Quilt Maple S Style

[drewriviera]

Here is my new Warmoth S style to replace my Carvin Bolt that had an awful Wilkinson VS100 tremolo on it. I got this since I could not find another company that offered the Floyd angled pocket. The specs are as follows:

3A Birdseye Warhead standard thin PRO construction neck w/black ebony fretboard. Warmoth radius with 6105 frets

Copperhead quilt maple top w/black back. Alder body. This was a showcase item. Rout for Floyd angled pocket, universal pickups and battery box

White EMG SA/SA/85 with SPC

Gold hardware

Floyd Rose original tremolo

Schaller locking tuners

:help: I haven't done a custom guitar since the mid 90's when I did a Warmoth V. I was wondering if someone could help me with the shielding? I have shielding paint but I did the other one with tape. How far do I need to extend the paint? Into the tremolo cavity? Into the battery box cavity? What should the paint not come into contact with? Thank you

 

[croquet hoop]

In your case, since you'll be using EMG active pickups, you do not need to bother with shielding. At all.

"Awful VS-100"? What was wrong with your unit ?

Otherwise, congrats on receiving your parts, looks like you made fine choices. I hope you'll post pics of the completed guitar when it's done.

 

[drewriviera]

I just hated the action of the Wilkinson. To me, it was kind of lifeless and stiff. I don't divebomb really, but I could never get it set to a happy medium even adding small vibrato to chords and such. To get the subtle vibrato I always had to move it up and down an extreme amount. (Even with 3 springs in the back and tons of adjustments that I did to it) It also didn't really have enough heft to be really stable since from time to time I put part of my hand on the bridge, which I know I shouldn't do with a tremolo anyway. The gold plating on the Wilkinson started peeling as soon as I laid eyes on it! Other than that tremolo, I loved the Carvin and was looking for a close replacement while getting options that they didn't offer. All of the Warmoth stuff is top quality and the staff are very helpful as well!
I appreciate the info about the EMG's not having to be shielded. I had read that the ground did not need to be hooked to the bridge using EMG's, but I did not know that you did not have to shield any part of the cavity...that should make it easy then! I will definitely post some pics of it finished.