went with that, because if you look at my pics of my original Gretch Malcolm Young model, it also clear out by the edge of the body.

I think Warmoth drilled the volume pot and bridge post holes since 1) AA is stumping for the W and 2) had he elected to drill it himself it would probably be for a specific reason he would've told us about (ie I like it here). He gave plenty of detail on the pickup routing. And 3) Aaron has warned us previously about wild hair builds. (Which i frequently ignore Sorry dude, advice noted.)

Would be easy enough to drill your own if you wanted them in custom positions. The control cavity in cavernous.

I stump for Warmoth to be sure, but they also give me the latitude to do just about anything I want in these videos, including reviewing things and giving my honest opinions about products Warmoth doesn't sell, going rogue on build specs, etc.

 

[Rick]

Looks great (and sounds great), though I'm wondering what the original bigsby was like. Can you even put a bigsby on a mooncaster? Maybe.

 

[TBurst Std]

It’s neither. It’s a heavily routed body with a top cap. It is not built with separate sides and back like a hollow (330) or a semi (335 hollow with a center block). Think modern Ric 360.

 

[aarontunes]

The video was great. I really like it without the F holes. Possibly a stupid question but, on the builder the Mooncaster is listed as a hollow carved top. Is it fully a hollowbody? Or is it a center block design. Thanks all.

Hollow body, chambered, thinline, et al; the delineations between all those things can get a little loosey-goosey. The Mooncaster is listed as a hollow carved top, but it's not a true hollow body in the sense that a Gretsch is. But it is also definitely more than simply "chambered" or "thinline".

The entire body core is cut from a single piece of wood, and the wings are completely hollowed out. Then the top is glued on.

When Ken Warmoth was developing the Mooncaster, he actually purchased a custom shop Gibson 339, because they are made the same way. It's still sitting in the Warmoth headquarters, nearly untouched for 15 years. I've been scheming about how to "permanently borrow" it for that entire time. Creative suggestions are welcomed.

 

[bonesofwrath]

I stump for Warmoth to be sure, but they also give me the latitude to do just about anything I want in these videos, including reviewing things and giving my honest opinions about products Warmoth doesn't sell, going rogue on build specs, etc.

I didn't mean that in a bad way just that if it wasn't a stock offering you would have likely explained it, if only to avoid questions about why can't I get that location in the builder?

 

[aarontunes]

I didn't mean that in a bad way just that if it wasn't a stock offering you would have likely explained it, if only to avoid questions about why can't I get that location in the builder?

No worries. I didn't take it that way.

 

[Strat Avenger]

I think it's cool, and looks even better than the Gretsch.

 

[mayfly]

Hey! did you record the guitars with the guitar? If you know what I mean...

 

[desertrider13]

Hollow body, chambered, thinline, et al; the delineations between all those things can get a little loosey-goosey. The Mooncaster is listed as a hollow carved top, but it's not a true hollow body in the sense that a Gretsch is. But it is also definitely more than simply "chambered" or "thinline".

The entire body core is cut from a single piece of wood, and the wings are completely hollowed out. Then the top is glued on.

When Ken Warmoth was developing the Mooncaster, he actually purchased a custom shop Gibson 339, because they are made the same way. It's still sitting in the Warmoth headquarters, nearly untouched for 15 years. I've been scheming about how to "permanently borrow" it for that entire time. Creative suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks Aaron that explains everything!

 

[Hodgo]

When Ken Warmoth was developing the Mooncaster, he actually purchased a custom shop Gibson 339, because they are made the same way. It's still sitting in the Warmoth headquarters, nearly untouched for 15 years. I've been scheming about how to "permanently borrow" it for that entire time. Creative suggestions are welcomed.

You’re the marketing guy, surely you have a pitch

I mean have you recorded a Set Neck vs Bolt On video? Gibson vs Warmoth? How about a video comparing the various chambering options? I bet you have years of video topics in the hole you need a Gibson reference for

If all else fails say “Hodgo, one of our customers who spends thousands a year, is threatening to shop elsewhere if you don’t gimmedat Gibby”

 

[supertruper1988]

Hollow body, chambered, thinline, et al; the delineations between all those things can get a little loosey-goosey. The Mooncaster is listed as a hollow carved top, but it's not a true hollow body in the sense that a Gretsch is. But it is also definitely more than simply "chambered" or "thinline".

The entire body core is cut from a single piece of wood, and the wings are completely hollowed out. Then the top is glued on.

When Ken Warmoth was developing the Mooncaster, he actually purchased a custom shop Gibson 339, because they are made the same way. It's still sitting in the Warmoth headquarters, nearly untouched for 15 years. I've been scheming about how to "permanently borrow" it for that entire time. Creative suggestions are welcomed.

336 is the model you’re looking for but yes that’s one of my white whales.

 

[bonesofwrath]

When Ken Warmoth was developing the Mooncaster, he actually purchased a custom shop Gibson 339, because they are made the same way. It's still sitting in the Warmoth headquarters, nearly untouched for 15 years. I've been scheming about how to "permanently borrow" it for that entire time. Creative suggestions are welcomed.

Hmm offsite storage - ya know keeping all the eggs in one basket. Yeah thats the ticket

 

[Floyd_Argus]

Hollow body, chambered, thinline, et al; the delineations between all those things can get a little loosey-goosey. The Mooncaster is listed as a hollow carved top, but it's not a true hollow body in the sense that a Gretsch is. But it is also definitely more than simply "chambered" or "thinline".

The entire body core is cut from a single piece of wood, and the wings are completely hollowed out. Then the top is glued on.

When Ken Warmoth was developing the Mooncaster, he actually purchased a custom shop Gibson 339, because they are made the same way. It's still sitting in the Warmoth headquarters, nearly untouched for 15 years. I've been scheming about how to "permanently borrow" it for that entire time. Creative suggestions are welcomed.

Make a video going into details about the origins of the Mooncaster, how its built and its specs, and say you need to borrow the 339 to do that (and really, the 339 should be included in such a video).

By the way, I am still unclear about the Mooncaster: does it have a center block or no? And if it doesn't have a center block, then why also is not correct to call it fully hollow?

 

[stratamania]

By the way, I am still unclear about the Mooncaster: does it have a center block or no? And if it doesn't have a center block, then why also is not correct to call it fully hollow?

See body constructions - https://warmoth.com/guitar-chambered-bodies

A single piece of wood is taken to create the body shape, and the hollow parts are hollowed out and most of the centre left intact to accomodate, bridge, pickup routs, neck joint etc. A lam top if then glued on.

It has no separate centre block as a body such as a true laminate back top and sides hollow body would have. So in that sense this is why the mooncaster is not fully hollow in the traditional sense of a hollow body.

Origins of the Mooncaster would be the Fender Starcaster which are described as semi-hollow.

Actually the term semi-hollow might be better for Warmoth to use as a term for this construction type. @aarontunes