Superwide Soloist with HXS pickups

[tmac]

I was so happy with my previous Superwide Soloist, so I decided to get a similar one with a neck single-coil. This time I went for an SD Screamin' Demon in the bridge position, and an SD STK-4 humbucking single-coil neck pickup. I'm very happy with both pickups.

The heel contour I have on my other Warmoth was irrelevant for my playing style on the high frets, so this one has the regular heel. The superwide neck with the vintage spaced hardtail strat bridge is a magnificent combination for fingerstyle playing.

No more guitars for me.

My other one is almost the same, but with HXH pickups:
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=13011.0

 

[Alfang]

Wow, thats sounds incredible just looking at it, That really looks like a guitar that someone who knows how to REALLY play would own.

I love the clean dot free neck too

 

[Cagey]

No more guitars for me.

What? That's like saying "No more chasing cars for me!" or "No more sex for me!" or "No more food for me!"

Shirley, you jest!

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue!​

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Cool guitar. Off course you need more guitars!  :glasses9:

 

[Disco Scottie]

Sure, no more guitars for you.

Until the next one.

Cool build!

 

[tmac]

I see there will be no help from here to stay on the wagon  :help:

For those that are interested: I wasn't sure beforehand about the balance in output between the brigde TB-12 and the neck STK-S4. I have found that the neck pickup must be closer to the strings than the bridge pickup (series HB wiring), but I am able to get a balanced output without extreme pickup height adjustments. The DCR of both pickups is around 10kOhm, although that is not the whole story, since magnet strength is also important for pickup output. A weaker humbucker would balance even better, but I like the sound of this one.

I might rewire to get both series and parallel humbucker modes when I get the Superswitch I'm waiting for from Stewmac, and adjust the pickups so that the parallel config is balanced with the output of the single-coil. Then I can use the serial humbucker mode as a boost.

Thanks for the compliments!

 

[AutoBat]

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.​

 

[JaySwear]

very nice! my superwide neck isn't mounted on a guitar right now and i really miss it. i love the simple look here. nice guitar!

 

[Mor Paul]

Excellent guitar!

And Autobat and Cagey, switch your pictures with each other.

 

[clearerphish]

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.​

:toothy12: :toothy12: :toothy12:

 

[dmraco]

just curious...what constitutes it being super wide?  The nut width?  What are you using?

 

[JaySwear]

just curious...what constitutes it being super wide?  The nut width?  What are you using?

the superwide has a nut of 1 7/8" i think it is... really cool, but not for everybody. if my hands were any smaller at all i wouldn't be able to chord on the damn thing. but it feels great! like my seagull acoustic's neck on an electric guitar.

EDIT: from the Neck Builder

 

[tmac]

Yes, 1 7/8" nut width (around 47.5mm).

The fingerboard is wider than on practically all ordinary electric guitars, but still narrower than on a classical guitar. The fingerboard is wider along its whole length. And the vintage style Fender strat hardtail bridge available from Warmoth also has an extra wide spacing (57mm vs around 52mm I think on many modern strat bridges).

All this helps for fingerstyle playing and in general for playing more independently on each string.