teleme01
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for starters, i never seem to capitalize or end sentences... . I am that newbie guy, I first took guitar lessons in 1975, went to college and studied music theory from 78-83, played in the "B" band, not the A band, played in a jazz trio in 2012 until they kicked me out :headbanging:
my 1st build was in 2018 maybe, fretwire semi hollow lp kit, threw glitter on the paint job, replaced all the hardware, had PRails with triple threat mounts, etc etc ... its ok for a $169 kit guitar but nothing like warmoth parts. total buiid cost around $850
2nd build was a stewmac 335 kit, again replaced all hardware, etc. glued the neck on with a couple of bad angles, string ran off fret and had no neck angle. Stewmac sent a replacement kit and let me keep the one i had, took the neck off and reglued, looks ugly but plays great, put pearly gates with page wiring. great axe for a $299 kit guitar, total cost around 900
3rd build was a BYO solid maple top lp, again replaced all hardware with stewmac parts and i had seth lovers with page wiring installed. probably wrong pickups for guitar, will probably pull those pickups and put them on the 4th build.
4th build was the replacement 335 kit from stewmac, again swapped all hardware etc etc etc , stained and put wipe on poly, put a trapeze bridge and did i mention that i changed the nuts on all of them, at one point having zero fret, bone, tusq and supplied plastic. will eventually put the seth lovers on this guitar, but in no hurry. ps... i love stewmac
5th build was my 1st warmoth and my 1st fenderesq guitar to own. i built a roasted ash strat, wilkinson bridge, fralin split blade blues loaded pickguard, ebony on ebony neck with corian earvana nut and klusson locking tuners. on this one i actually soldered the output jack onto the pickguard assembly myself :headbang: the total build cost around $1500 i guess, saw the difference between the other necks and the warmoth neck...
with each adventure, i learn more about the process from my mistakes, and am seeing better builders who are offering finished guitars cheaper than i can build them, but, its a fun hobby... when i mess them up with a blemish, they are my blemishes :glasses9:
my next build is on order, walnut thinline with 2 p90s, rear routed strat controls, 510 tremolo... the neck is shipped, roasted maple with bucote, ss6105 frets and tusq earvana nut. This nut is 1 mm smaller than 1 11/16 and 1 mm larger than 1 5/8 nut ... never had experience with that nut size before ... didnt even know they made that many nut sizes ... plan on putting a varitone on this build.
long story short, i live in the woods, 70 miles from nearest guitar store, my hobby is playing and building guitars, i am a newbie and i ask dumb questions. over 60, ocd, shaky hands, curious. Should not be building expensive guitars but im gonna do it anyway. :rock-on:
my 1st build was in 2018 maybe, fretwire semi hollow lp kit, threw glitter on the paint job, replaced all the hardware, had PRails with triple threat mounts, etc etc ... its ok for a $169 kit guitar but nothing like warmoth parts. total buiid cost around $850
2nd build was a stewmac 335 kit, again replaced all hardware, etc. glued the neck on with a couple of bad angles, string ran off fret and had no neck angle. Stewmac sent a replacement kit and let me keep the one i had, took the neck off and reglued, looks ugly but plays great, put pearly gates with page wiring. great axe for a $299 kit guitar, total cost around 900
3rd build was a BYO solid maple top lp, again replaced all hardware with stewmac parts and i had seth lovers with page wiring installed. probably wrong pickups for guitar, will probably pull those pickups and put them on the 4th build.
4th build was the replacement 335 kit from stewmac, again swapped all hardware etc etc etc , stained and put wipe on poly, put a trapeze bridge and did i mention that i changed the nuts on all of them, at one point having zero fret, bone, tusq and supplied plastic. will eventually put the seth lovers on this guitar, but in no hurry. ps... i love stewmac
5th build was my 1st warmoth and my 1st fenderesq guitar to own. i built a roasted ash strat, wilkinson bridge, fralin split blade blues loaded pickguard, ebony on ebony neck with corian earvana nut and klusson locking tuners. on this one i actually soldered the output jack onto the pickguard assembly myself :headbang: the total build cost around $1500 i guess, saw the difference between the other necks and the warmoth neck...
with each adventure, i learn more about the process from my mistakes, and am seeing better builders who are offering finished guitars cheaper than i can build them, but, its a fun hobby... when i mess them up with a blemish, they are my blemishes :glasses9:
my next build is on order, walnut thinline with 2 p90s, rear routed strat controls, 510 tremolo... the neck is shipped, roasted maple with bucote, ss6105 frets and tusq earvana nut. This nut is 1 mm smaller than 1 11/16 and 1 mm larger than 1 5/8 nut ... never had experience with that nut size before ... didnt even know they made that many nut sizes ... plan on putting a varitone on this build.
long story short, i live in the woods, 70 miles from nearest guitar store, my hobby is playing and building guitars, i am a newbie and i ask dumb questions. over 60, ocd, shaky hands, curious. Should not be building expensive guitars but im gonna do it anyway. :rock-on:
