Has anyone ever done a Estimate with Warmoth for

[thetruthguy]

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Is that an image of [insert favorite religious icon here] on the guitar??? They should put that one on eBay and sell it for millions. Hey, if it can be done with a half-eaten cheese sandwich ... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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Correction: The difference between their Showcase page parts and their custom order parts is the wait time. The price is the same.

For example, let's there's a maple Strat neck with rosewood board and MOP dots, bone nut, 10-16" compound radius, standard thin profile, and jumbo frets available in the Showcase page for $200.00. But, if a neck exactly like that is not available in the Showcase page so that you have to ask them to build it for you ("custom order"), it would cost EXACTLY $200.00 to have it made, plus the waiting time for them to make it.

My brother originally wanted the ebony-boarded maple Precision Bass neck with indestructible stainless steel frets on the Showcase page months ago but somebody bought the neck out from under him just a day before submitting his fax containing his order!!!! He wanted another one done but he would have had to wait. So, he settled for a pao ferro boarded Jazz Bass neck also from the Showcase page instead.

[kruneh]

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NOTP, what was the finish on your brothers bass and was it done by Warmoth?
Couldn´t find the thread about it.

[Model 88]

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NOTP, what was the finish on your brothers bass and was it done by Warmoth?
Couldn´t find the thread about it.

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Here is the thread http://www.jcfonline.com/ubbthreads/...page=11#356467

[hippietim]

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NOTP - I've found that the prices in the Showcase are often substantially lower than the order-it-yourself price. Particularly if anything sits around for a month or more.

[sambencuda]

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NOTP, I've gotten stuff from the showcase for cheaper than ordering it to be made. A lot of the stuff in there has a grain that the customer may not have been happy with or a satin finish applied instead of a gloss. I bought a crazy flamed maple Jackon neck from the showcase with an ebony board, stainless frets, 24 fret extension and abalone dots. finished in satin for under $350 which is cheaper than if I had it made (I think it would have been $400, but I can't remember). I have seen stuff in there that was the same price however. I think you just need to be at the right place at the right time to catch a deal.

Man I'm gasin for a warmoth project after this thread. I'm thinking a LP special (double cut) arctop body and an explorer neck.

Sometimes I hate this place! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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Oh yeah, forgot about them blowing out older stock. It's a gamble though... some people wait until the second they slash the price, and then snag it right out from under you. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

My beef with them is that they don't do headstock binding! Maybe I could "custom" order that... and there's always fake binding courtesy of automotive pinstriping tape. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

And they also don't do custom inlay with shell material (MOP/abalone). But there's always shell overlay courtesy of www.fretware.com... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[sambencuda]

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My beef with them is that they don't do headstock binding!

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And they also don't do custom inlay with shell material (MOP/abalone).

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If these two things were available through warmoth, I'd have a lot of warmoth parts mutts! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Number Of The Priest]

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So would I, I'd be building wicked bound/inlaid Fusion/Dinky copies all day! [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Posepatrol]

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"Jabba The MUTT"



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This on is pretty wierd it looks like it has a evil grin or laughing face on it.



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[Jason1212]

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I wish they did the small cavity route like the early san dimas, especially on the star bodies. I really dislike that huge control cavity, even on new jacksons.

[SeventhSon]

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Best to save a Warmoth search on eBay and have them email you automatically with new listings. They go dirt cheap there. Just be patient. You may even find a 2 hum body with no neck and you can buy a 24.75" conversion neck.

[hippietim]

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As an example of savings from the Warmoth Showcase. I got this body today. It cost $189.

It is a hollow strat body made out of Anagre with a Zebrawood top and a black fiber pinstripe layer. It has a contoured heel as well.

A hollow top route strat body is normally at least $232 with a zebra top - the site doesn't list what an anagre would cost but I'd assume it's no cheaper, probably more. The contoured heel is a $35 up charge. The black pinstripe isn't even normally offered on hollow bodies but is a $20 upgrade on laminate tops otherwise. That comes up to at least $287. So basically getting it from the Showcase saved me at least $100 and they still did additional routing for me at no additional charge.

The body looks pretty good upon initial inspection. I'm looking forward to this guitar.

[sambencuda]

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Nice score Tim! If you are flexible and not locked into specific specs, you can build a great guitar at a decent price. Any plans for it yet?

[hippietim]

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Plans:
http://www.jcfonline.com/ubbthreads/...&page=0#441472