The waiting begins...

[gutter0909]

I'm not new to Warmoth, I already have a couple of P-basses I assembled a few years back (circa 2016) but last night I ordered my first guitar bits. This is basically a dream guitar. I figured since I'm (finally) graduating college this spring and this summer will also be my 25th anniversary of playing guitar I'd spoil myself a little bit and get my dream guitar. Here are some stats:

Soloist body
-rear rout, volume & tone (in the two tone positions)
-HSS direct mount
-TOM bridge, staggered string thru
-basswood body
-quilted maple top
-turquoise dye
-hardware will all be black
-right now I'm thinking of going SD JB in the bridge and scooped strat in the neck and middle. I love the JB and I'm just looking for great chimey cleans with the singles

modern warhead neck, reverse headstock
-birdseye maple neck/fretboard
-43mm nut
-black TUSQ nut
-standard thin
-stainless 6105 frets
-standard black dots
-12-16 compound radius

This guitar is like a mix and match of my favorite components of Strats and Jackson Dinkys. Now the 4ish month wait begins...

 

[jwf]

This spec speaks to me. Can't wait to see it.

 

[gutter0909]

I received tracking information much earlier than expected. The big brown truck of happiness is set to deliver the parts on Monday! It only took about 11 weeks instead of the 14-16 weeks quoted for a fully finished body. I'll have pics when I unbox and then pics once I get everything assembled and ready to play!

 

[Hagwood]

I received tracking information much earlier than expected. The big brown truck of happiness is set to deliver the parts on Monday! It only took about 11 weeks instead of the 14-16 weeks quoted for a fully finished body. I'll have pics when I unbox and then pics once I get everything assembled and ready to play!

Awesome, always exciting when you get that notification ! Still waiting on mine.

Have fun with the build and keep us posted.

 

[rauchman]

The wait........

As you look at the calendar with a sigh, like a kid watching the approach of Christmas that is still months off
As you slowly start accumulating the parts and tools
As you salivate at the thought of having an instrument to your specs
As you imagine getting lost in playing your new awesome instrument
As you still look at the calendar with a sigh, like a kid watching the approach of Christmas that is still months off

The wait......

Congrats on your entry into the world of W

 

[gutter0909]

Congrats on your entry into the world of W

This will be my first Warmoth guitar but I have 2 Warmoth P basses from 2016

 

[Spud]

 

[mycroftxxx]

I received tracking information much earlier than expected. The big brown truck of happiness is set to deliver the parts on Monday! It only took about 11 weeks instead of the 14-16 weeks quoted for a fully finished body.

I’m right now at 12 weeks for a fully finished carved top Soloist, with binding, so I’ve been expecting delivery at the 16 week point, but the neck came in 3 weeks earlier than I expected, and that and your experience is making me cautiously optimistic for early-ish May…hope your build goes well!

 

[Hodgo]

Im @ 7 weeks myself buddy! Always worth the wait though.

 

[gutter0909]

For me, the first few weeks were painful but I actually got busy in life and it moved to the back of my memory. It was a pleasant surprise to get the email from UPS saying I had a package on it's way followed by the email from Warmoth. As of this morning, my packages (two, one for body and parts and one for the neck) are just in the next county over but considering tomorrow is Sunday, I won't be getting it until Monday.

 

[gutter0909]

A teaser until I get the rest of the correct hardware (read: black). Until then I could use some help.

I've leveled frets on my other guitars and basses but this is my first guitar with stainless steel frets. The 14th fret is deader than a doornail on the high e and I get rocking on the 15th fret but it only seems to affect the high e so I need to level frets I guess. Any thing I should know about stainless steel frets versus the regular nickel alloy?

Also, I'm getting a very weird warbly/tremolo/out of tune sound on the G string but only between the 12th and 15th frets. I intonated everything and they register as in tune on those notes but I get that warble/tremolo/out of tune sound only on those 4 frets. Any ideas?

Finally, in positions 2 & 4 it sounds quiet and really dead/lifeless but each pickup works just fine on it's own. Anyone encounter that issue? The wiring looks good to me, it was a pre-made harness from a guy on ebay and not the first harness I got from him, they all work great. JB bridge, scooped mid/neck and the mid is reverse wound, could that be the issue?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[Heavy Rock]

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A teaser until I get the rest of the correct hardware (read: black). Until then I could use some help.

I've leveled frets on my other guitars and basses but this is my first guitar with stainless steel frets. The 14th fret is deader than a doornail on the high e and I get rocking on the 15th fret but it only seems to affect the high e so I need to level frets I guess. Any thing I should know about stainless steel frets versus the regular nickel alloy?

Also, I'm getting a very weird warbly/tremolo/out of tune sound on the G string but only between the 12th and 15th frets. I intonated everything and they register as in tune on those notes but I get that warble/tremolo/out of tune sound only on those 4 frets. Any ideas?

Finally, in positions 2 & 4 it sounds quiet and really dead/lifeless but each pickup works just fine on it's own. Anyone encounter that issue? The wiring looks good to me, it was a pre-made harness from a guy on ebay and not the first harness I got from him, they all work great. JB bridge, scooped mid/neck and the mid is reverse wound, could that be the issue?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

Love the color combo! Looks great.

I'd try to reverse the middle pickup wires and see what that does. 2 and 4 positions sound weaker when the pickup is non-RWRP. I personally prefer the classic out of phase sound so I'd leave them like that ha.

 

[gutter0909]

This is different, weaker may not have been the best descriptor. I have a regular strat and I know what the 2 and 4 positions are supposed to sound like and this is far from it. It's kinda like if you ran an eq that would cut your sound in half and what I'm hearing is the bad part of the eq, not the part you'd want to hear. I don't know if that helps. I suppose I could make a video if that would help.

In the meantime, I'll try swapping the wires and see if that helps. Thanks for the suggestion!