For some time now, I've been building Warmoth Les Pauls, with one great purpose: my own 'inspired by' series! and now, I'm almost done. this is the story.
This guitar is my first Warmoth. Its a korina/flamed maple body, rosewood neck and fingerboard, and a customfinish. the inspiration was Mark Tremonti in a very high degree (prs-> rosewood neck, Tremonti: singlecut+tremolo) and lesser degree Tony Iommi (crosses) and Justin Hawkins (flashy looks overall). the 3 pickup is something of my own. I just like 3 pickup guitars.
see the flamed korina back :hello2:
This is my number 2. I traded this guitar
for this one:
I just like les pauls more! this one has a braz. rosewood neck and fingerboard, custom paint, custom inlay, custom pickups. this one was actually build by someone else (though,the specs are so, that I could've ordered this one too), and eventhough I've took this one more apart than my bike, it still feels like someone else's build.
This one is my number 3.
first, the kisekae-drawing
and now the real guitar:
I like the idea that the real guitar resembles the kisekae-drawing so much. the inspiration here was a guitar of someone I know in the Netherlands (unknown guy), Jan Akkerman, and my own guitar. When I ordered, there was a walnut top and koa back available, but I asked for a koa top and walnut back, because I felt the walnut would give it more tightness and 'scream' and the koa would smooth it out a bit, just like the sound of my black les paul custom. and really, these 2 guitars, despite different woods and constructions, sound very, VERY much alike. thus: mission acomplished!
3 weeks ago, I wanted to get my new project under way asap. I wanted an Ace Frehley Tribute and an Jan Akkerman tribute.
jan akkerman
ace frehley.
this is how the guitars turned out!
I mailed Warmoth for a body in cherryburst, but due to slow emails, the body got sold before the order was final, so I bought the fireburstbody, which has quilt maple instead of flame, but hey, you dont hear me complaining! happy little accidents, to quote Bob Ross.
I also made a little change. I wanted to see FRETBOARD instead of blocks or whatever. The showcase necks were just fine! cool grain on the fingerboard, good profile, no big inlay, raw necks, and dead cheap. I bought them.
the other change I made was to have a set of gold pickups (jb/jazz) in the fireburst instead of cream superdistortions.
1: I dont like those cream pickups.
2: I dont like superdistortions
3: I have already pickups like them (but more tight and more high end) in a guitar
4: when I hit hard, the string will get stuck under the bobbin, so: covers! And I like gold, so I got gold.
The guitars will get 3 pickups later in their life, but I dont have the money at the moment to buy them, not even 30$ for a GFS crappy pickup.I would have if I didnt buy rio grandes and seymour duncans, but I didnt want to compromise on tone.
so, this is my set
I will give you some more pics.
oh, and this is me, holding the body.
just look how DAMN tight the neck-body joint is!
This guitar is my first Warmoth. Its a korina/flamed maple body, rosewood neck and fingerboard, and a customfinish. the inspiration was Mark Tremonti in a very high degree (prs-> rosewood neck, Tremonti: singlecut+tremolo) and lesser degree Tony Iommi (crosses) and Justin Hawkins (flashy looks overall). the 3 pickup is something of my own. I just like 3 pickup guitars.
see the flamed korina back :hello2:
This is my number 2. I traded this guitar
I just like les pauls more! this one has a braz. rosewood neck and fingerboard, custom paint, custom inlay, custom pickups. this one was actually build by someone else (though,the specs are so, that I could've ordered this one too), and eventhough I've took this one more apart than my bike, it still feels like someone else's build.
This one is my number 3.
first, the kisekae-drawing
and now the real guitar:
I like the idea that the real guitar resembles the kisekae-drawing so much. the inspiration here was a guitar of someone I know in the Netherlands (unknown guy), Jan Akkerman, and my own guitar. When I ordered, there was a walnut top and koa back available, but I asked for a koa top and walnut back, because I felt the walnut would give it more tightness and 'scream' and the koa would smooth it out a bit, just like the sound of my black les paul custom. and really, these 2 guitars, despite different woods and constructions, sound very, VERY much alike. thus: mission acomplished!
3 weeks ago, I wanted to get my new project under way asap. I wanted an Ace Frehley Tribute and an Jan Akkerman tribute.
jan akkerman
ace frehley.
this is how the guitars turned out!
I mailed Warmoth for a body in cherryburst, but due to slow emails, the body got sold before the order was final, so I bought the fireburstbody, which has quilt maple instead of flame, but hey, you dont hear me complaining! happy little accidents, to quote Bob Ross.
I also made a little change. I wanted to see FRETBOARD instead of blocks or whatever. The showcase necks were just fine! cool grain on the fingerboard, good profile, no big inlay, raw necks, and dead cheap. I bought them.
the other change I made was to have a set of gold pickups (jb/jazz) in the fireburst instead of cream superdistortions.
1: I dont like those cream pickups.
2: I dont like superdistortions
3: I have already pickups like them (but more tight and more high end) in a guitar
4: when I hit hard, the string will get stuck under the bobbin, so: covers! And I like gold, so I got gold.
The guitars will get 3 pickups later in their life, but I dont have the money at the moment to buy them, not even 30$ for a GFS crappy pickup.I would have if I didnt buy rio grandes and seymour duncans, but I didnt want to compromise on tone.
so, this is my set
I will give you some more pics.
oh, and this is me, holding the body.
just look how DAMN tight the neck-body joint is!
