Members bigconig Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Finally got around to ordering the parts needed for a warmoth strat. Everything showed up on Friday so off to work I went. Swamp ash body finished in vintage white. Everything set in to see what it would look like. The birdseye neck with it's first coat of tru oil (good stuff. The first finishing job I didn't massacre, thanks to atrox for the suggestion) Quite a bit of figuring. 250k CTS pots, Mallory cap, SD APS-1 in the neck, Hot rails at the bridge and a pretty bad generic in the middle (a rw/rp APS-1 will go there when I have a little more $$) All together- Graphtech saddles, stainless med. jumbo frets, graphite nut and sperzels. I'm quite happy. I wanted to do a hardtail version of my light ash strat that was actually light (mine is 9 lbs) this one ended up a hair over 7 and is a blast here's her sister- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 That neck is amazing. What neck shape, contour etc...did you go with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigconig Posted August 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Thanks billy- It's the pro- (compound radius, Double expanding truss rod with side adjust) in the standard thin Contour with a 1-11/16" nut. I didn't have this stuff built. I just ordered out of their showcase as I'm not one to wait, but I did have them put the SS frets and graphite nut in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Geeter Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Congratulations and Happy New Guitar Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BootRoots Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 very neat wiring. I won't bother taking pics of the guts of some of my guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members figfuggo Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Sweet! Thanks for the great pics; you got my mind a percolatin on re-doing some wiring I need to do. I'll bet you can play any style of music with that Strat. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members JoeBoy Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Nice looking Sisters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Harry-L Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 I WANT THAT GUITAR! Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shred4life Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 very nice neck.I got one from warmoth with the gotoh side adjust and it is the best.couldn't afford the birdseye or the stainless frets though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2008 How did you get the cum stains off the neck before you applied the Tru-oil Bigconig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Wow, that neck is amazing. What is the black nut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2008 very nice neck.I got one from warmoth with the gotoh side adjust and it is the best.couldn't afford the birdseye or the stainless frets though. Stainless frets are only a $20 upcharge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kherman Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Very nice! But, you should have had a Bigconig logo decal made to put on there instead of Fender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigconig Posted August 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Thanks guys, it was a lot of fun. wish I had the coin to do another one right now. Wow, that neck is amazing. What is the black nut? Graphite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dann-O Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 very nice neck.I got one from warmoth with the gotoh side adjust and it is the best.couldn't afford the birdseye or the stainless frets though. I know what you mean the guitar looks like it has a reasonable price then you go with the frets and then you say hey let them paint it then sperzels and birdseye maple neck and then You have to work 100 hours overtime every week and move into a cardboard box and eat only rice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wedgehed II Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _Lockwolf_ Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 The neck on that looks amazing. HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 woo hoo! Gorgeous neck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigconig Posted August 31, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 I know what you mean the guitar looks like it has a reasonable price then you go with the frets and then you say hey let them paint it then sperzels and birdseye maple neck and then You have to work 100 hours overtime every week and move into a cardboard box and eat only rice. If you keep your eye on the showcase you can find the occasional deal. I was lucky in that I had a bunch of parts to help the cause too (pots, caps and 2 pickups) The Sperzels can be found on Ebay for a decent price- guitarfetish is great for odds and ends too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bud M Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Dumb question I guess, but why do you need the side adjust on the neck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Cpngrats! (o)(o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted August 31, 2008 Members Share Posted August 31, 2008 Sooooooo does it sound like a strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 31, 2008 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2008 Dumb question I guess, but why do you need the side adjust on the neck? It's the truss rod adjust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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