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 Post subject: Warmoth Walnut Soloist
PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:49 am 
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Hey there, First post. Hope there isn't a picture limit to this forum.
This is my Warmoth walnut soloist I started in August lat year and finished (just) befoe Christmas.
When I got it:
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First coat of Pure Tung oil:
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Second coat:
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Skipping to 6th coat:
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Neck arrives :
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Body and neck:
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Strung Up
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Specs:
Body
-Walnut body
-Forearm, tummy and heel contour
-1 humbucker route
-Original Floyd Rose rout
-1 tone, 1 volume (not finished)
-6 coat Tung oil Finish

Neck
-Warmoth 'Pro' construction
-Warmoth style headstock
-All rosewood
-Side dots only (no face dots)
-1 11/16" Floyd Rose routed nut
-Compound radius Fingerboard
-Gotoh/grover tuner holes

Hardware
-Gotoh Floyd Rose
-Seymour Duncan JB humbucker
-Floyd rose nut
-Gotoh SG301 tuners

There Ya go. There wasn't really a work in progress or show off ya stuff thread here, so here it is.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:59 am 
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First name: Stephen
Last Name: Ziegenfuss
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State: MI
Zip/Postal Code: 49203
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Nice work...

Can you shred it?

Stephen

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:55 pm 
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Only just. I learned to do some arpeggios recently so that was fun.

It has no Tone or Volume controls yet, but were getting there!

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:35 pm 
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It looks really cool. I'd love to see bigger images.


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PostPosted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 2:56 am 
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Ok, I can do that.
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There's a fair few. :D

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:02 pm 
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Nice. That's one pretty body.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:28 pm 
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what kind of seymour duncan pickup is that?


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:01 pm 
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It's a JB model Humbucker.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:14 am 
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What kind of sound do you get out of it? and how do you like it compared to other pickups?


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:53 pm 
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At the moment I get a very bright, trebbly screamy sound. Which is good for the high gain stuff, But when It comes to clean, I have to turn up the bass.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:47 pm 
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How does it sound with hard rock or metal riffs?


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:20 am 
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Awesome!

Clear, crisp and crunchy. :mrgreen:

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