Rant: Fender decals on Warmoth necks.

[warcripp]

I feel that if i buy something and i want to put a certain kind of decal WHATEVER IT MAY BE that is entirely up to me. however if some one is falsely representing a reproduction as an original that is wrong.

 

[lightguy]

Sorry but Warmoth decals don't look good. The little turtle is it? Fender Stratocaster logo belongs there & the little sticker that says contour body  :glasses9:, has got to be there. Not a little turtle.  :tard:

 

[rahimiiii]

I think the Warmoth decal only looks good on something that is unique to Warmoth, such as Gecko bass, Warmoth peghead shape, etc. Sorry, something that looks like a Fender Stratocaster or a Les paul that says something other than Fender or Gibson just plain looks cheap.

 

[guitlouie]

Ha!  I just don't really care what others do all that much.  In my own experience, limited as it is, the first Warmoth I built, I was damn proud to have a guitar I had put together myself, from the best parts available, and I did put a Warmoth decal on it, albeit without the Turtle (yes, I think the turtle is goofy too).  So along comes build number two and I ordered one of the smoked chrome metal deacals, thinking that I was going to feel the same way about this one.  Well, trouble is the headstock on my second one (goncalo alves) looks sooo freaking cool the way it is, I couldn't imagine putting anything on there. 

 

[-CB-]

Just a little reality check -

Legal issues with putting Fender on a non Fender instrument?  How many of the parts have to be OEM Fender to qualify as still being "Fender".

Legal issues with putting Warmoth on a completed guitar made from Warmoth parts, with no, or insubstantial Fender content?  Warmoth is in the replacement parts business, not in the "parts to make a complete guitar" business.  Fine line there... Putting that W sticker on it... obscures that line a bit.

Not like a give a flying rats ass.

 

[OzziePete]

If I had to replace my Fender Strat neck (which I do, btw), I would prefer to replace it with a neck of the quality that Warmoth put out. Would I get a Warmoth neck and source a Fender decal for this guitar? For me, personally, the answer would be no.

I am however, contemplating replacing both the Fender body and neck with Warmoth parts and placing all my pickups, tuners and other hardware onto the Warmoth body and neck of my choice. While I love the sound I get from the Fender pickups and the trem it has, the neck is the wrong scale for me, and the body is scuffed up. A better quality of wood in the body and a 24.75" scale conversion neck would actually improve my opinion of the instrument.

The Strat in question is a 1983 MIJ 57 reissue, and it's resale value is low anyways. Different set of principles if I had a Custom Shop Strat or some special Limited Edition or Signature series.

If however, the neck scale wasn't an issue and the body was still OK to me, and there came a time to replace the neck, I'd be sourcing a Fender replacement neck, which I believe, can be obtained so long as you can prove the authenticity of the guitar you have. If the Fender neck got the decal scarped off somehow, I'd be miffed, but doubt I'd bother getting a replacement decal (unless it came time to sell the guitar).

 

[willyk]

Sorry but Warmoth decals don't look good. The little turtle is it? Fender Stratocaster logo belongs there & the little sticker that says contour body  :glasses9:, has got to be there. Not a little turtle.  :tard:

I like the Warmoth decal, although I never used the turtle

nowadays I use this..

 

[GoDrex]

Sorry, something that looks like a Fender Stratocaster or a Les paul that says something other than Fender or Gibson just plain looks cheap.

I've always been cheap... cheap all the way. I can barely afford cheap, let alone expensive.