NecroPolo
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Re: Getting a Warmoth...
For the tone you want I think basswod is great but alder is far more durable in my experience. It has a slightly brighter yet pretty balanced tone. With rosewood fingerboard it has a Gibson-esque warmth to it, with maple it is pretty much Fender-ish, ebony is relatively bright but for the definite attack of notes played it is a good chioce for metal.
Considering production quality I must tell that I don't know about Warmoth's present production pros/cons but my 2002 LPS is an awesome, addictive, better-than-sex axe considering both looks, feel and tone.
I can't imagine that the sloppy neck pocket was their direct fault (unless someone re-programmed their hyper-accurate CNC machines
). CNCs don't make a mistake. I think it's rather wood material or transfer issue. The neck pocket on mine was so accurately cut that it kept the neck in place tight (not bad from a double cutaway body) without screws or anything so I could hang it by the neck.
The thrashed 5A bookmatched top is a rather annoying problem. They shouldn't allow to deliver anything that is not 110%, at least. My one was that.
sastory said:
For the tone you want I think basswod is great but alder is far more durable in my experience. It has a slightly brighter yet pretty balanced tone. With rosewood fingerboard it has a Gibson-esque warmth to it, with maple it is pretty much Fender-ish, ebony is relatively bright but for the definite attack of notes played it is a good chioce for metal.
Considering production quality I must tell that I don't know about Warmoth's present production pros/cons but my 2002 LPS is an awesome, addictive, better-than-sex axe considering both looks, feel and tone.
Gary Ladd said:
I can't imagine that the sloppy neck pocket was their direct fault (unless someone re-programmed their hyper-accurate CNC machines
). CNCs don't make a mistake. I think it's rather wood material or transfer issue. The neck pocket on mine was so accurately cut that it kept the neck in place tight (not bad from a double cutaway body) without screws or anything so I could hang it by the neck.The thrashed 5A bookmatched top is a rather annoying problem. They shouldn't allow to deliver anything that is not 110%, at least. My one was that.
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