Recent content by ragamuffin

Sure is a fine backside ya got there!

Great color!

Thanks everybody! One day I'd like to try my hand at making my own necks (I imagine it would take some practice to get them as nice as Warmoth), but I think this is legitimately my last build for the near future. The problem with guitars (and especially Warmoth builds) is they always seem to...

Many humbucker base plates are made of nickel-silver alloy like this https://www.mojotone.com/Humbucker-Short-Leg-Frame-Nickel-Silver-49-2mm I don't think you'll find a steel one

Oh weeeell whatever, neeevermiinnd!!!

On my baritone build I used the mounting method where you screw a humbucker baseplate to the bottom of the pickup cavity like a "faux-Fu Tone"

Much thanks good sir!

Well, she's all done! Pickup rings are still a bit lighter colored than I'd like, but this guitar really turned out killer! Sounds and plays great and is also really comfortable.

Sick!

Yeah, it seems photos have to be under 1MB file file size now

The bridge pickup route on a Warmoth JM pickguard (and Warmoth JM bodies) is slightly further from the bridge than on a Fender.

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Perhaps the two pickups are out of phase with each other? The fix for that would be reversing the hot and ground wires on one of the pickups

Looks great! I would not have thought to put dye on a koa top, but after the sanding and resin it looks really good! Yes, the sticker should come off (y)

Custom ordered from David King/ dknob.com Not cheap, but nicely made and I have a hatred for plastic guitar parts lol