MKibanez
Member
Hi guys, who have ever play one? Would like to have your appreciation about the quality.
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Rash
New member
Very good quality!
I had 2 different bodies (light Swamp Ash, light Alder), the Swamp ash had super nice grain, both were not finished.
The shaping is not exactly like a Fender one, but even those differ a lot. The Neck Head on a Warmoth Strat neck is a little thicker.
Much more important the neck, here is the sound/core/heart/personalty of the guitar, i.e. this is the most important part of a bolt on guitar.
The quartersawn Neck with biggest size I ordered was beautiful, but kind of boring, dull sounding, my local guitar builder who assembled the guitar, does not like quartersawn maple.
So I changed the neck (a piece of wood which gave a resonant tone when you knocked on wood, holding it with the other hand lightly).
This neck/guitar sounds beautiful, makes a perfect guitar, very fast attack, lively, no muddiness on bass strings, quite even sound on every string/fret .
So concerning the neck, it is absolutely not about brand, optics or bla blah blah, it is about the actual wood resonance which differs always a lot. My advice get a warmoth body and let a local guitar builder build the neck from a wood he/you chooses carefully; makes much more sense, he can also sculpture the neck til it fits your hand.
A very heavy body makes the guitar non-lively and adds sustain, which is overrated playing e-guitar. Very often! the rosewood board is applied too thick, making it brittle and taming the guitar in a bad way.
If vibrato, get a vintage one with bent saddles, this has twang =>personality!
Another experience of mine Swamp Ash Body and Brazilian Rosewood Board do not fit together sounding wise, better with maple neck.
As mentioned the quality of warmoth is very good, but putting the parts together will not get the optimum, you have to get the frets professionally leveled, otherwise you will sacrifice playability.
Kai
I had 2 different bodies (light Swamp Ash, light Alder), the Swamp ash had super nice grain, both were not finished.
The shaping is not exactly like a Fender one, but even those differ a lot. The Neck Head on a Warmoth Strat neck is a little thicker.
Much more important the neck, here is the sound/core/heart/personalty of the guitar, i.e. this is the most important part of a bolt on guitar.
The quartersawn Neck with biggest size I ordered was beautiful, but kind of boring, dull sounding, my local guitar builder who assembled the guitar, does not like quartersawn maple.
So I changed the neck (a piece of wood which gave a resonant tone when you knocked on wood, holding it with the other hand lightly).
This neck/guitar sounds beautiful, makes a perfect guitar, very fast attack, lively, no muddiness on bass strings, quite even sound on every string/fret .
So concerning the neck, it is absolutely not about brand, optics or bla blah blah, it is about the actual wood resonance which differs always a lot. My advice get a warmoth body and let a local guitar builder build the neck from a wood he/you chooses carefully; makes much more sense, he can also sculpture the neck til it fits your hand.
A very heavy body makes the guitar non-lively and adds sustain, which is overrated playing e-guitar. Very often! the rosewood board is applied too thick, making it brittle and taming the guitar in a bad way.
If vibrato, get a vintage one with bent saddles, this has twang =>personality!
Another experience of mine Swamp Ash Body and Brazilian Rosewood Board do not fit together sounding wise, better with maple neck.
As mentioned the quality of warmoth is very good, but putting the parts together will not get the optimum, you have to get the frets professionally leveled, otherwise you will sacrifice playability.
Kai
Death by Uberschall
Active member
These four Warmoths are mine. All finishes and fret work were done by Warmoth, I assembled them. I can't say enough great things about Warmoth. I'm planning to build number five next year if that tells you anything.
Code001
Well-known member
I'll say the opposite - the neck I received had shitty fretwork, and the paint on the body had streaks. In contrast, the Musikraft neck I tried blew the Warmoth one out of the water.
5150clone
New member
bigdaddyd
New member
I have necks and bodies from all companies. You can get good and bad from all of them, whether it be Fender, Gibson, Suhr, Anderson, Warmoth or whoever. If you order something and it isn't to your liking...SEND IT BACK. That said, I own really good shit from everyone. Each company has made stuff I dig.
I have a beautiful neck from Jameson (Musikraft) on an old Warmoth body. That guitar sounds awesome. I have an old ESP NAMM body with an ALLParts neck that was refinished in nitro. That guitar sounds awesome. I have a complete custom Warmoth Musiclander neck and body build with paint...awesome. I have an old Strat plus mongrel that sounds fantastic, but is ugly as sin. I've had 2 Andersons and many high end guitars that I sold because these parts guitars just sound better and have more vibe.
My last build was a MIM Esquire with Callaham, RS Guitarworks and Dimarzio parts. It rocks too. My point is that pretty much all of these builders can build you exactly what you want, or you can get there with fairly stock, used parts and a little customizing on the cheap. Don't listen to anyone that tells you that any company has bad wood or whatever. They are all capable of fine products. All companies produce products that may or may not need a little adjustment when done. If it is a custom order and doesn't meet you needs, send it back. If you order a neck from Warmoth or a similar company and expect perfect final fret work, that is your problem. It states on their website that final fretwork may be necessary in some cases depending on your setup needs. They can't plan on your final setup, since you are just buying a neck from them.
I have a beautiful neck from Jameson (Musikraft) on an old Warmoth body. That guitar sounds awesome. I have an old ESP NAMM body with an ALLParts neck that was refinished in nitro. That guitar sounds awesome. I have a complete custom Warmoth Musiclander neck and body build with paint...awesome. I have an old Strat plus mongrel that sounds fantastic, but is ugly as sin. I've had 2 Andersons and many high end guitars that I sold because these parts guitars just sound better and have more vibe.
My last build was a MIM Esquire with Callaham, RS Guitarworks and Dimarzio parts. It rocks too. My point is that pretty much all of these builders can build you exactly what you want, or you can get there with fairly stock, used parts and a little customizing on the cheap. Don't listen to anyone that tells you that any company has bad wood or whatever. They are all capable of fine products. All companies produce products that may or may not need a little adjustment when done. If it is a custom order and doesn't meet you needs, send it back. If you order a neck from Warmoth or a similar company and expect perfect final fret work, that is your problem. It states on their website that final fretwork may be necessary in some cases depending on your setup needs. They can't plan on your final setup, since you are just buying a neck from them.
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parntz145
Active member
I like the look of the Warmoth stuff, I just dont understand why they have such a gigantic route for the electronics? I mean it looks like they take half the wood off the body for it. If tney would do a charvel style route I would of used one of thier bodies.
MKibanez
Member
Thanks everybody for all the infos!
bigdaddyd
New member
parntz145":3oitlzwi said:
If something like that bothers you, check Musikraft...I think their route is what you like.
Death by Uberschall
Active member
parntz145":2e3osnlg said:
Would you rather have too much room and not need it, or need it and not have it?
Because Warmoth has such a long list of options, they give those who need plenty of room for electronics, well, plenty of room. You can put your controls anywhere you want them. Doesn't affect the guitar in a negative way at all.
snowdog
Active member
Death by Uberschall":eajqbzre said:
That is probably my favorite looking Warmoth I've seen, love it everytime he posts it.
I have 2 complete guitars made from Warmoth as listed in my signature that I am really happy with. Main thing to consider is to have someone that knows what they are doing assemble them, set them up, dress the frets etc... I would be really careful about buying any Warmoth stuff from eBay, they are usually the victim of some backyard surgery gone wrong.
I have played a lot of nice guitars and not many play any better than my 2 Warmoths.