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While imbibing adult beverage and browsing Warmoth website, I came across a screaming deal of chambered strat with figured mahogany top that I just couldn't refuse. Here it is after six coats of Formby Tung Oil Finish in satin. Not terribly imaginative but I do like the look of natural wood...

Last September my order for a Black Korina P Bass with MusicMan pickup arrived.  I wasn't quite thrilled with the rather large swath of dark area but it kinda grew on me. I finally got around to it yesterday.  I used Tried and True Danish oil, which was thick but soaked into the wood quickly. ...

In the old Warmoth website, when I choose the Recessed TOM Bridge Route option it said that I should only use Gotoh TOM bridge.  I thought this was because of metric dimensions. It does not say that anymore.  Is this still the case?  I happened to have a set of Gotoh TOM bridge, and I did not...

I was hoping for nice streaks, but one big dark patch? I know, it is what it is.  The body is sanded very smooth and ready to go except some burn marks.  Maybe I can do a reverse burst? correction: the burn marks are actually small streaks.

Should I use long or short shaft for a rear routed control cavity?  Warmoth also offers 3/5 way switch options for rear route but I've only see them installed on pick guard or plate.  Will they fit properly?

Usually a 3 way Fender tele-style switch is installed under pickguard or plate.  Will the blade be long enough to be installed in a rear-routed Warmoth body? I was given this option when building a body on Warmoth website.

While looking up Watco Danish Oil on Amazon, they also listed Tried & True line of finishes, including stains and Danish oil.  Supposedly they are solvent and VOC free. Does anybody have experience with them?

I am contemplating another build with roasted swamp ash body.  From look of things it darkens considerably even with clear finish.  I am thinking of Watco Danish Oil Natural Finish. For those who have done so, what finish have you used?  Filler?  How did you prepare the body? Thanks.

called Dirty Fingers? When I first heard it I thought it was named after a certain guitar player, but couldn't find any confirmation. Anybody knows the story?

I purchased a set of Seymour Duncan JB & Jazz set of pickups from Amazon back in February.  Before I first installed them I tested them with multimeter; the neck had some random reading, and bridge zero.  After I installed them the whole thing was full of noise and static, though some sounds...

while waiting for their order, or in the middle of a build? Kinda hard to stop thinking about all the possibilities, isn't it?

I noticed that in Warmoth's Custom Body Builder, many bodies would have previews as you customize them, but some don't.  Why is that? Just wondering.

I am mounting humbuckers on pickguard, and when they are about level with the pickguard with some more to go the springs are pretty well compressed.  Should I cut the springs down a bit or get shorter ones?

Hello all. A little less than a year ago I saw some YouTube videos on guitar building.  That got me interested and I bought one of those Chinese Les Paul guitar kit.  As I started building it I started replacing kit parts with better quality ones.  Eventually I got a whole new set of parts, and...

Hi all, I assume the controls of a Starcaster is similar to that of Les Paul, with two sets of volume/tone knobs for each pickup and a toggle selector.  However, I noticed that some have a fifth knob.  I could not find much info and any enlightenment is appreciated.