the final planning stages....

[abandon_blink]

Hey, I'm a newbie here to the forum and im lookin' into building my first warmoth.

the plan is:

swamp ash strat body
single hum route bridge position
i cant decide between daphne blue or surf green finish
and i was leaning towards a black pearl pickgaurd

also i've been eyeing a Padouk/ebony strat neck for a while

Tuners schaller mini locking
schaller 475 flat mount bridge
and an SD distortion for the sole pickup (open to suggestions though?)

i play mostly punk and alternative (so the inspiration for this guitar is Tom Delonge's old strat)

but just thought i'd ask for you guy's honorable opinions, suggestions, comments, ect....

p.s. i absolutely love this forum. im ecstatic to be building my own warmoth soon :blob7:
also, if this is in the wrong section please move it to the appropriate one

 

[Mor Paul]

My suggestion would be to go with Daphne blue if you want a red neck and black pearl pickguard.
Personally, I would make it a white pickguard, but I've been surprised how some guitars look with stuff I wouldn't choose.

 

[abandon_blink]

if not black pearl i was thinking plain black. but honestly i like the red neck on blue body....

 

[JaySwear]

sounds good! i'd suggest getting a HSH or universal route for the body though. especially if you're going to have a pickguard anyway. then you could change your pickups later on if you wanted, and it's just a little bit less wood so the body will be just that much lighter! love the idea of the delonge strat. warmoth even offers the volume knob position of tom's strat (which you probably already knew). cool build!

i vote daphne blue, by the way

 

[abandon_blink]

yeah. thanks for the feedback :icon_biggrin:
i think i'll do a universal pickup route then

also, what do you guys think of putting the input jack in the pickgaurd jazzmaster style vs. the strat style jack?

 

[DesmoDog]

also, what do you guys think of putting the input jack in the pickgaurd jazzmaster style vs. the strat style jack?

I don't know how you'd fit the jack in a stock Strat pickguard, it's pretty crowded in there already if you are going with three knobs.

And not for nothing, but universal (aka bath tub?) routes just seem... wrong. I don't like them at all. I have no idea if they effect the tone or not, but they just aren't right.

 

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theres only going to be one knob. just a volume for the single pickup

 

[DesmoDog]

theres only going to be one knob. just a volume for the single pickup

If you're going to set it up without the option for multiple knobs, why rout it for three pickups? You're going to need to move the output jack if you add more controls for more pickups, You could do the pickup routs at the same time.

If a side output jack is available I'd consider that

 

[tfarny]

I'd just get it the way you want it - one pickup, one volume, output jack on the pickguard. Go ahead and rout the body, whatever - it doesn't matter either way. If you do get a neck pickup, which is what I use 90% of the time, you can get a pickguard with 3-way toggle, master volume, and jack still on the pickguard. Still simple, still original. Not what I'd get, but if you know what you want, that's what you should get, it's a custom guitar.  :icon_thumright:
OH and I vote daphne blue and one ply black gloss pickguard.

 

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Has anyone had any experience with Seymour Duncan's SH-6 distortion pup? i was thinking of using this one but are there pickups similar to this one that might be better?