ihavenothingprofoundtosay
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I know, I know: it doesn't exist until there are posted pics; those are coming soon, took a bunch last night during the unboxing, so when I get home from work, I'll do a few edits & throw them up.
It took me longer than I would have hoped to have it all in hand: I suddenly had to replace my roof (rather important in the Puget Sound region, even in summer) - stupid homeownership! Anyway, the deets:
- Warmoth pre-routed mahogany body blank, w/ 2 HBs (a Seymour Duncan PhatCat and a Carvin S22b), recessed TOM/angled holes, rear routed. Gorgeous wood - I had planned on dyeing/staining it cherry and going for a burst edge, then a TruOil finish. But this coloring & grain pattern are so fantastic I might just do a grainfill, then straight to TruOil. I have a few thoughts/questions on finishing, but those will go up in the DIY finish forum. The body shape is planned to be a Gibson RD at this point, though now, looking at the body blank, and not yet having done the photoshop work on my template (since I don't have an actual RD to create one from), I may have to alter it a bit; the blank may not be long enough. In that case, the final result will probably be something like an "Exarrghdeebird" (Explorer/RD/Firebird) - best said w/ a pirate accent. :icon_jokercolor: As they say, measure (and draw, sketch, revise, etc) twice (or 2 or 3 dozen times), cut once. I suspect it will be a while before I get a final shape.
- Warmoth 24.75 conversion scale LP neck, '59 roundback profile, 1 11/16" width (the wider option) mahogany, 6130 frets, Indian rosewood board, no inlays. This thing is thick - and very solid. If my brother (for whom I'm building this guitar) doesn't like it, I can easily use it as a bludgeon to smite zombies. The wood is super figured - looks like a total of 4 pieces of mahogany (3 on the shaft, 1 on the headstock scarfjoint), and one very nicely figured fretboard - this is a nice piece of rosewood that I would have paid an upcharge for. It looks like my wife's version of my mom's recipe for brownies, and is no less drool inducing.
- SD Phatcat P-90 in a humbucker slot for the neck (never tried one, but lots of glowing reviews, heard some nice samples), and a Carvin S22b humbucker (ditto) for the bridge, and a 3 way switch between the two. My brother's guitars get used in church leading worship/backing a gospel choir, and playing lead guitar for a indy/pop/[insert your personal fav "rock" genre here] band, so it needs a good balance of jangle & crunch. I'm not quite skilled enough w/electronics to do anything more complicated, otherwise, I might have gone for 2 HBs with coil taps.
- Carvin hardware (tuners, pots, knobs, jack, wiring & shielding kit, capacitor, etc), Gotoh TOM bridge.Aside from the Japan made Gotoh bridge, and whatever parts Carvin might source from overseas, it's an entirely MIA guitar. Not that I'm ethnocentric about American made stuff, but I do like the idea of buying from companies that pay a living wage. I'm not terribly comfortable with the idea of Chinese/Indonesian sweatshop products (not to mention that they tend not to be the highest quality instruments), even though I have plenty of stuff out of there already (thanks a lot, American production outsourcing! 
) Feel free to ignore any potential economic flamebait & talk about cool guitars. :toothy10:
Also: aside from Jens (see here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=9147.0), anyone know of any non-Gibson RD builds? Like, from another manufacturer copying/riffing off the Gibson design?
It took me longer than I would have hoped to have it all in hand: I suddenly had to replace my roof (rather important in the Puget Sound region, even in summer) - stupid homeownership! Anyway, the deets:
- Warmoth pre-routed mahogany body blank, w/ 2 HBs (a Seymour Duncan PhatCat and a Carvin S22b), recessed TOM/angled holes, rear routed. Gorgeous wood - I had planned on dyeing/staining it cherry and going for a burst edge, then a TruOil finish. But this coloring & grain pattern are so fantastic I might just do a grainfill, then straight to TruOil. I have a few thoughts/questions on finishing, but those will go up in the DIY finish forum. The body shape is planned to be a Gibson RD at this point, though now, looking at the body blank, and not yet having done the photoshop work on my template (since I don't have an actual RD to create one from), I may have to alter it a bit; the blank may not be long enough. In that case, the final result will probably be something like an "Exarrghdeebird" (Explorer/RD/Firebird) - best said w/ a pirate accent. :icon_jokercolor: As they say, measure (and draw, sketch, revise, etc) twice (or 2 or 3 dozen times), cut once. I suspect it will be a while before I get a final shape.
- Warmoth 24.75 conversion scale LP neck, '59 roundback profile, 1 11/16" width (the wider option) mahogany, 6130 frets, Indian rosewood board, no inlays. This thing is thick - and very solid. If my brother (for whom I'm building this guitar) doesn't like it, I can easily use it as a bludgeon to smite zombies. The wood is super figured - looks like a total of 4 pieces of mahogany (3 on the shaft, 1 on the headstock scarfjoint), and one very nicely figured fretboard - this is a nice piece of rosewood that I would have paid an upcharge for. It looks like my wife's version of my mom's recipe for brownies, and is no less drool inducing.
- SD Phatcat P-90 in a humbucker slot for the neck (never tried one, but lots of glowing reviews, heard some nice samples), and a Carvin S22b humbucker (ditto) for the bridge, and a 3 way switch between the two. My brother's guitars get used in church leading worship/backing a gospel choir, and playing lead guitar for a indy/pop/[insert your personal fav "rock" genre here] band, so it needs a good balance of jangle & crunch. I'm not quite skilled enough w/electronics to do anything more complicated, otherwise, I might have gone for 2 HBs with coil taps.
- Carvin hardware (tuners, pots, knobs, jack, wiring & shielding kit, capacitor, etc), Gotoh TOM bridge.
)Also: aside from Jens (see here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=9147.0), anyone know of any non-Gibson RD builds? Like, from another manufacturer copying/riffing off the Gibson design?
