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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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12-22-2017 08:45 PM
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Designed to scratch your belt buckle instead of the reverse, huh?
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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I'll bet that just feels fantastic to play!
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Originally Posted by guido5
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That came out really really nice! Congratulations and enjoy the guitar for a long time to come!
I had a fret leveling and setup done professionally on all my Warmoth guitars and IMHO that paid off big time.
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I managed to dial in a half-decent setup myself, but yes, I'll probably have that done.
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
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Originally Posted by Spook410
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
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Very helpful! Always nice to find someone who does good work! The schlep from Stow is no picnic but that is a different topic...
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Originally Posted by guido5
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Originally Posted by Boston Joe
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Originally Posted by guido5
I usually manage to find a metered space on Mass Ave.
Also, parking in Arlington Center is no picnic. Especially when there's a farmers' market in the big parking lot.
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You live a charmed life to easily find a space on Mass ave. Arlington Center has certainly gotten busier too.
Many thanks!
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Originally Posted by guido5
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Hey Joe.. let us know what the assessment was on the frets (great, OK, not so great). Would think this sort of product would be pretty good from the start.
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Originally Posted by Spook410
The conventional wisdom with Warmoth necks (and one that's consistent with my experience so far) is that they're good, but they do require a little bit of tweaking to get them just right. As it stands right now, with my attempt at a setup, it plays pretty well, but does have a few rattles and buzzes, mostly towards the nut end of the neck.
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gotta show this to you guys : over the holidays I put this together, after spending about 8 weeks choosing and sourcing the parts...
The body is a Warmoth Tele with a Korina core and a Gaboon Ebony top. The top I got from Gilmer Woods since Warmoth could not supply a suitable piece of ebony. It's bound in Ivoroid and finished with a few coats of an oil supplied by Crimson Guitars in Great Britain. After the oil finish had cured I put on several coats of Renaissance Wax, also a british product, normally used for preserving antique furniture etc. The neck is from musikraft.com, baked birdseye maple , one piece (round C shape, on the large side) and fretted with 6105 stainless steel frets. This neck is markedly stiffer than my 25 year old maple neck from my first Warmoth Tele !
I put in a pair of TV Jones Classic pickups and the bridge is a Hipshot model. This guitar has settled in now with a set of 011's and I didn't even need to touch the trussrod - it plays effortlessly, rings like a piano and has endless sustain ! The pickups give it a deep, full and balanced tone, with beautiful sparkling highs that are always pleasing while still retaining a woody warmth ... hmmmm, yummy.
I am a happy camper ! This guitar can cover a broad range of tones, from anything twangy/rootsy/funky stuff to gutsy slide and warm jazz tones (I did wire in a treble bleed circuit since I run the volume pot all the time). I dreamed up the combo of Korina with a bound Ebony top for pure looks and as it turned out this works just dandy ! just sayin' .....
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Definitely a well thought out project. I really like the character of the ebony top. Congratulations, and play it in good health!
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beautiful build - congratulations! I love the ebony top. It is really classy looking.
A "Gretschy Tele" has always been one of my bucket list guitars.
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Thanks guys ! It is such a pleasure to play an instrument that you thought out and put together yourself ... My first Tele build has been with me since 1993, served me so well for all these years (my guess is about 350 gigs ....) and it still sees a lot of action. It's a traditional Tele with all Warmoth parts, a set of DiMarzio Area pickups and it still has the first frets , which had to be leveled only once.
I have it strung with 011's like all my other solidbody guitars. I never felt the need /want for a different Tele because this one just feels so good. My inspiration back then came from Ted Greene, Ed Bickert and Danny Gatton ....
This latest build cost me a bit more due to the expensive wood and hardware but still : when looking at the nicer models from Suhr, Melancon,
Anderson, etc. it's cheap !!!!
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