AprioriMark
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fdesalvo said:I'll still order and recommend, but with the caveat that not all pieces will play nice together. I sent them my neck and body and they said they were able to get the strings low enough to crash on the frets. I couldn't. Here's as low as I was able to get my action - with the strings capo'd on the first fret, the action was only 1/16" lower than what you see. This is with an arrow-straight neck with no relief, as well.
This is the only negative experience I'd ever had and while I'm glad they went above and beyond, the issue is till persistent and now I'm forced to spend even more to make things right - that's aside from the extra 2 months this issue has pushed back completion of this project - after they sent the body back, I opened the box to find the upper edge had a huge flat spot, as if it had been dropped, though the package was 100% perfect. I was told that the damage occurred in transit..
They should either test all hardware with all body options or post a warning that things may not work out. I'm not unreasonable and understand that they don't claim to make kits, but this is something that has occurred before and I'd have sincerely appreciated the warning - especially since I've spent over $4K with them since 2001.
Your neck does need a shim. My maple shim made the guitar perfect... just shim it and forget it. I don't believe that they're being honest with you about what they did and didn't try, and I'm sure the action never "bottomed out." They said something similar to me when I took mine in, but I doubt they even took the neck off. I'm not trying to badmouth Warmoth at all, but I am being honest.
-Mark