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Hi, new member here! :headbang1:
I've just ordered my first Warmoth, a vintage white LPS body (you may remeber it from the showcase) and a Wenge/Ebony fat neck. 1pickup, 1volume, Tonepros bridge and Planet Waves tuners. I've been looking through these forums for help and inspiration, and has always been very useful :icon_smile:
I'm considering sending the gutiar to a luthier when it arrvies to have him built it from scracth. But I got a few questions first, hope you can guide me on them!
First is the allocation of the straplocks. Obviously the bottom one is a no brainer, but I'm not sure about the upper one. Most people put it on the upper horn, but I think it'll make more sense in the body itself, like an SG or ES335. The thing is, with the neckplate, it'll have to be located lower than in the original models, and it may be too much. Please show me your warmoth LPS and SG's to give me ideas!
I'm under the impression that my LPS wil be very neck heavy. Not that I particlary mind, but with the light flat top body with just one pickup, and the fatback wenge neck I'm gessing it will not be in place when I get my hands off it. How do your LPS behave in that aspect?
I've been thinking too to have the luthier finish the fretboard with this product that makes ebony blacker too. I love the effect on spanish guitars, and Les paul customs. I'm not sure of I'll do it, it'll depend on the first impression I get when I see the neck; if I like it it'll stay that way! But if I go for it, will it be a problem that the neck already has inlays and frets installed? Anyone has experience on this?
And finally, all of you who have a Flat Top LPS, what case you got it in? I'm gesssing it'll fit a Les Paul case, but these are usually big and heavy, to acomodate for the carved top. You think it'll fit in a skinnier SG case?
Thanks for the answers, and excuse my poor english! :icon_thumright:
I've just ordered my first Warmoth, a vintage white LPS body (you may remeber it from the showcase) and a Wenge/Ebony fat neck. 1pickup, 1volume, Tonepros bridge and Planet Waves tuners. I've been looking through these forums for help and inspiration, and has always been very useful :icon_smile:
I'm considering sending the gutiar to a luthier when it arrvies to have him built it from scracth. But I got a few questions first, hope you can guide me on them!
First is the allocation of the straplocks. Obviously the bottom one is a no brainer, but I'm not sure about the upper one. Most people put it on the upper horn, but I think it'll make more sense in the body itself, like an SG or ES335. The thing is, with the neckplate, it'll have to be located lower than in the original models, and it may be too much. Please show me your warmoth LPS and SG's to give me ideas!
I'm under the impression that my LPS wil be very neck heavy. Not that I particlary mind, but with the light flat top body with just one pickup, and the fatback wenge neck I'm gessing it will not be in place when I get my hands off it. How do your LPS behave in that aspect?
I've been thinking too to have the luthier finish the fretboard with this product that makes ebony blacker too. I love the effect on spanish guitars, and Les paul customs. I'm not sure of I'll do it, it'll depend on the first impression I get when I see the neck; if I like it it'll stay that way! But if I go for it, will it be a problem that the neck already has inlays and frets installed? Anyone has experience on this?
And finally, all of you who have a Flat Top LPS, what case you got it in? I'm gesssing it'll fit a Les Paul case, but these are usually big and heavy, to acomodate for the carved top. You think it'll fit in a skinnier SG case?
Thanks for the answers, and excuse my poor english! :icon_thumright: