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!

 

[NovasScootYa]

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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!!!

Sounds like you do not have enough neck relief which should be around .007" to .010". Lightly capo down on the low E at the first fret, hold on the 17th, measure string clearance at the 7th and 8th fret. Check nut by holding each string down on second fret and look for first fret string clearance. Last thing to do would be grinding on the frets especially if you do not fully understand fret particulars you can make matters worse; same applies to nickel and stainless. Next, obtain a wiring diagram and compare it wire by wire.

 

[gutter0909]

The string height and neck relief is set up right where I want it. It's just the 14th fret on the high e where the note is dead and I get rocking with a fret rocker on the 15th fret. I've levelled frets on 4 of my guitars and 2 of my basses so I'm not new to this, I've just never had a neck with stainless frets before. As for the wiring, it was a pre-built harness and I double and triple checked. I've been super busy and haven't had a chance to work on it at all but it was suggested I try reversing the wiring on the middle pickup since it's reverse wound.

Thanks for your reply.

 

[NovasScootYa]

Try holding the fret down firmly on the low e side and tap the high spot on the high e with a suitable plastic or brass hammer. If the fret shows to be seated like the others then it could be a deformed fret that needs a spot level crown and polish. Frets can lift when the ends are forced up due to rolling the board, dressing the fret ends, weather, etc. Does not take much lift to get a buzz.
Wiring Link...

 

[gutter0909]

I have a fret kisser from stew mac coming since the only spot I have an issue with the frets is the 15th (it's not lifted, I double checked after reading your post). I swapped the middle pickup with another single coil I had for a different project and it works fine so I'll send the pickup back to Seymour Duncan and do a swap.

I'm still getting a warble, mainly on the D, G, and B strings between the 10th and 15th frets with the worst around the 12th fret. It almost sounds like those notes are out of tune when I play them but I double, triple and quadruple checked intonation, neck relief and action height and they're all good. This is driving me nuts. I don't think the pickups are close enough for the magnetic field to mess with the strings, the pickups are farther from the strings than on my strat and it doesn't have that issue.

That warble is my last issue, though I'm wrestling with the idea of putting a string tree on for the E and A strings (it's a reverse headstock).

 

[stratamania]

@gutter0909 try lowering the pickups about the warble. Each guitar and pickup set may be different one from the other.

 

[gutter0909]

Yeah, that did the trick. I messed with it last night after posting and I had to get the pickups lower than I wanted in order to get rid of the warble. Just new guitar woes.

Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[ghostrider]

Looks awesome! I'd use a black switch tip instead of the white though to match your pickups. I'd probably also at least try black knobs too to see what that looks like, but the chrome works.