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just wondering who has built their own warmoth and what experiences have risen out of it. I'm thinking about starting the process of building my own and was looking for some feedback about their parts, in paticular the strats, and how the assembly or building process went.

I built one. Mine is a 1 p/u strat with a Floyd and a Screamin' Demon Trembucker. The neck is all Maple with Gibson type frets. I got the matte finish. It's really a piece of cake to assemble and it's finally a chance to get exactly what you want. I don't think I will ever buy another strat guitar when there are superior components available like Warmoth. For me, the Screamin' Demon is just perfect for this guitar.

I bought a Maple neck fully scalloped with 6000 stainless steel frets. The finish is satin which feel excellent for me. As mentioned by JWR, I also will not buy another quot;factoryquot; guitar. I bought the neck from Warmoth, bought the body off ebay, I had all the other parts laying around the house and built an Yngwie Strat for about $600.00. I personally think that my $600 project strat looks and plays better than the Fender.

I do have to confess that I actually own a Warmoth. You can see it in my Avatar (The Strat copy)

If you're looking for something with specs that are available in a production guitar, you're probably probably spending more than the production instrument costs.

If, on the other hand, you're building something that's not available off the shelf, you can get a great instrument. Just keep in mind that Warmoth is the one brand that has worse resale value than Carvin.

I have a few Warmoth necks that came on Yamaha Pacifica guitars. The frets tended to come unseated, but Warmoth's web site says they now glue them in. One thing's fer sher - their compound radius rocks!

I have a Warmoth neck on one of my guitars. It's a Chandler alder strat body. The neck came unfinished and had just a couple coats of watco oil on it for years until I decided to clean it up recently and rub on a few thin coats of satin. Plays great, never had a problem with it and it's been on the guitar for 12 years. I love the compound radius and the boat contour is awesome if you have big hands.

I want to build a Tele in the next few years using Warmoth parts.

I've done several Warmoth projects, and all came out well.

I'd suggest sticking to more quot;tried and truequot; materials and wood combinations.

also, the better idea you have of exactly what you like in all the specs, then the better your project should come out

I agree with aleclee's comment regarding resale, so if that's a concern, I'd think twice. If resale is not a concern, then you're on the right track.

I can also highly recommend USA Custom Guitars as well.

you can PM me for any questions you have, and there are several of my projects on my site

good luck!

everybody always talks about how good their warmoth strats amp; teles are, but how about the other shapes? ive been kicking around the idea of a warmoth v-2 (rhoads) for the last 9 months or so

ex-250 - I've got a Warmoth SG body sitting in my room waiting for the weather and humidity to drop a bit so I can finish it. It's much thicker than Gibby SGs (mainly because of the bolt-on application), but otherwise, the body is an accurate shape, bevel cuts and all. Control layout is just where you would expect to find it on an SG as well. I'd expect their other body shapes to be just as good as the strats and teles.


Originally Posted by ex-250everybody always talks about how good their warmoth strats amp; teles are, but how about the other shapes? ive been kicking around the idea of a warmoth v-2 (rhoads) for the last 9 months or so

Like this?

Originally Posted by TheArchitectLike this?Schweeeet Dude. Those are great. I'm assuming the one on the right is an actual Wolfgang and not a Warmoth?

i'm currently in the process of putting one together or i would be if guitarelectronics.com would ever ship my guitar electronics. (so far backordered 2 months). 1-piece mahagany strat style

I had a Warmoth neck I found cheap on Ebay grafted to the body of an old Peavey strat copy, and it (Along with the DD I dropped in the bridge, which by the way is not the unmanageable treble monster everyone seems to make it out to be unless it's in a Mahogany body, but that's another topic) definately gave a new lease on life to what was pretty much a yard-sale level axe. It's an unfinished two-piece maple with giant 6100 frets, and I definately like it better than any Fender strat neck I've played on. That might just be personal preference though, as with my fairly large hands I've always found the strat necks to be a little flimsy, and the thick profile of the Warmoth suits me a lot better. The compound radius took me a few days to get adjusted to, but it plays like a dream.

As for the resale issue, even if you could get good money for it, I don't know why someone would go to all the trouble of putting together a custom axe just to sell it. Isn't the whole point to make it quot;yourquot; guitar? Regardless, you can put together a custom shop guitar that plays and sounds better than anything on the high racks at Guitar Center and you'll still be lucky if you make back the money you spent on the bridge and tuners if you sell it. Finally, after pricing out a number of quot;fantasy guitarsquot; using Warmoth parts, SD pups, etc., I can tell you that unless you get a string of great Ebay deals on all of your components, you definately won't wind up spending any less money, especially if you're not skilled in assembling guitars and have to pay a guitar shop tech to do it for you.

Short answer, though, is that the Warmoth neck is definately a purchase I don't regret making.

I have a warmoth neck that I think is of top quality.

My freaking awesome warmoth stratand equally freaking awesome Warmoth neck
Originally Posted by MikeSex-250 - I've got a Warmoth SG body sitting in my room waiting for the weather and humidity to drop a bit so I can finish it. It's much thicker than Gibby SGs (mainly because of the bolt-on application), but otherwise, the body is an accurate shape, bevel cuts and all. Control layout is just where you would expect to find it on an SG as well. I'd expect their other body shapes to be just as good as the strats and teles.

I was thinking about a Warmoth SG/Strat. The strat you’re having when you’re not having one… alder body with bolt on maple neck.
If I go for the SGstrat, I’ll use my Rio Grande Dual Tallboys that are essentially true single coils taped together. Mike, would you care to post a few pics of your SG body?

Some very good advice here... But this thread still belongs in the Guitar Shop

I guess the reason I got into Warmoth stuff is that I can order exactly what I want, assuming of course that I know what I want. Resale would not be needed in my case as I got exactly what I was looking for. Beautiful pics boys!

Mine's nearly ready, I'm just waiting on a diamonplate pickguard from sharp concepts to arrive

im planning on not showing it till its fully done, but it should be a killer guitar, its a jackson neck/strat body hybrid that looks awesome and is totally built for ME, nobody else.

anyone care to answer my question on the warmoth neck in another thread?

its here: from : localhost//forum/s...54314#poststop

cheers