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I recently decided it was time to revamp my Strat. It had SD Classic Stack Plus pickups in the neck and middle with a Little '59 in the bridge. The wiring consisted of a 5-way super switch that provided the traditional Strat sounds while splitting the pickups in positions 2 and 4, along with 3...

So I've been planning an overhaul of a Warmoth Tele for a while now. I ordered parts this week and immediately ran into issues. I got a bridge plate from Guitar Parts Global to fit a Duncan mini humbucker. It was supposed to work with 3 or 6 saddles (I am using Graphtech Ghost Strat/Tele...

So I'm overhauling a Warmoth Tele and I'm having a bit of a dilemma.  I plan to install mini humbuckers and graphtech ghost saddles using a guitar parts global bridge plate (pic below).  My very cool wife surprised me by ordering a roasted maple Tele neck for Xmas but she unintentionally ordered...

Of all the Warmoths I've built the one I have connected with the least is a Tele with a chambered swamp ash body and all-rosewood neck. Acoustically the thing has a nice sound. It seems to have scooped mids and a woody character. You can definitely sense warmth of the rosewood neck and the...

It's been quite a while since I've been active on the forum. I've actually been planning this build for over a year, but things were put on hold due to a big move new job, new baby etc. Anyway, I've finally gotten around to starting this build so I thought I would share the progress. The first...

I finished up the latest project this weekend. Here are the specs: Alder G4 short scale body - woodburned and tru-oiled. Bubinga/bubinga 32" scale neck with warhead headstock, abalone inlays, SS frets, and graphtech nut Leo Quan Badass Bass III string-thru bridge Seymour Duncan alnico MM pickup...

My new short scale G4 body arrived this week! I forgot to take any pictures as soon as it arrived, but the only thing I did in the first pic was drill the holes for the controls. The second pic shows a mockup with some of the parts. The hardware will be all black and the neck will be...

It's time to order the neck for my latest project. This will be a 32" scale G4 bass. The body will be alder finished in Tru-Oil with a woodburned image, and the hardware will be all black. I'm leaning towards bubinga for the neck, but I'm not sure what fretboard wood to go with. So far the...

OK, here's the deal. Ever since I built my Warmoth 32" J bass, I've had no interest in playing a 34" bass. I sold my MIM Jazz bass and my Thunderbird has just been hanging on the wall as a backup. This past weekend I decided to start the hunt for another short scale bass. None of the short...

I'm just starting to get into doing fretwork. I bought a handful of tools and I've been happy with most of them, but I'm not crazy about my fret levelling file. It's pretty aggressive and leaves a fairly rough surface behind. I would also like something a little longer so it's hitting more frets...

OK, I've started my $100 guitar build. The plan is to make a fretless guitar. I've been wanting to try one since seeing a video of one on here, so this seemed like a great way to do it! The first pic shows what I'm starting with. I have a piece of maple that I bought ages ago when I had the urge...

Well, I finally got around to taking some pictures of the new medium scale J bass. The specs are as follows: Alder body (sub 4 lbs) with Black-Brown-Yellow burst Canary/Pau Ferro neck with Warhead headstock SD Classic Stack for Jazz Bass pickups Audere preamp Gotoh 201 bridge Schaller BML light...

Woo! The parts just arrived for my 32" scale J bass! I've attached pics comparing it to my long scale bass. Here are my impressions: The parts are beautiful - typical Warmoth. The sunburst is much nicer than the Fender. The neck is canary/pau ferro, but the canary is more pale than my canary...

Here's my latest Warmoth project. It started when I saw the canary Tele neck with '59 roundback profile in the Showcase. The rest of the guitar was sort of built around the neck. The body is swamp ash with a black cherry metallic finish. The neck pickup is a Seymour Duncan SM-3 mini humbucker...

So I just ordered the parts for a new Tele project. This one will be pretty close to vintage style (my first true Tele), so I want to use an ashtray bridge with compensated saddles. After shopping around a little while I ended up ordering a Joe Barden bridge, but I have some concerns with it...

OK, so I'm kinda cheating by posting this as a new project, because most of the parts came from the Tele I posted here: http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=6645.0 But here is the latest incarnation. It has a chambered swamp ash body finished by Warmoth and an all rosewood standard...

I finished this Warmoth tele earlier this year (it has a walnut body, all rosewood neck, and P-Rails). I've been pleased with the tone and playability of this thing, but not so pleased with my finishing job or with the weight (the body is HEAVY). So last week I was checking out the showcase and...

Well, I built this guitar over a year ago, but I've never posted pics of it completed, so here it is. It's a chambered mahogany body with a mahogany carved top. The sides and back are finished in transparent brown with some burst over on the top. The neck is wenge with a Warmoth headstock, '59...

I just finished my second warmoth, a walnut Tele with a rosewood neck. While I was working on this one, my fiance picked up a used Schecter PT (it's her first electric guitar). The original neck was gone, so she promptly ordered up a Warmoth neck. Now we've been having a friendly debate to...

OK, time to start the second Warmoth project. I bought an all rosewood neck and a walnut body (pics attached). I want to finish the body so it matches the neck wood as well as it can. I'm thinking of staining it with Minwax dark walnut stain like tfarny's tele...