Second Warmoth LPS complete!

[Fatty]

Finally got my double cream Custom Custom and Seth, so I was able to finish up my second Warmoth LPS. It's definately got a different sound than my C5/'59 equipped Korina LPS... much closer to a Gibson Les Paul sound, but it seems to cut better than a LP.

Anyways, here's some pics. They're pretty small, but I didn't want to have huge filesizes.

[HolyDirt]

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ooooooooooo pretty

[JSS]

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she's purrrrrrty...

[Curly]

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very nice ... is that koa?

I have a mahogany/ koa top LPS carved top hanging on my wall unfinished, but with nice wood

[MattPete]

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Purty. Any pics of the korina one?

[Alvin Lee Fan]

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Whoa, you're giving me Warmoth GAS! I always wanted to build a carved top LPS with a 25.5 neck. I thought it would be like a Les Paul with better definition and clarity.

Curly, hurry up and get that carved top done so I can lust after it too

[Fatty]

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very nice ... is that koa?

I have a mahogany/ koa top LPS carved top hanging on my wall unfinished, but with nice wood

Yup, flamed Koa top and back. Got it from the "Warmoth Showcase" (formerly "Thrift Shop") for $200 back in March.

Purty. Any pics of the korina one?

Certainly.



Black Korina back with a flamed Walnut top.

[Blueline]

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nice work fatty

i hope to be adding to your colleciton shortly
enjoy that killer guitar buddy

[MattPete]

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I realise they have different pickups, but what do you think of the sonic difference between the all-koa and the kornia/koa one?

[Fatty]

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I realise they have different pickups, but what do you think of the sonic difference between the all-koa and the kornia/koa one?

Acoustically, the Koa one sounds more "jangly" than the Korina one. The Korina LPS sounds rounder and more woody. The Koa one does have a TonePros Tune-o-matic though, whereas the Korina one is string-thru.

Plugged in, the Korina one seems to have a bit more of a bottom end. (Again, it could be attributed to the pickups.. the Custom Custom in the Koa LPS is supposedly more mid-range focused. )

[BluesNRock87]

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dont want to hijack, but is that strat in the pick a hb/p90? tell me about that one !

u also have 2 amazingly nice lps, real lookers, both of them

[Fatty]

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dont want to hijack, but is that strat in the pick a hb/p90? tell me about that one !

u also have 2 amazingly nice lps, real lookers, both of them

Yup, Jazz humbucker / Custom P-90. The cleans with both the Jazz and the Custom sound quite good (very woody sounding), but the real strength of the guitar is the P-90 in the bridge under some gain. I'd almost venture to say it's chunkier than a humbucker, but each note comes through clear as day. It's basically a classic rock sound on steroids. I love just cranking it and rocking out.

[butnut]

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Wow, love the Koa...probably came from here. And yeah, a P90 Strat is very kool...Puckboy has my only P90'd axe, I'm gonna have to try doing a Tele with that bad boy too. Nice collection ya got going there...

[rspst14]

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Were you the one who was using an ebony on wenge neck, or was that someone else? One of these days, I'm going to make a Warmoth Tele with P-90's, and I was thinking of going with ebony on wenge for the neck.

Ryan

[Fatty]

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Were you the one who was using an ebony on wenge neck, or was that someone else? One of these days, I'm going to make a Warmoth Tele with P-90's, and I was thinking of going with ebony on wenge for the neck.

Ryan

That was me. The neck on my P-90 equipped Strat is Wenge with a brazillian rosewood fretboard, and the neck on my Korina LPS is Wenge with an Ebony fretboard. The Ebony definately seems to give it a brighter tone, both acoustically and amped.

Compared to other P-90 eqiupped guitars, my strat seems to have a nicer midrange tone. It could be the Wenge neck, or one of many other factors. The unfinished Wenge does look and feel very nice though.. and it's a great conversation piece