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[bobafer]

Hey guys, sorry if this is noobish in some way...
I've had the idea to start a Firebird project, and I've been looking at the Warmoth bodies and necks.... is it worth it to spend about 600 bucks on a painted and routed body and a fretted neck, or is there any other way?

BTW all the inspiration striked me when I saw the white Firebird that Sully once featured on one of his videos

[nhspike]

I just love Warmoth stuff.

There are a bunch of other options though, which this thread is bound to expose...

[Grandturk]

Here's my take on Warmoth - if you can't find what you want on sale in their "showcase," you're going to be paying a lot of coin.

Other than that, you can't fault their selection, options and quality - although around here, everyone dings them for not offering "Charvel-sized" neck heels and pockets.

From my perspective, the problems I have with their bodies are:

- size of the control cavity route on rear routed bodies
- edge radius on the Strats too square for 50's, 60's Fender
- Arm contour on Strats too shallow

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

I have built a couple and their quality is very good. As long as you're up to the job of finishing it off right, you'll end up with a great guitar for a good price.

If you screw it up or don't pick the right options, the resale isn't good on them. You could spend over a thousand dollars on a guitar you could never get $400 out of, easily. But then again, if there is something you don't like it's easy enough to change.

[bobafer]

Well basically I'm not thinking about selling it, more like my "first experimentation" at guitar building... I have already managed the electrical stuff and I want to go to a new level, and well, have a kick ass guitar built by myself!

[bobafer]

So, ive made the math, if i get the body and neck on warmoth, its gonna cost about 600 bucks, then the sperzels, tonepros bridge and tailpiece, the 2 SDs humbuckers, pots and switch, accesories, etc, may get up to 1000 total, no counting the paint im gonna use... what you guys think?

[vondran]

I was happy with a warmoth body (tele thinline) I used on a recent project. One trick I found is it's cheaper to order an unfinished one with a nice maple top and tung oil finish it myself (really easly) than it is to order one painted.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

So, ive made the math, if i get the body and neck on warmoth, its gonna cost about 600 bucks, then the sperzels, tonepros bridge and tailpiece, the 2 SDs humbuckers, pots and switch, accesories, etc, may get up to 1000 total, no counting the paint im gonna use... what you guys think?

I think you need to go for it.

Here's one of mine... I'm still tweaking the 2nd one a bit and I've got plans for 2 more in the near future. I won't buy another "production" bolt-on guitar, I'm so happy with them, bang-for-the-buck is awesome.