briancoleman

You spend all that time and a shit load of money building a guitar,( Warmoth Body & Neck) And sometimes you wonder is it all worth it.. lol. I FINALLY plugged it in for the first time tonight.. Just AMAZING !!!! And yes i have a few more things like the custom head stock decal. which going to be named " Sleeper " Road warn strat. maded to look old ( You old guys know what im talking about Looks stock until you look very close and under the hood.. lol ) And string guides. But it turns out to be a strat on steroids. Just AMAZING !!!

Thanks Guys !!! For All The Info

2 minutes ago, briancoleman said:

   If anyone wondering why "SLEEPER" Well i use to have a 72 Nova looked stock. Nothing special until you looked really close and under the hood. lol You old guys will know what im talking about

 

Building a warmoth road worn strat, with all the button and whistles . Looking for a website to make me a custom head stock decal. Its going to be called "Sleeper". And info would be great.

10 hours ago, Prostheta said:

Hi Brian! Not all guitars have strings that line up entirely over the centre of the pickup poles. Generally it is fine to have a little offset so splitting the difference either side is okay. The different tapers of different necks means that pickups tend to be one size fits all for the most part. I mean, you get trem-spaced humbuckers and the like plus basses tend to have more specific spacings but for a Strat? Split the difference.

It's always a good idea to treat a nut as needing fine tuning on any instrument. They're usually set conservatively meaning a higher action over the first fret. Have a close look at the slots to see whether it's that they're not filed deeply enough, the correct shape or whatever. I might be that yofor infour string gauge is larger than their default slot sizes. Again, another aspect of conservative factory setup.

Thank you for the info. I bought the right bridge. My bridge was to big for the build..

Hello guys!! Hoping you guys can help me a little bit. Im been looking all over the internet on how to line up to drill holes for my strat bridge. But come up short.. I have put on top and bottom E string,  just see if i can line it up. I can get the low E string inline center of the poles on pickups, Then my high E string will not be in the center of the poles. Really dont understand that... Can anybody give me any info? I have got

1. Stat body and neck ( Warmoth )
2. Fender 62 reissue vintage bridge
3. Fender Hot N3 noiseless Pickups
4.  Vintage Tuning Heads

O and another question, I did get the nut put in on the neck from warmoth. Do i have to do any nut filing on it? Seems to me that the string isnt setting in the groove enough. Sorry for all the info i need, But my first build. Really want to do it right. And guys thanks for any Info