Warmoth Bodies & Necks

Doctor J

Thinkin bout replacing the body on my Jazz bass with one from Warmoth. Has anyone bought from them before? Any feedback appreciated, thanks.

dragon_ninja82

Yeah man I ordered a body and neck off them last summer! Great bunch of guys, and they had no problem incorporating all the little custom extra's I wanted for not much extra in the price. Got stung a little with import duty and tax and stuff, but when the luthier who built it told me that my guitar has the best neck he's ever played and ordered himself a body and neck off them I felt it was worth it

Eoin Madsen

Anyone else with Warmoth experience? Since discovering the site I don't think a week has gone by without me drooling over the wonderous possibilities of various exotic woods. You can put together a great guitar for under $1000. What I want to know is, how good is it really? Does it sound as good as a guitar worth $1000 or does it sound as good as a guitar worth $3000? Like, if you made a Tele from Warmoth parts, what would be the equivalent Fender Tele that it would sound like? Not so much from a subjective "tone" point of view, but from a quality of sound perpective.

Doctor J

Well as they say on their site, the wood is specifically chosen by you. If you want something with excellent resonance and acoustical properties, compromising the aesthetical side, then you'll get a fantastic sounding piece of wood.

Zoton

there was an article about building your own guitar in guitar buyer magazine acouple of months ago, and the writing it used warmoth. I think he did have a couple of problems, but nothing like the ones you had with music 123.

Eoin Madsen

Originally posted by Doctor J
Well as they say on their site, the wood is specifically chosen by you. If you want something with excellent resonance and acoustical properties, compromising the aesthetical side, then you'll get a fantastic sounding piece of wood.

Yeah... but (for example) most Telecasters are made from alder or ash... if you get a piece of Warmoth alder or ash, is it of the same quality?

dragon_ninja82

As someone with experience with them I'd havta say that the wood is quite good quality. Then again I did get them to use grade AA mahogany with hollow chambers in the body to lighten it and increase the resonance, and this is something you wont find on a €1000 guitar. I kinda feel if its just a telecaster you want, you should just buy a fender telecaster, but if its a fender telecaster you'd like, but with a thin super fast neck, or 24 frets, or a pao ferro fretboard, or a floyd rose, or a custom paintjob or a body made out of mahogany etc etc (i could go on for hours) you should consider using warmoth.

Doctor J

Originally posted by Eoin Madsen
Yeah... but (for example) most Telecasters are made from alder or ash... if you get a piece of Warmoth alder or ash, is it of the same quality?

There are enough people on Fender forums out there who have replaced Fender wood with Warmoth wood and would suggest Warmoth wood is superior.

dabhoys

I've heard the same things too. The warmoth stuff is supposed to be excellent..

feylya

Of course Doctor J, you could always buy a ash or alder blank, grab a router and construct your own! I'll be having a go refinishing my Epiphone strat I think very very soon.....

Doctor J

I could... but of course I am so very lazy

Plus, I don't think I could pull off the 3 tone sunburst I want quite as well as the Warmoth folk on the one piece ash body I'm thinking of getting.

Sometimes, yes sometimes, these things are best left in the hands of professionals.

feylya

Meh, spose.

Warmoth wouldn't make this though

Doctor J

No, but they did make this

feylya

Touche! EMG's too

Doctor J

I thought you'd like that

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEYLYA!

feylya

It's my birthday??? What did ya get me?


Hmm, know anyone who want an EMG 85 for an 81?