Been drooling over the Warmoth web site and some of the pics in here ( the guy with that GORGEOUS blue flame maple LP really needs to ditch the amber knobs) and it sounds like I just found my first project. I think the best post I read on here so far is that a guy should start with a really cheapo guitar, tear it completely apart and be able to make it sound better before he even thinks about a custom project.
Well, tomorrow I meet up with a fellow who has something even better for sale, an actual Warmoth body and a bag o miscellaneous parts for sale at a right fair price. Everything to make a geetar but a neck, tuners, strings and a couple o' pots. I'll be reading even more and looking for answers to lots o' questions as I get this underway.
Here's the first one: is it better to remove an old finish mechanically or chemically? Eventually. I'll end up with Deft or Cabot lacquer from a can over some sort of stain...
This should be fun. I get a project, another guitar in the house and I won't have a ton o' dough in it so I can get my kids pickin' at an early age....
BigDaddy :glasses9:
Well, tomorrow I meet up with a fellow who has something even better for sale, an actual Warmoth body and a bag o miscellaneous parts for sale at a right fair price. Everything to make a geetar but a neck, tuners, strings and a couple o' pots. I'll be reading even more and looking for answers to lots o' questions as I get this underway.
Here's the first one: is it better to remove an old finish mechanically or chemically? Eventually. I'll end up with Deft or Cabot lacquer from a can over some sort of stain...
This should be fun. I get a project, another guitar in the house and I won't have a ton o' dough in it so I can get my kids pickin' at an early age....
BigDaddy :glasses9:
