New Warmoth (Left-Hand Body) Build

[Jeffblue]

Warmoth Black Korina body, Fender Tele neck, stainless steel pickguard, Schaller Hardtail top-loading bridge, Seymour Duncan 59/Pearly Gates.

[ratherdashing]

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Right-handed players wasting good left-handed bodies makes me a sad left-handed panda.

[Eblis]

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Nice! What kind of finish is that? Oil? I wanna get an unfinished hollow VIP body and oil it up. Mahogany with a Koa top. I have a beautiful Warmoth neck for 2 years now just sitting around.

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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that looks awesome though... shame I couldn't have the body... lol

[STRATDELUXER97]

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I like the body,but the righty tele neck grates on me!

[Kam]

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That volume knob and switch look like they're in incredibly inconvenient locations, no matter which way you're playing that guitar.

[formula73]

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I dig it, overall, though I never understood the appeal of taking a well-balanced guitar with good upper fret access and destroying both of those traits. For a broke lefty, I can understand a righty flipped over, but the other way around...I dunno. That toploader is slick, however. I gotta try one of those. That body is GORGEOUS.

That volume knob and switch look like they're in incredibly inconvenient locations, no matter which way you're playing that guitar.

This...and something looks a bit out of alignment between the neck and the bridge. Can you take some tension off those screws and manhandle that neck into place?

[Jeffblue]

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Right-handed players wasting good left-handed bodies makes me a sad left-handed panda.

I actually had this one specially made so no worries.

[Jeffblue]

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I dig it, overall, though I never understood the appeal of taking a well-balanced guitar with good upper fret access and destroying both of those traits. For a broke lefty, I can understand a righty flipped over, but the other way around...I dunno. That toploader is slick, however. I gotta try one of those. That body is GORGEOUS.
I always thought when Jimi Hendrix played his' Strats flipped, it gave those guitars a distinctive look. Everybody plays a Strat in the appropriate mode. I thought I'd shake it up a bit.


This...and something looks a bit out of alignment between the neck and the bridge. Can you take some tension off those screws and manhandle that neck into place?

You are right about the alignment and I'm working on that. Strange because I had Warmoth rout for this particular bridge.

[Jeffblue]

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Hey all, thanks for your input. I wanted something WAY different and the comments were the odd controls and the right hand Tele neck. Certainly sparks serious opinions and I appreciate them all. I really like a Tele headstock and the juxtaposition of a right hand neck and left hand body equates to a one-off look. So the guitar is as different as I am. Warmoth routed the holes for the Schaller bridge in the wrong place so I had to shift the pickguard and re-attach the bridge in the right position. I can post photos later if anyone is interested. This guitar, no matter if you like it or not, absolutely sounds incredible.

[AlexR]

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Are you sure that its Warmoth that made a mistake....I mean a lot of bridges align differently when you flip them righty to lefty. The screw holes for mounting might not necessarily align a RH bridge perfectly to a lefty centreline.

[Left_Hand_Strat]

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That volume knob and switch look like they're in incredibly inconvenient locations, no matter which way you're playing that guitar.

Ditto.

Now I think about it, yeah

[BTMN]

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Use the rollers on the bridge to move the strings a lil south. Not only do the saddles move forward and back but they also move side to side. Got a good local tech? That needs a setup

Great looker beyond that for sure though!

[Jeffblue]

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Are you sure that its Warmoth that made a mistake....I mean a lot of bridges align differently when you flip them righty to lefty. The screw holes for mounting might not necessarily align a RH bridge perfectly to a lefty centreline.

You're right! I forgot about that as a consideration. But the only thing about the Schaller is that they do not make a left and right hand bridge so, I believe, the bridge should be same used either way. I could be wrong. I never ha dissues before with Warmoth, they have always been spot-on.

[Jeffblue]

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Thanks for the input guys. I have already fixed the problem. I had to shift the bridge and the pickguard for the proper fit. I will post more photos later.