Warmoth Appreciation

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1988 Strat (Swamp Ash, Harmonic Design Vintage Plus and STP pickups) and 1992 Tele (Swamp Ash, Harmonic Design Z-90s). All Warmoth parts.

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1997 Ericktone XII (Warmoth 12-string Pao Ferro/Maple neck and bookmatched Swamp Ash top) and 1996 Ericktone Erksquire (Warmoth V neck, Fatback carve).

Their necks are still the most comfortable ones I've ever come across. Big fan since way back in 1988!
 
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Dude, I want to say I love the lefty guitar look. Especially on the stand. I'm left handed but I was pushed to learn right handed which feels natural to me sometimes except I wish both of my hands were left if you get what I'm saying. Sometimes my strumming hand feels inconsistent when I havent been practicing much. Anyway, nice guitars man, that v neck is awesome! My problem with warmoth is I don't think I can make one that comes together well!! I send a big thanks to anyone who contributeds. Thanks!!
 
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Interesting find, although I'm struggling to find anything about it which could be described as SRV styled as the seller indicates.

A couple of my own.....

#1 Soloist body which I stained and lacquered matched to a late 80's samick strat neck. Not quite finished yet as its missing an output jack.
#2 MIM tele body on a stock Warmoth maple boatneck. This thing is SUPER fat at the nut. It gets more C-shaped toward the heel. This has a Jerry Donahue bridge and twisted tele neck pup combo.
 
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Warmoth makes good stuff if you want to go the "exotic" route. For standard woods and shapes, I think there are better alternatives – companies that spray nitrocellulose lacquer on their bodies, that have more affordable prices, and that can nail the "vintage correct" body contouring options and other details better (e.g. Strat contours changed dramatically through the years). The other thing I dislike about Warmoth is that they are limited by their CNC machines; for instance, they can't make an early-'50's P-Bass neck with a square heel because, "[We] don't have the programming for it." Sorry, but if you call yourself a custom shop, then you need people on hand who can do custom work, not just an army of CNC machines. And why, in the first place, would you offer the early P-Bass headstock shape, but only with a curved heel, which that neck never had? Sorry, but if I am gonna buy cookie cutter CNC parts, I am gonna buy them from someone who is cheaper. That said, I had a Warmoth ash Strat body that was great. It isn't like their stuff isn't good.
 
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Thanks for the feedback guys, also i think the seller meant srv influenced and he mentioned "modern take". Anyway, sorry that you couldn't get what you wanted with that neck man. I think they have it so it's an automated process and they can avoid taking directions from picky customers. Did you ever get your part? Also i like the custom paint job on that soloist. If I may take the chance, I always wanted a green and yellow stain job. Would i have to do the green, then sand and then yellow? I have a maple veneer so it's kind of thin, but it's for a cheap ltd that I stripped. Kind of like the PRS eriza verde scheme.
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Thanks everyone, keep 'em coming!
 
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Does it bug anyone else that the seller of the SRV inspired guitar (wtf?) in the OP wound his strings the wrong way?
 
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ItsaBass said:
Warmoth makes good stuff if you want to go the "exotic" route. For standard woods and shapes, I think there are better alternatives – companies that spray nitrocellulose lacquer on their bodies, that have more affordable prices, and that can nail the "vintage correct" body contouring options and other details better (e.g. Strat contours changed dramatically through the years). The other thing I dislike about Warmoth is that they are limited by their CNC machines; for instance, they can't make an early-'50's P-Bass neck with a square heel because, "[We] don't have the programming for it." Sorry, but if you call yourself a custom shop, then you need people on hand who can do custom work, not just an army of CNC machines. And why, in the first place, would you offer the early P-Bass headstock shape, but only with a curved heel, which that neck never had? Sorry, but if I am gonna buy cookie cutter CNC parts, I am gonna buy them from someone who is cheaper. That said, I had a Warmoth ash Strat body that was great. It isn't like their stuff isn't good.
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Well the term 'Custom Shop' I think gets thrown around pretty loosely these days - they do a ton of piece work for other MFGs like Yamaha (the Pacifica series necks are Warmoth for example). But on the whole I think they do a pretty good job of offering high quality stuff with a ton of options that most people care to use in their builds. Their stuff goes together tight, the quality of the materials used is high, and they stand behind their work when issues arise. I've seen guitars from other makers that are equally as good like USAGC, but plenty of other lower-priced wannabes that were not so good.
 
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This guy is an MJT body and USACG neck, but the pickguard is from Warmoth :D

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My warmoth tele isnt bad but it has a showcase neck which I think is too thin to not have dual truss rods, not that its warped just needs setting up more often then other teles I have played. May change this to a 9.5"radius All Parts or maybe another Warmoth neck. My disappointing thing with Warmoth is that they don't offer binding or square fret markers on Jaguar necks yet offer on lots of other neck style that didnt even have them when in production.
 
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My Frankenstrat that was assembled in 1993 has a Warmoth neck and a Chandler body. The neck has a boatneck contour and for a nearly 20 year old neck, plays as good now as it did back then and I play that guitar a lot.

I have another partsocaster in the works right now that will have a Warmoth neck with the same specs as my Frankenstrat. The body is from a MIM Strat.

So yeah, I like their stuff.
 
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The Warmoth company has grown tremendously over the years, so much so that we are getting a second building. This is the main reason we are not able to do much truly custom work these days. We do offer vintage spec strats and teles, 50's era I believe.

Unfortunately, as busy as we are here in the programming dept (Our job includes many other tasks besides just programming) we do not have time to write code for individual customer requests. I wish we could though.
 
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I've had a few of there necks and bodies and have been happy with all of them. Need to get my VIP back in working order.
 
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Chris, I never, ever get tired f seeing your tele. That thing is just awesome.
 
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My appreciation is full as it's been my main axe for over 10 years and going:

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I have two Warmoth guitars, and I love both of them. First is a 72 Thinline with swamp ash body, all goncalo alves neck, SD Humbuckers (Full Shred at neck and Screamin Demon at bridge):

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And next, my newer build, is a traditional Tele in alder with a wenge on goncalo alves neck (standard thin like the other one), with a SD vintage pup at neck and a SD Broadcaster at bridge. I have it strung with Thomastik-Infeld .010-.044 Jazz Swing flatwounds and it just sings:

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IN my book, Warmoth is a damn sight better than all the rest. Ive had nothing but bad luck with USACG and Ive got plenty of stuff of their..too much ( twisted necks, stripped trussrods, bad fretwork, off kilter neck pockets ). You may say itrs cause I bought the stuff used and I did, but Ive had just as mucjh and more warmoth used stuff that was excellent, so my expereince is hardly conclusive evidence, but for me, its quite enough that I will only buy Warmoht in the future.
 
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