Kosugi
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This was by far the best build I've done. my first Warmoth was built in 2005, and it was a tele decked out with humbuckers and the forearm, tummy, and contoured heel cuts. I paired it with a Warmoth neck with a maple shaft and dark rosewood fretboard. I love that guitar and still play it. This was a little more involved. It's been many years since I've owned a guitar with a Floyd. I've learned a lot more about them and wanted to revisit that whole idea. I added a D-Tuna and decked it, so it only pushes downward, and man this thing is awesome! It stays in tune like a guitar should. the D-tuna works like a champ. It took a little getting used to but like anything else the more I use it, the easier it gets. This is also the first build where I didn't have to take it to someone to fix whatever I messed up. I did wire the pickups wrong the first try but got it right on the second try after finding the correct diagram. I recommend to anyone using Seymore Duncans to use their website for wiring plans. you can type in the exact layout and switch that you want, and it will pop up. I tried using one of the wiring diagrams here for the Meadowhawk, but the color diagram for the pickups was incorrect for Seymore Duncans. all good though, a little patience and hunting and it all worked out. A little more "reading" on my part would've helped out with that.
The neck is a Musikraft and I had to have the rolled fingerboard edges. I don't feel the need to take a razor blade or a screwdriver to a neck that cost upward of a thousand dollars to do this myself. It's a beautiful roasted 5A Birdseye maple and plays great. It all went together like they were supposed to. no modifying. I'm sure anyone whose tried this can imagine the smile on my face when I finally got the body and paired it to the neck with no issues. I was sweating it, especially because I had both companies drill for the neck mounting holes even though I as warned not to. I'll chalk it up to luck for this one, but now I'm looking into my next build and will probably just have them both do it again, and hope for the best.
The neck is a Musikraft and I had to have the rolled fingerboard edges. I don't feel the need to take a razor blade or a screwdriver to a neck that cost upward of a thousand dollars to do this myself. It's a beautiful roasted 5A Birdseye maple and plays great. It all went together like they were supposed to. no modifying. I'm sure anyone whose tried this can imagine the smile on my face when I finally got the body and paired it to the neck with no issues. I was sweating it, especially because I had both companies drill for the neck mounting holes even though I as warned not to. I'll chalk it up to luck for this one, but now I'm looking into my next build and will probably just have them both do it again, and hope for the best.
