It was so easy to not build guitars as long as I didn't come to this forum, and didn't visit Warmoth's webpage. :laughing7:
Now I have another build idea, darn it.
Velocity body, chambered arch top. Black korina with a quilt maple top, finished in washed blue dye, clear gloss back, clean line option.
24 3/4" conversion quartersawn maple neck and fingerboard with Warmoth headstock. Satin finish, azurite malachite dots.
Black Hardware with TOM/STP, but possibly chrome (or satin chrome?).
DiMarzio Air Classic bridge pickup and a (discontinued) DiMarzio Virtual Vintage 2.1 in the neck slot.
It will be strung up with 0.010s instead of my usual 0.009s.
The idea is to have something that is very different from my other guitars, most of which are standard scale, Floyd Rose, and high-output pickups. This one will not only be more rhythm-oriented, but also designed to *kind of* fill the obligatory Les Paul slot in a collection, with a twist. The bridge pickup is "vintage output" PAF-style, so somewhat cliche, but a well-known and arguably desirable sound. But I think the neck pickup in this particular build is going to give a somewhat unique tone. I love the sound of a single-coil Strat neck pickup, especially clean. But with the shorter-scale neck, mahogany-like tonal profile of black korina, and TOM/STP bridge, I'm thinking (hoping?) the tone will be similar, but somewhat fatter and only slightly warmer. The discontinued neck pickup is one I just happen to have in my parts bin, and as I recall, it had a really sweet tone.
With the washed blue dye finish and azurite malachite dots on a maple neck, it makes me think of cutoff denim shorts on a hot lady with blue (or blue-green) eyes. For that reason alone, the guitar has to be named "Daisy Duke." :icon_biggrin: I'm wondering, given creative license, what kind of neck plate Mr. DangerousR6 could come up with given the concept?
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Although I haven't yet ordered it, this is basically a done-deal. There are only two things holding me back, at present. One is which UC quilt maple piece to choose. The other is to call W to see if they still do matching laminates on headstocks and, if so, if the price is not out-of-this world. Although, it might look better with just the plain quartersawn maple headstock. Any thoughts from anyone about this?
Being off-work for an uneventful recovery from spine surgery is dangerous...too much free time. :laughing7:
Now I have another build idea, darn it.
Velocity body, chambered arch top. Black korina with a quilt maple top, finished in washed blue dye, clear gloss back, clean line option.
24 3/4" conversion quartersawn maple neck and fingerboard with Warmoth headstock. Satin finish, azurite malachite dots.
Black Hardware with TOM/STP, but possibly chrome (or satin chrome?).
DiMarzio Air Classic bridge pickup and a (discontinued) DiMarzio Virtual Vintage 2.1 in the neck slot.
It will be strung up with 0.010s instead of my usual 0.009s.
The idea is to have something that is very different from my other guitars, most of which are standard scale, Floyd Rose, and high-output pickups. This one will not only be more rhythm-oriented, but also designed to *kind of* fill the obligatory Les Paul slot in a collection, with a twist. The bridge pickup is "vintage output" PAF-style, so somewhat cliche, but a well-known and arguably desirable sound. But I think the neck pickup in this particular build is going to give a somewhat unique tone. I love the sound of a single-coil Strat neck pickup, especially clean. But with the shorter-scale neck, mahogany-like tonal profile of black korina, and TOM/STP bridge, I'm thinking (hoping?) the tone will be similar, but somewhat fatter and only slightly warmer. The discontinued neck pickup is one I just happen to have in my parts bin, and as I recall, it had a really sweet tone.
With the washed blue dye finish and azurite malachite dots on a maple neck, it makes me think of cutoff denim shorts on a hot lady with blue (or blue-green) eyes. For that reason alone, the guitar has to be named "Daisy Duke." :icon_biggrin: I'm wondering, given creative license, what kind of neck plate Mr. DangerousR6 could come up with given the concept?

Although I haven't yet ordered it, this is basically a done-deal. There are only two things holding me back, at present. One is which UC quilt maple piece to choose. The other is to call W to see if they still do matching laminates on headstocks and, if so, if the price is not out-of-this world. Although, it might look better with just the plain quartersawn maple headstock. Any thoughts from anyone about this?
Being off-work for an uneventful recovery from spine surgery is dangerous...too much free time. :laughing7: