Tips for putting your Warmoth together.

[mnordbye]

I'm new to the forum, can't believe i've missed out for all this time. Lots of good pics and info to get your inspiration flowing! 

I'm awaiting my third Warmoth at the moment, and thought i'd take the opportunity to ask fellow Warmoth customers about some tips and tricks for assembling the guitar. I think this will benefit everyone new to this forum, and to Warmoth. So, share all and any tips you guys have for putting your Warmoth together properly!

I always lay out all my parts on a table, and i place the laquered parts on some old clothes etc.. Can't have the finish scratched after waiting so many weeks for the parts to arrive! This gives me better control of what goes first and so on.

And if this is your first time, be patient. Take your time, and double check things before moving on.

Also, put the cat in a cage! Can't have them chewing on your brand new Duncans! (as mine did  )

So, share your knowledge!

Btw, i'm building a vintage white SG, pics coming when it arrives in a couple of days.  ccasion14:

 

[simple]

Welcome to the board!

 

[AutoBat]

There was an overly detailed 27 part Warmoth luthier build on youtube that covers most everything but a Floyd Rose install.

 

[Cagey]

There was an overly detailed 27 part Warmoth luthier build on youtube that covers most everything but a Floyd Rose install.

I didn't think it was overly detailed, but it was excessively wordy. He was never satisfied to say something once, it had to be said 3 to 5 times. In real life, that can be helpful if you're a bit dense, but there's no excuse for it on video since you can rewind and review until you're sure about things. That whole series could have been edited down from the 5-6 hours it ended up being to probably about an hour and a half, tops. Of course, we don't know what he got paid to do it, if at all, so there may not have been anything to pay an editor with.

 

[JaySwear]

And if this is your first time, be patient. Take your time, and double check things before moving on.

agreed! i've been really patient the two times i've assembled / wired my warmoths and it's paid off. if i wasn't completely sure on my wiring diagram or something i waited until i was 100% confident. a great guitar with a wait is better than an ok guitar now i think!

Also, put the cat in a cage! Can't have them chewing on your brand new Duncans! (as mine did   )

:icon_biggrin: mine actually likes to watch. i always set up shop on the dining room table and lay everything out, and he very carefully sits on the other side and watches everything i'm doing. he's a strange cat, though...

got any pictures of your other two guitars? post 'em up! and welcome to the board!

 

[mnordbye]

got any pictures of your other two guitars? post 'em up! and welcome to the board!

They're in the Gallery i think. A yellow musiclander and a black flying V2.

Thanks for all the greetings! Love this forum already.

 

[OzziePete]

There was an overly detailed 27 part Warmoth luthier build on youtube that covers most everything but a Floyd Rose install.

WHAT? NO Floyd..... :laughing7:  (beat ya to it, Dangerous...)

 

[nexrex]

There was an overly detailed 27 part Warmoth luthier build on youtube that covers most everything but a Floyd Rose install.

WHAT? NO Floyd..... :laughing7:

That youtube guy is horrible. Some of the stuff he mentions is just painfully obvious, and he just drags stuff out forever. Of course thats just my subjective opinion.  :toothy10:

 

[Cagey]

That youtube guy is horrible. Some of the stuff he mentions is just painfully obvious, and he just drags stuff out forever. Of course thats just my subjective opinion.   :toothy10:

I wouldn't go that far. What's painfully obvious to one person might be a profound revelation to another. Sometimes, things aren't painfully obvious until we've suffered the pain of not doing what might be the obvious way of doing something to someone else.

That said, I'll repeat: the videos need some serious editing to remove a great deal of tedium and redundancy. But, that's not gonna be an easy task, so I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for someone to do it. Thankfully, though, there's a lot of footage to choose from, so whoever does do it has a lot to work with.

 

[OzziePete]

That youtube guy is horrible. Some of the stuff he mentions is just painfully obvious, and he just drags stuff out forever. Of course thats just my subjective opinion.   :toothy10:

I wouldn't go that far. What's painfully obvious to one person might be a profound revelation to another. Sometimes, things aren't painfully obvious until we've suffered the pain of not doing what might be the obvious way of doing something to someone else.

That said, I'll repeat: the videos need some serious editing to remove a great deal of tedium and redundancy. But, that's not gonna be an easy task, so I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for someone to do it. Thankfully, though, there's a lot of footage to choose from, so whoever does do it has a lot to work with.

At least people have a tutorial to work through and if that helps a guitar come to life quicker and easier then it's a great innovation. A lot better than some Chinese - English translated written instructions that I have seen in the past with building models and assembling kits etc.

 

[nexrex]

Point well made. Sometimes I guess i forget that i come from a very technical/mechanical background.  I am a computer hardware technician by trade, so diagnosing problems and assembling things to me come as second nature.  :icon_thumright: