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    Warmoth satin nitro finish question

    Good afternoon everyone - Just ordered a new neck and getting Warmoth to finish it this time with their tinted satin nitro finish. In order to bury a waterslide decal on the headstock, can I use gloss nitro over top of satin? I am planning to spray on the face of the headstock only, and just...
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    Gotoh vintage 6 screw bridge

    Hi guys I understand that the Gotoh vintage 6 screw bridge is supplied on the Warmoth website and I would assume does fit the vintage tremolo bridge route.  My question to anyone currently using this set up - have you had any problems with string spacing on the e strings with "fall-off" on the...
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    Warmoth Confederate Flag tele body?

    zero percent chance Warmoth did that custom body finish - it's just not what they do.
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    Man in the Box [In Support of Wounded Warriors Canada]

    Hey everyone - here is our second cover that we did in support of Wounded Warriors, Man in the Box by Alice in Chains.  Hope you dig it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irR87b97esM
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    My "2020" Strats

    So far, so good, but to be honest, I haven't had a chance to abuse the wang bar much yet and really test them out!
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    My "2020" Strats

    It's my daughter's name which I have been putting on my guitar builds.
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    Body weight for custom builds

    Hmmm, that's good to know - particularly since I want to build my daughter a Mustang with a Tornado bridge and they rarely have those in the showcase and it would be nice to make it as light as possible for her.  :guitaristgif:
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    Body weight for custom builds

    It would be nice if you could at least select from a certain range of body weights when ordering a custom body.  As it is now, if you want, say, a 4lb strat body, you pretty much have to wait and hope what you want comes up in the showcase.  When you order custom, there is always a chance you...
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    Warmoth waterslides

    I thought I read somewhere that the licensing agreement they have with Fender specified that Warmoth could not put waterslide decals of any type on their necks, nor provide any type of waterslide decals to customers.  I'm guessing that since the licensing agreement was the result of settling a...
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    "2020" Tele Custom

    Ya, maybe one with extra soft bristles so not to scratch the finish? 
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    Koa Unique Choice Telecaster

    That is really nice!  Love Koa and double bound - great combo together!!
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    "2020" Tele Custom

    I did a few base coats of flake shellac to seal the body and then just kept rotating the body over and over, wiping it with a very concentrated mixture of the dye (water-based) with a soft cloth until the point where it wasn't getting darker any more.  The shellac base coats sealed the very...
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    "2020" Tele Custom

    This is the third of three guitars I built during my downtime in the summer. This one is a roasted swamp ash body / roasted flame maple neck and fretboard.  It has the Mark Rutters bridge, locking Hipshot tuners, Jason Lollar Tele Special bridge pickup along with the Lollartron in the neck. ...
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    My "2020" Strats

    To pass the time in this unusual year, I wound up building 2 strats and a tele while I had some extra time on my hands.  What I haven't had much of lately is the spare time to play them, so I'm still getting to know them, but both strats are very much at home through my Wampler Tumnus & Traynor...
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    My Hero [In Support of Wounded Warriors Canada]

    Some friends and I got together (virtually!) to record a batch of tunes to raise awareness for Wounded Warriors Canada - All earnings after licensing and royalties will be donated to WWC as well. Available on iTunes, Amazon Music and all the rest on December 21. Wounded Warriors Canada is a...
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    Nitrocellulose over Tung Oil

    I was also thinking of this recently, but moreso with finishing nitro over Tru Oil.  My gut instinct is that as long as the oil based finished is fully cured, it should be fine, but I would take the extra step of putting a sealer coat of shellac in between, because "shellac sticks to everything...
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    Video: Famous People Who Use Warmoth - For Real This Time!

    Sam Coulston is a beast of a player!
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    Good Weight for a P or J bass body (rule of thumb)?

    After building a number of Warmoth guitars through the years, and thanks to learning from many other builders on forums, I have landed on a preferred weight for a strat or tele body to be around 4 lbs +/- a few ounces. Does anyone have a preferred weight that they like to see a Jazz or Precision...
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    Nitro Lacquer PSA for Canadians

    Just a quick little PSA for my fellow Canadians looking for aerosol Nitro Lacquer (since we can't get Stew Mac stuff here) - I have used this in the past and it worked great for me. https://ardec.ca/en/p/556/stringed-instrument-lacquer-aerosol
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