STUMPY - Completed
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Gorgeous. that's a beautiful piece of walnut right thar
Slackjaw
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Thanks!
That's a head-scratcher, eh? LOL! To offset the pointiness as much as possible, I went for a more "retro"/bizzaro feel with the crème plastic and p-rail pickups. Also just because I wanted to try out the p-rails, as I have 13 guitars and already have plenty with standard humbucker configs. They ended up being a perfect match for this guitar. I had previously tried several of the same pickups that sounded great in other guitars, but never quite as good in this one. I think some of that has to do with cutting the bridge p/u hole a little too close to the bridge. This was only the second guitar body I ever made from scratch... waaay back in 1982 (my sophomore year in High School)! The offset coils have the added benefit of pulling the signal line farther away and more in line with where it should have been.
I'm thinking about switching the knob out for one of these (I think the solid black line going around it will compliment the rail coils), but as there is a $25 minimum order I would have to buy 5... :/
DMRACO said:
That's a head-scratcher, eh? LOL! To offset the pointiness as much as possible, I went for a more "retro"/bizzaro feel with the crème plastic and p-rail pickups. Also just because I wanted to try out the p-rails, as I have 13 guitars and already have plenty with standard humbucker configs. They ended up being a perfect match for this guitar. I had previously tried several of the same pickups that sounded great in other guitars, but never quite as good in this one. I think some of that has to do with cutting the bridge p/u hole a little too close to the bridge. This was only the second guitar body I ever made from scratch... waaay back in 1982 (my sophomore year in High School)! The offset coils have the added benefit of pulling the signal line farther away and more in line with where it should have been.
I'm thinking about switching the knob out for one of these (I think the solid black line going around it will compliment the rail coils), but as there is a $25 minimum order I would have to buy 5... :/
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OH... and for those who say running your Warmoth neck thru a pleck machine is a waste of time/money, Mike Lull found a couple of anomalies and it actually had to be run thru the machine twice! Also the frets needed to be reseated. Good thing these are the super-jumbo frets so I wasn't concerned with milling them down too far...
