Hi Warmoth enthusiasts,
I have so far build two Warmoth guitars and I am really excited about all the possibilities that are on offer and the quality of the products.
Here I wanted to share with you a project that took quite a while to complete and that was fairly challenging I call it "The Chamaeleoncaster" because of its incredibly many different voices. I don't know how to but is it possible to submit that for your nice "Guitar of the month" contest?
Body: chambered Stratocaster, Walnut on black Korina. Rear-routed, All body contours
Neck: 25.5 scale, Macassar ebony on walnut, 59 neck profile, 10-16 compound radius, Warmoth headstock with Schaller locking mini tuners, Graphtech TUSQ nut, pearled block inlays.
The hardware is where it becomes very non-standard. I started from three mini-humbuckers but they turned out to be too muddy in combination with the somewhat mi-rangy wood. The present pickups are three Duesenberg "Little-Toasters". They have plenty of top end sparkle. The pickups can be switched series-parallel-split coil with the three black mini switches. The gold-control knob is master volume and contains a S1 switching system to give endless tonal variations (something over 50 possible sounds). The middle control knob is a no load-tone pot that is push pull to put the bridge pickup out of phase thus adding further to the tonal varieties one can get.
The bridge was a tone pros TOM but now is a GraphTech ghost system. It has the acoustasonic pre-amp on board and sounds absolutely incredibly. The third knob is the master volume for the piezo. It is push-pull to give two different acoustic voices. The fourth toggle switches between piezo only, magnetic+piezo and magnetic pickups only. Hence it is easy to go from acoustic accompaniment to screaming distorted lead.
The output jack is stereo and hence one can trigger two different amps at the same time using a stereo cable.
This guitar was a big project that a friend helped me with. New holes needed to be drilled, the pickups routes modified, custom pickup frames needed to be made, the piezo needed to be connected to the electronics box via a new channel.
I am really pleased with the outcome. This guitar fits like a glove, is lightweight, the neck is super-comfortable to play on and the many voices make it unique. It can sparkle, it can scream, it can be fat and meaty and it can be crisp. I highly recommend the ghost system. It sounds absolutely fantastic, even when mixed into the magnetic signal.
I have so far build two Warmoth guitars and I am really excited about all the possibilities that are on offer and the quality of the products.
Here I wanted to share with you a project that took quite a while to complete and that was fairly challenging I call it "The Chamaeleoncaster" because of its incredibly many different voices. I don't know how to but is it possible to submit that for your nice "Guitar of the month" contest?
Body: chambered Stratocaster, Walnut on black Korina. Rear-routed, All body contours
Neck: 25.5 scale, Macassar ebony on walnut, 59 neck profile, 10-16 compound radius, Warmoth headstock with Schaller locking mini tuners, Graphtech TUSQ nut, pearled block inlays.
The hardware is where it becomes very non-standard. I started from three mini-humbuckers but they turned out to be too muddy in combination with the somewhat mi-rangy wood. The present pickups are three Duesenberg "Little-Toasters". They have plenty of top end sparkle. The pickups can be switched series-parallel-split coil with the three black mini switches. The gold-control knob is master volume and contains a S1 switching system to give endless tonal variations (something over 50 possible sounds). The middle control knob is a no load-tone pot that is push pull to put the bridge pickup out of phase thus adding further to the tonal varieties one can get.
The bridge was a tone pros TOM but now is a GraphTech ghost system. It has the acoustasonic pre-amp on board and sounds absolutely incredibly. The third knob is the master volume for the piezo. It is push-pull to give two different acoustic voices. The fourth toggle switches between piezo only, magnetic+piezo and magnetic pickups only. Hence it is easy to go from acoustic accompaniment to screaming distorted lead.
The output jack is stereo and hence one can trigger two different amps at the same time using a stereo cable.
This guitar was a big project that a friend helped me with. New holes needed to be drilled, the pickups routes modified, custom pickup frames needed to be made, the piezo needed to be connected to the electronics box via a new channel.
I am really pleased with the outcome. This guitar fits like a glove, is lightweight, the neck is super-comfortable to play on and the many voices make it unique. It can sparkle, it can scream, it can be fat and meaty and it can be crisp. I highly recommend the ghost system. It sounds absolutely fantastic, even when mixed into the magnetic signal.
