The wait begins

[bassetman]

Patience is a virtue....but it’s not one of mine. Ordered my wenge and bubinga neck in the boatneck profile. The body is walnut from my yard and a bocote top. Only six or so weeks to go.

 

[bagman67]

Well, it may suck now, but the closer the projected delivery date gets, the worse it gets.  And when it's actually in transit, you'll wake up in cold sweats. 

Congratulations.

 

[Cagey]

On the plus side, it's not often you get that child-like sense of delicious anticipation that only Christmas could bring, so you could relish it in a masochistic sort of way. At least with Warmoth parts, you're never disappointed when you open the box. They don't sell socks and underwear  :laughing7:

 

[rgand]

Well, Ian and Kevin summed up the wait time well. But in the end, you'll have it and can post pics for us all to drool over. Congrats.

 

[MikeW]

...  The body is walnut from my yard and a bocote top. ...

I'll bet there's a really interesting story behind this and would love to hear the details if you'll share. It sounds like a really good choice of woods. Looking forward to seeing it completed.

 

[bassetman]

My great great grandfather planted the tree in 1885 or so when they built the house. It fell about ten years ago in a storm . I kept some of the best planks. All my builds get at lest some of it.

 

[musicispeace]

Bubinga for the win!

 

[bassetman]

Wenge and bubinga...spell check butchered it the first time...I fixed the first post. I’ve heard it’s worth the wait. At least when it ships I’m in the state so just a day or two..in several weeks to over a month and a bit....what to do till then...... :bananaguitar:

 

[MikeW]

Wenge and bubinga...spell check butchered it the first time...I fixed the first post. I’ve heard it’s worth the wait. At least when it ships I’m in the state so just a day or two..in several weeks to over a month and a bit....what to do till then...... :bananaguitar:

I try to learn a new song. That way when the new guitar is done, I've got something unique to play on it. Good to keep up the chops and expand the repertoire.

 

[bassetman]

Well, bored after a whole day of waiting I was browsing around the show case bodies and necks....these are coming now.

Cant stay away from the Wenge and Bubinga. These will come faster but stilll take awhile. I’m glad Warmoth does not have boat parts ....I’d go broke...quicker.

 

[bassetman]

I’ve been looking at the burnished neck posts and cannot wait to feel this one raw and smooth. Guitar will be dyed orange with black grain filler and accents.

 

[Cagey]

Wenge is surprisingly slick even without the burnishing - that's just icing on the cake. I think you're going to be very pleased.

 

[bassetman]

I just can’t wait....if they are as nice as I hope and have been told, I’ll have a couple telecasters coming beginning of next month. Retirement is doing great things in the woodworking rooms. I started building guitars 20 years ago while recovering from some injuries to kill time and because I could not afford decent guitars. Now I can afford new but prefer to build. I discovered Fenders late in life but love the versatility of the design.

 

[Cagey]

I'm much more involved with it now that I'm retired, too. But, I don't have a woodshop anymore so I tend to focus on the finer points like fretwork/assembly/setup/repair rather than actually terrorizing lumber. Not that I don't unleash the routerbeast from time to time, but Warmoth does too good a job on necks and bodies for me to start fabricating them myself, so I just fine-tune what they do. Still, the place I'm in now has much more space than I did before (2 car garage and basement w/ 9' ceiling, both essentially empty), so chances are I'll start assembling another shop, just because I can :laughing7:

 

[bagman67]

Nice grabs from the showcase!  I have had a couple wenge necks and they are surprisingly dry-feeling.  Really fast.  The open pores didn't bug me much since I am a diligent hand-washer before I play, but if you generate a lot of sweat or funk on your fingers you may encounter some grunginess after a while.  You can just hit it with a Scotchbrite pad and be back in business, just letting you know it's a possiblity.

 

[bassetman]

My necks and fretboards do fine with my sweat but I dissolve strings in an evening. The plating on tuners and bridges goes fast as well.

 

[rgand]

I’ve been looking at the burnished neck posts and cannot wait to feel this one raw and smooth. Guitar will be dyed orange with black grain filler and accents.

This should look cool. Wenge is on my list of necks to try. Congrats on the new build.

...so chances are I'll start assembling another shop, just because I can :laughing7:

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[bassetman]

Thanks to all. I have always loved the look of wenge with bubinga or Pau fero it’s irresistible. Yes, building a shop because you can is a great thing. The kids old rooms became the shop.

 

[bassetman]

Into the third day :guitaristgif: still somewhat sane.....nothing to do but make some beer and play guitar while cursing the slow passage of time. The new coil winding machine arrives tommorow so I can retire my set of drill motors and timers. Blowing thirty at about 20 degrees so guess it’s an inside day. What to do. :headbang4:

 

[bassetman]

The showcase body and neck shipped yesterday and arrive today :turtle: