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Question on pickup routing

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Yes the EMG routing works for Lace pickups. My very first build was done this way. The only drawback is if you wish to put something different there in the future it can limit your choices. If I did it again I most likely would have used standard routing and then used trim rings to mount the pickups or just leave them as is. That looks fine too.

 
Thanks for the quick reply.  That's a nice looking strat!  Hopefully I can order mine tomorrow.
 
Before you order, ask every question you can think of, that way you will get what you want
I hung around about 6 weeks and learned so much I totally rethought my order and what I ordered was not what I thought of when I got here :icon_thumright:
 
I think I've spent  the equivalent of 6 weeks on Warmoth's website over the past week or two.  I think I've been through the guitar builder and neck builder for just about every combination, and actually the strat body I want is in the gallery.

My original plan was sort of a Ken Lawerence clone Explorer.  But after seeing all the options available for strats, I was hooked.  Plus I did already call them and some of the options I wanted were not available for the Explorer.  I've always wanted a nice strat.  Been playing for more than 20 years and I've never owned a strat.  I have my Ibanez for shredding, but I want a strat for the SRV/Gilmour stuff.
 
Everyone needs a Strat, once you get one you will understand. Nothing feels like a strat in your hands. You can own a lot of guitars, and each for a different reason, but a strat just rocks and that is it. I love teles, have an PRS custom 22 also, but I seem to default to the my strat.
 
I placed the order.  FYI, you can get the 720 mod on showcase bodies if you have to have them routed for pickups.

Here is a pic from the showcase.  Koa on Koa.  I'm thinking about a Pau Ferro neck to go along with this.

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crash said:
I placed the order.  FYI, you can get the 720 mod on showcase bodies if you have to have them routed for pickups.

Here is a pic from the showcase.  Koa on Koa.  I'm thinking about a Pau Ferro neck to go along with this.

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Excellent choice, that's a beauty.
 
That's a beautiful body. I mean... damn!  I'd do the pau ferro neck in an instant. Pau ferro, with an ebony fingerboard and gold railroad ties, like 6105 or 6100 frets - pure sex. Pau ferro is super smooth and feels like million bucks without any finish at all, and the gold frets are as hard/smooth as glass. If you don't do those, at least do stainless steel frets. But, the gold feels just as good and would match the woods and finish like nothing else. Plus they wear forever. Be years before you'd have to do anything to them.

Damn. Good thing I didn't see that before you did. I'd have snatched that bad oscar up. That's a beautiful body! <grin>
 
crash said:
How about a neck like this:

http://www.warmoth.com/Showcase/ShowcaseNeck.aspx?i=SN8404&Body=1&Path=Neck

There are other similar necks in the gallery.  I almost prefer this one with the streak in it.  It adds character, IMHO.  Any other neck woods that you guys would suggest?  There is a Pau Ferro fretboard on Koa, but that would need a finish and I think I would prefer a raw neck.
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I like my ebony uniformly black, but that's just me. Also, you might not want anything to take the eye away from that body. Make the thing too busy, and it becomes less attractive. That body is gonna be the centerpiece, so everything around it has to be complementary, not individualistic. In any event, pau ferro is the thing to use for the neck meat, particularly if you don't want a finish. I have one here, and it's unlike anything else I've touched. Maybe a solid ebony neck would compare, or perhaps raw maple, but ebony necks are pretty dear and maple needs to be finished.
 
One more question, is there really much of a difference between the vintage and the warmoth pro?
 
crash said:
One more question, is there really much of a difference between the vintage and the warmoth pro?
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Not in feel. The "Pro" has a double-acting truss rod with both heel and side adjustments, vs. the single truss rod with either a head (vintage modern) or heel (total vintage) adjustment. The "Total Vintage" also has a uniform radius, while the "Pro" and "Modern Vintage" have compound radii, where the neck starts with a sharper radius that gradually flattens out. The compound radius is a Good Thing - makes the neck easier to play. Also, the side adjustment for the truss is handy - you don't have to remove the neck (heel only adjustment), or see the unsightly adjuster (head only adjuster). Also, the dual truss rod provides for a more stable neck, so you don't have to adjust it as often, if ever.

Long story short, unless you have issues with appearance that drive you to use ancient, inconvenient technology, buy the Pro.
 
Actually goncalo alves works really well with this body, canary not so much, also all pau ferro does to..
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Thanks for the photoshops DangerousR6.  I really like the looks of the Canary, but I think it looks too yellow on the Koa body.  This Goncalo Alves fretboard is in the Unique Choice.  I think this would look nice with the Koa.  What do you guys think?  Also, would the GA sound not bright enough?  Or am I just nitpicking?

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crash said:
One more question, is there really much of a difference between the vintage and the warmoth pro?
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As to any difference in sound/tone; not really anything that I can discern. I've bought or installed more than 25 Warmoth necks with a wide variety of woods. Once you get a Warmoth Pro neck set up, they just never seem to "move". My oldest Warmoth Pro neck is nearing 5 years installed and still is nowhere near needing any additional adjustment. If you get a Vintage Modern or Total Vintage neck you may need adjustments on a seasonal/annual basis if you/your axes live in an environment that can vary greatly in temperature/humidity.

I have "some of each" and would only order a Total Vintage neck if I was doing a build that needed to be "totally vintage".
 
crash said:
Thanks for the photoshops DangerousR6.  I really like the looks of the Canary, but I think it looks too yellow on the Koa body.  This Goncalo Alves fretboard is in the Unique Choice.  I think this would look nice with the Koa.  What do you guys think?  Also, would the GA sound not bright enough?  Or am I just nitpicking?

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get a pau ferro neck with that GA fretboard and it'll be bright enough and frighteningly badass
 
OR?

What about a wenge neck with ebony?  After a lot of searching on this forum, everybody seems to love wenge.

With this neck my guitar would look like one of my favorite drinks... A black and tan.
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So I think it comes down to either Goncalo Alves/Pau Ferro or the above Wenge/Ebony


 
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