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Madien, thanks for the info, it is very appericiated and I hope to repay the favor sometime.

Cool, I am also about to start moding a charvel that I bought in Korea. I am currently in the stages of tearing it down and I am about ready to strip the paint. I was thinking about curving the top also but I dont really know where or how to start that process. I need to get a picture server set up so that I can get some pictures posted of its progress.

sorry for the misspell, How do you plan on finishing it? do you plan on puting any binding on it? The maple Cap will definatly bring out the highs and ass some sustain to it.

Maiden, Thanks for the heads up. hyunsu, I hope that if I can ever make it back to your country to be able to meet you and see your work first hand.

Maiden69, Thank you for the kind words. With regard to the pickup selection, I chose the 85 because back in 88' when I built the guitar I was very big into Heavy Metal (hair bands which I still am) and the 85 possessed the sound that I was looking for. I believe that you are correct in your assessment that the 81 would have been too much considering my choice of wood. I currently have a 95' Les Paul studio which I have an 81/85 Zack Wild combo in. Being that it is made of Mahogony the 81 adds a little more life to it in the bridge and the 85 is nice and warm in the neck. Its great for blues. Im not to sure that a 60 could have provided the punch that I wanted in the strat.

hyunsu, You are a true inspiration. I love the explorer style neck head stock. Do you have a template that you use or did you get it from a gibson guitar. I believe I saw somewhere that you were in north Korea. I have been to south Korea about three times. It is a very beautyful country but it gets very cold in the winter, probably the coldes that I have ever been. Keep up the great work and I cant wait to see it finished.

Mike, with regard to the sound quality, it is very bright but that is what I was after. the sustain I get from it lasts for days. I rember one time I was playing and got hungry at which point I hit a note, went to the kitchen, fixed a sandwithch, ate it, drank a coke, washed my hands and went back to pickup where I left off. Just kidding but you get the idea. As for the Warmoth parts I swear by them and in my opinion they are the best replacement parts out there and if you can concieve of it they can make it. Thanks for the complements and I hope to hear from you again.

Thanks for the complements. The Dragon idea came from a picture that I found whil researching ideas for a mural to put on the guitar. It was inatialy poised over some vilagers standing in a field. I didnt like that too much so I came up with the concept of him in a field of stars. The guy that did the air brush work was just some one working in a T-shirt store and he did it for $50 bucks. It was a real deal. With regard to not building it from scratch, it was my first project and I wanted to see what I was capable of doing from known good quality parts and I cant realy say that I have put my hands on anything that plays better to include anything that PRS has put out. I know that's a very bold statement but many others have commented in kind. It never fails to draw attention no matter where I go with it. I am slowly working my way into a from scratch build. I have two projects that I am just starting and they both involve modifying existing parts. I hope to have pictures and posts on soon.

Sorry this should be a better picture. http://www.warmoth.com/gallery/Images/Stra...d_scott_lrg.jpg

This is the first project that I attempted. It is made from Warmoth products. The neck is a reverse headstock explorer style and is made completely out of birdseye maple. The body is made out of harde maple. It was almost a shame to paint it because it had a beautyful grain to it. The tuning heads are grover,the tremlo is a floyd rose origional, and the pup is an EMG 85. When I inatially finished the neck and body in 88', I had not bothered to wet sand and buff it, so about two months ago I got an urge to refinish it. Every thing was removed, disassembled, and scuffed at which point i applied about 5 coats of polyurathine to the neck and about 10 coats to the body. After a couple of days the paint was well cured and everything was sanded down and then wet sanded and power buffed with finishing compound. If anyone has any questions or comments about it please feel free to post. I will be posting pictures and and a description of the next two projects that I am working on soon.

Perry, you wana talk about humidity issues, Im in south Louisiana. The humidity around here is almost at a constant 70%, however the company I work for has a paint booth that I use on ocasion to achieve my needs. As far as the graphix go I was thinking about going to local Tattoo shops and checking out their art work for ideas.

Perry, Thanks for the kudos, in addition to the info on drilling the wire routing hole. I have been giving alot of thought as to how I was going to go about it and once again you have come to my rescue. I hope to be finished with my current project in the relative near future at which point I will have pictures and a discription posted on Warmoth's website. My plans for finishing the body is to paint it a light cream or antique white and then have a pin and ink mural done on top of that and cover it with about seven to ten coats of clear, wet sand and buff. The only problem is that I dont have a mural in mind yet. I was thinking of something along the lines of the George Lynch "Snakes and Swords" ESP. Any ideas that anyone has would be helpful.

I am not sure, but I believe that if you use the same wood for the plug as the rest of the guitar the router should not bite. does any one else have any experience with this.

I am new here, however I hope that my openion will be valued. I presently have a warmoth that I built in 1988 and it is to this day my main guitar. I am also in the process of building another guitar using warmoth products that I aquired from e-bay. As far as I am concerned for the price, craftsmanship, options and service Warmoth is the total package. Not to take anything away from the rest of the factory component providers listed, but they just dont have everything that Warmoth has to offer, however USACG is working toward getting there. If anyone would like to see my Warmoth go to (http://www.warmoth.com/gallery/gallery.cfm?fuseaction=include_strat) its the black strat with the red and yellow dragon airbrushed on it.

Perry, Thanks for the reply. I dont know why I didnt think of it my self. Up until now I have only assembled guitars. This is the first true modification of a body that I will be doing. If you would like to see my previous project it can be viewed in the gallery at Warmoth.com. It is in the strat section. Its the black strat with the red and yellow dragon airbrushed on it. Feel free to give me your thoughts.

I am presently building a guitar. I aquired the body and neck off of ebay, both of which are Warmoth products. The neck is flame maple with a birdseye maple finger board and the body is a solid maple solist. the problem that i am having is that it was factory routed for a slanted humbucker in the bridge and the former owner tried to route a single coil in the neck but didnt do a good job. After recieving the body i stripped it and plugged the single coil hole with a solid piece of maple, however i still want the single coil in the neck so does anyone have any information on locating and routing the single coil in the neck. any information that anyone has will be greatly appericiated.