Torment Leaves Scars
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I really don't know what to refer to the title of this thread as, but I guess the title is as good as any....
Now, before anyone takes this thread, grabs it up, and runs the wrong way like Elway did in the Super Bowl, I'm just going to throw this out there. I'm not making generalizations about anyone, or what they choose to do. Instead, I'm just trying to gauge opinions out of curiosity.
When I finally pulled the trigger on the decision to build a Warmoth, I carefully selected each and every part from their website. To my knowledge, the Star body is originally a Charvel design (is this correct?). I didn't know this at the time, but I've seen Stars before, as they would pop up in the 80s from time to time, wielded by a share of Metal guitarists.
I remember my wife was standing over me while I was selecting parts, and she took a liking to the Jackson head stock. I told her, "I love the Jackson head stock, but it's not a Jackson." Being a Fender fan, I looked at the Fender head stock, and thought to myself, "Well, it's not a Fender, so I can't go with a Fender head stock." When I had explained the neck I wanted to the salesperson, I told him I wanted the "Arrow-shaped" head stock. I didn't realize there was a head stock they called the "Arrow," and that was what I wound up with. :tard: Obviously, that wasn't his fault, but it looks okay. What I'd really wanted was the "V" head stock, but, whatever...
Anyway, we obviously see a ton of Teles and Strats on the site here, which of course, have the Fender head stock on them. Now, remember, I'm not making generalizations here...
1. Do you refer to your guitar as a Warmoth, Fender, or Jackson?"
2. Given that Warmoth has the license to Fender designs for replacement parts, would you consider your build to be a "clone" or a legitimate Fender/Jackson?
3. What are peoples' reactions when they see your gorgeous masterpieces, and then they find out they aren't from the Fender/Jackson factory, and are built with Warmoth parts? Do you get negative or positive reactions?
4. Since you built a Tele, Strat, or Soloist, why did you build your own instead of purchasing one, provided you chose parts which appear to be actual Fender or Jackson parts?
For me, I chose not to go with a Fender or Jackson head stock, not because I was worried about how others would view my guitar, but because I considered it to be neither, as it didn't come from a Fender or Jackson factory. In the end, I didn't want my guitar to be "identified" as a Jackson or Fender because of the head stock, because I felt it was my own creation.
Now, before anyone takes this thread, grabs it up, and runs the wrong way like Elway did in the Super Bowl, I'm just going to throw this out there. I'm not making generalizations about anyone, or what they choose to do. Instead, I'm just trying to gauge opinions out of curiosity.
When I finally pulled the trigger on the decision to build a Warmoth, I carefully selected each and every part from their website. To my knowledge, the Star body is originally a Charvel design (is this correct?). I didn't know this at the time, but I've seen Stars before, as they would pop up in the 80s from time to time, wielded by a share of Metal guitarists.
I remember my wife was standing over me while I was selecting parts, and she took a liking to the Jackson head stock. I told her, "I love the Jackson head stock, but it's not a Jackson." Being a Fender fan, I looked at the Fender head stock, and thought to myself, "Well, it's not a Fender, so I can't go with a Fender head stock." When I had explained the neck I wanted to the salesperson, I told him I wanted the "Arrow-shaped" head stock. I didn't realize there was a head stock they called the "Arrow," and that was what I wound up with. :tard: Obviously, that wasn't his fault, but it looks okay. What I'd really wanted was the "V" head stock, but, whatever...
Anyway, we obviously see a ton of Teles and Strats on the site here, which of course, have the Fender head stock on them. Now, remember, I'm not making generalizations here...
1. Do you refer to your guitar as a Warmoth, Fender, or Jackson?"
2. Given that Warmoth has the license to Fender designs for replacement parts, would you consider your build to be a "clone" or a legitimate Fender/Jackson?
3. What are peoples' reactions when they see your gorgeous masterpieces, and then they find out they aren't from the Fender/Jackson factory, and are built with Warmoth parts? Do you get negative or positive reactions?
4. Since you built a Tele, Strat, or Soloist, why did you build your own instead of purchasing one, provided you chose parts which appear to be actual Fender or Jackson parts?
For me, I chose not to go with a Fender or Jackson head stock, not because I was worried about how others would view my guitar, but because I considered it to be neither, as it didn't come from a Fender or Jackson factory. In the end, I didn't want my guitar to be "identified" as a Jackson or Fender because of the head stock, because I felt it was my own creation.