OK. On my last post I asked If Warmoth would met my expectations. I must say they exceeded it.
The body is flawless, no dust, holes perfect, dye is even, binding masked perfect. Slight mismatch on book matching the flame maple top. But I find it acceptable.
The neck is also perfect, I checked the fret level and it was 100% flat. Slight dust in clear near frets, this is also ok. The nut is really poorly finished but I can fix that with some ebony paper. The fret ends are nicely nipped and have been smoothed out, I will just do some very minor finish filing.
Highlights, the binding is like a 2 step process, it looks super cool up close. The burst ends just before the binding., on the neck all the different pieces of wood match extremely well, I wonder if this is deliberate or just a lucky accident. Abalone inlays are outstanding, All unique. The body is exceedingly light in weight. I really like how they installed the Tremolo Nut, super tight!
I will post pictures as I assemble in the next category. BTW I will not be installing the EMGs, they were just laying around for the picture
The packaging was perfect too.
The body is flawless, no dust, holes perfect, dye is even, binding masked perfect. Slight mismatch on book matching the flame maple top. But I find it acceptable.
The neck is also perfect, I checked the fret level and it was 100% flat. Slight dust in clear near frets, this is also ok. The nut is really poorly finished but I can fix that with some ebony paper. The fret ends are nicely nipped and have been smoothed out, I will just do some very minor finish filing.
Highlights, the binding is like a 2 step process, it looks super cool up close. The burst ends just before the binding., on the neck all the different pieces of wood match extremely well, I wonder if this is deliberate or just a lucky accident. Abalone inlays are outstanding, All unique. The body is exceedingly light in weight. I really like how they installed the Tremolo Nut, super tight!
I will post pictures as I assemble in the next category. BTW I will not be installing the EMGs, they were just laying around for the picture
The packaging was perfect too.