I want a warmoth strat for fusion jazz. I can't the badass leads I want to with my ES-335 with Antiquities. So I'm shooting for a strat with two humbuckers. What wood should I use for the body and neck that can make this guitar very very versatile? Also, what fretboard wood wood make it easy to bend, also what fret wire gauge. I was thinking 6000 fretwire on a Fender Scale neck would be really easy to play......right?
help building a warmoth strat.
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Re: help building a warmoth strat.
alrighty
lets seee if i can help
my decision ont he boddy wood depends on what charcteristics you think of when you say "fusiojazz"
however for a very versatile "strat"
i'd go mahogany body with maple neck, HBs and either rosewood or ebony board (personal preference)
eboy is harder, brighter and smoother
rosewood is warmer
however, for "bendability" pick a taller fret like a medium jumbo or something
think dnlop 6150
if ya ned help assemblying or setting up, just PM me
alrighty
lets seee if i can help
my decision ont he boddy wood depends on what charcteristics you think of when you say "fusiojazz"
however for a very versatile "strat"
i'd go mahogany body with maple neck, HBs and either rosewood or ebony board (personal preference)
eboy is harder, brighter and smoother
rosewood is warmer
however, for "bendability" pick a taller fret like a medium jumbo or something
think dnlop 6150
if ya ned help assemblying or setting up, just PM me
Benjy_26
25's Nemesis
Re: help building a warmoth strat.
Are you playing in a small combo, or do you go up against a lot of horns?
For a small combo, I'd go straight to what Blueline said, with one addition: get the body chambered if possible.
For a big band/orchestra style gig, I'd go with chambered ash, maple neck, ebony fretboard, and big frets.
Are you playing in a small combo, or do you go up against a lot of horns?
For a small combo, I'd go straight to what Blueline said, with one addition: get the body chambered if possible.
For a big band/orchestra style gig, I'd go with chambered ash, maple neck, ebony fretboard, and big frets.
TaZMaNiO
New member
Re: help building a warmoth strat.
Personally I'd forget about Warmoth and talk to the guys at USACG about building a H-H Mahogany Tele (no pickguard needed) with a 59-63 profile Pau Ferro/Paduak slab neck with 6105 SS frets...
After I got one I couldn't play my Warmoths anymore and had to sell em all! :blackeye: :blackeye: :blackeye: :blackeye:
Personally I'd forget about Warmoth and talk to the guys at USACG about building a H-H Mahogany Tele (no pickguard needed) with a 59-63 profile Pau Ferro/Paduak slab neck with 6105 SS frets...
After I got one I couldn't play my Warmoths anymore and had to sell em all! :blackeye: :blackeye: :blackeye: :blackeye:
Re: help building a warmoth strat.
Yeah, I haven't really decided on Warmoth or USAcustomguitars. I just want it to be an easy process......I just want to have to put the neck on the guitar and the pickups in the body and I guess I can figure out how to wire everything. Nothing fancy. Just a badass guitar that FEELS amazing and thats worthy enough to play in every situation from searing leads to warm, full bodied jazz.
I think I'm going for a Strat shaped body, Strat scale neck, 6000 fret wire( the largest I suppose for that "scalloped" feel?), mahogany body, maple neck, and rosewood fret board. Not quite sure on the body wood and neck wood. Still up in the air.
Yeah, I haven't really decided on Warmoth or USAcustomguitars. I just want it to be an easy process......I just want to have to put the neck on the guitar and the pickups in the body and I guess I can figure out how to wire everything. Nothing fancy. Just a badass guitar that FEELS amazing and thats worthy enough to play in every situation from searing leads to warm, full bodied jazz.
I think I'm going for a Strat shaped body, Strat scale neck, 6000 fret wire( the largest I suppose for that "scalloped" feel?), mahogany body, maple neck, and rosewood fret board. Not quite sure on the body wood and neck wood. Still up in the air.
ratherdashing
Kablamminator
Re: help building a warmoth strat.
I think your choices would be pretty nice. Myself, I might ask for a light rosewood body (you can request that they find a nice light piece of wood), maple neck, and ebony fretboard (the brightness of the ebony should balance out the warmth of the rosewood). A clear finish on a rosewood Strat body would look amazing, and you'd have a very distinctive-sounding instrument.
I think your choices would be pretty nice. Myself, I might ask for a light rosewood body (you can request that they find a nice light piece of wood), maple neck, and ebony fretboard (the brightness of the ebony should balance out the warmth of the rosewood). A clear finish on a rosewood Strat body would look amazing, and you'd have a very distinctive-sounding instrument.
Lake Placid Blues
New member
Re: help building a warmoth strat.
You probably want a chambered strat body for "full bodied jazz" in mahogony or Korina/Limba. Korina/Limba will be potentially a little less wooly than mohogony in a chambered state, for "searing leads". Korina is in between mahogony and basswood on the brightness/articulation scale.
Basswood has also been used successfully for jazz/rock fusion instruments, such as by Alan Holdsworth.
For jazz, you get that dry, "super clean", pick attack from ebony or pau ferro fret boards, and they do searing leads too. Pau ferro isn't as bright as ebony, and if you use a maple neck shaft, pau ferro would be best. Ebony is best matched with mahogony. For jazz/rock, I would only consider the Brazilian variety of rosewood, and probably use it on a maple neck shaft.
You probably want a chambered strat body for "full bodied jazz" in mahogony or Korina/Limba. Korina/Limba will be potentially a little less wooly than mohogony in a chambered state, for "searing leads". Korina is in between mahogony and basswood on the brightness/articulation scale.
Basswood has also been used successfully for jazz/rock fusion instruments, such as by Alan Holdsworth.
For jazz, you get that dry, "super clean", pick attack from ebony or pau ferro fret boards, and they do searing leads too. Pau ferro isn't as bright as ebony, and if you use a maple neck shaft, pau ferro would be best. Ebony is best matched with mahogony. For jazz/rock, I would only consider the Brazilian variety of rosewood, and probably use it on a maple neck shaft.
