rupe
Active member
Major coolness...those are some great builds!
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Further LO
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Thanks man, i am working on a soloist with a crazy top , with the big dean v headstock should be cool, i will get picks asap
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Anonymous
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Here are some of my mutts/builds. Some are the same guitar with different necks/paint/pickups:
Steve
Steve
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Heritage Softail
New member
Wow!
Some awesome work here
Some awesome work here
59Bassman
Member
I've wanted to build a guitar since my dad and I first hatched the idea 25 years ago, but I've never done it. I've got a pile of non-guitar-specific tools (although I don't have a finishing booth), but every time I get close, I hold back. Like now, f'rinstance. I've decided I need some sort of HSS strat. I know what I like in guitars - I want an alder body, maple/pau ferro neck (1 11/16" wide, deep C shape, stainless med jumbos), and a 2-post non-locking trem.
There's a part of me that says one call to Warmoth, Musikraft, or USA Custom would set me pretty well. But I've played so many guitars that had the right parts, but were "meh" instruments. How often does it go "right"? How often do you end up going through a couple neck or body iterations before you find one that's really great?
My other issue is that it's still not a "real" Fender/Suhr/whatever. Nekkid headstocks look wrong, but I'm not creative enough to design my own logo, and I don't feel right putting a Fender logo on a guitar that wasn't made by FMIC.
So I look, I ponder, and I start convincing myself that an American Standard HSS is probably "close enough". The neck may not be quite right, I may want different pickups, and the woods may not be as good as what USA Custom sells. But it's got an intrinsic value in case it doesn't work out, and it comes pretty well set up without having to get into cutting nut slots, leveling frets, or drilling holes for a trem. This exact argument has gone on in my head hundreds of times over the last 25 years, and I've never gotten past it.
How do you talk yourself into doing the first one?
There's a part of me that says one call to Warmoth, Musikraft, or USA Custom would set me pretty well. But I've played so many guitars that had the right parts, but were "meh" instruments. How often does it go "right"? How often do you end up going through a couple neck or body iterations before you find one that's really great?
My other issue is that it's still not a "real" Fender/Suhr/whatever. Nekkid headstocks look wrong, but I'm not creative enough to design my own logo, and I don't feel right putting a Fender logo on a guitar that wasn't made by FMIC.
So I look, I ponder, and I start convincing myself that an American Standard HSS is probably "close enough". The neck may not be quite right, I may want different pickups, and the woods may not be as good as what USA Custom sells. But it's got an intrinsic value in case it doesn't work out, and it comes pretty well set up without having to get into cutting nut slots, leveling frets, or drilling holes for a trem. This exact argument has gone on in my head hundreds of times over the last 25 years, and I've never gotten past it.
How do you talk yourself into doing the first one?
glip22
Well-known member
Great thread Rupe. Things are livening up around here. Killer guitars.
Jer
New member
Nice guitars guys, the (purple?) Kramer takes me back.. 
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Further LO
New member
that blood splatter is bad ass
projectx102
New member
Here's a build I just finished. It's a KNE Guitars "Azusa Frank" northern ash body with Warmoth neck with their standard thin profile. Bridge is a Callaham vintage 6 hole. Pickups are a Dimarzio Super D in the bridge and Dimarzio SDS-1's for the singles. Sounds and plays ridiculous!
dfrattaroli
New member
Great thread. I've got one in the works right now with a Mighty Mite body and neck. Just need to get the other parts.
projectx102
New member
From my experience the KNE bodies and Warmoth necks fit together great!
Kapo_Polenton
Well-known member
Where are you guys getting your necks? How do you find Mighty Mite vs warmoth? I have one mighty mite neck and it feels good, just not sure if it is responsible for excess spank.