Hello, Warmoth fans! First time posting here.
I'm about to embark on my fourth parts guitar, but this is the first time I've used Warmoth ingredients. After making a million necks and bodies on the configurator, I was scrolling Reverb one night and came across a Soloist body that had about 95% of the boxes checked for what I always thought would be my first WM order. The seller did not have the specs, but I can rattle off my best guesses:
Soloist (flat); HH (wood mount, 24 fret reposition); Alder (?) body; 3A (4A?) quilted maple top; Aquamarine dye/gloss; Natural masked edge; VXT/blade configuration; Recessed TOM with arched string-thru ferrules; Tummy/Heel contours.
Only difference I would have is a Hipshot hardtail instead of the TOM. But the TOM will be plenty workable.
Once I bought it, I started thinking about necks more seriously. I knew I wanted this to be my first baritone. I planned to go with a roasted flamed fretboard to match the shaft, but then started perusing the unique choice boards and one of the universal cuts was a glorious piece of macassar ebony primarily lighter in grain contrasting with swirly dark streaks (instead of the inverse, which seemed to be far more common).
Here's the full specs for the neck:
Baritone Scale Conversion; Roasted Flame Maple; Unique Choice - Macassar Ebony; Nut 1-11/16"; Right-handed; Standard Thin; 12" - 16" Compound; SS6100 - Jumbo (Stainless); Gotoh/Grover (13/32" - 11/32"); No inlays; Black Side Dots (this might have been a mistake as they are pretty tough to see against the darker edges of the board, whoops); GraphTech Black TUSQ XL; Clear Satin Nitro
Okay, enough words. The neck arrived today and I did a quick fit test...and well:
The pickups are Nazgul/Sentient Rails, which I will do a push/pull coil split on the tone pot. I have gotoh locking tuners. As a Jackson homer, I think I'm going to do a mother of pearl Jackson headstock decal and a single MOP sharkfin inlay decal on the 12th fret.
I'll be putting it together soon, probably not this weekend but definitely going to be tough to wait any longer!
Thanks for reading.
I'm about to embark on my fourth parts guitar, but this is the first time I've used Warmoth ingredients. After making a million necks and bodies on the configurator, I was scrolling Reverb one night and came across a Soloist body that had about 95% of the boxes checked for what I always thought would be my first WM order. The seller did not have the specs, but I can rattle off my best guesses:
Soloist (flat); HH (wood mount, 24 fret reposition); Alder (?) body; 3A (4A?) quilted maple top; Aquamarine dye/gloss; Natural masked edge; VXT/blade configuration; Recessed TOM with arched string-thru ferrules; Tummy/Heel contours.
Only difference I would have is a Hipshot hardtail instead of the TOM. But the TOM will be plenty workable.
Once I bought it, I started thinking about necks more seriously. I knew I wanted this to be my first baritone. I planned to go with a roasted flamed fretboard to match the shaft, but then started perusing the unique choice boards and one of the universal cuts was a glorious piece of macassar ebony primarily lighter in grain contrasting with swirly dark streaks (instead of the inverse, which seemed to be far more common).
Here's the full specs for the neck:
Baritone Scale Conversion; Roasted Flame Maple; Unique Choice - Macassar Ebony; Nut 1-11/16"; Right-handed; Standard Thin; 12" - 16" Compound; SS6100 - Jumbo (Stainless); Gotoh/Grover (13/32" - 11/32"); No inlays; Black Side Dots (this might have been a mistake as they are pretty tough to see against the darker edges of the board, whoops); GraphTech Black TUSQ XL; Clear Satin Nitro
Okay, enough words. The neck arrived today and I did a quick fit test...and well:
The pickups are Nazgul/Sentient Rails, which I will do a push/pull coil split on the tone pot. I have gotoh locking tuners. As a Jackson homer, I think I'm going to do a mother of pearl Jackson headstock decal and a single MOP sharkfin inlay decal on the 12th fret.
I'll be putting it together soon, probably not this weekend but definitely going to be tough to wait any longer!
Thanks for reading.
