Parts Guitar Builds

[Ignored Member]

Something I really like about Warmoth bodies -- I can usually find out how many pieces of wood are glued together for each body.

I mention this because I recall seeing a documentary video inside a Fender factory. They had racks of unpainted bodies and they seemed to be multiple glued-together pieces of wood - 5 or more. I don't know if it makes any real difference after painting and adding hardware. Still, when I see the cost of Fender bodies, I always think about that.

 

[vonbladet]

The great part about doing Frankenstein-builds... you learn pretty quickly nut sizes, string spacing, radius, neck dimensions, scale length, saddle spacing, pickup height, and all these minute details that can make or break a guitar for you.

I bought a pawn shop P bass, shimmed the neck, swapped the bridge, the pickup and the pots, shielded the cavity, dressed a couple of bad frets, sanded the neck and redid it with Tru Oil.

And to be quite honest, while it was kind of fun I don’t think I’d bother doing it again. All I wanted was a P-bass and they aren’t even hard to find.

Warmoth would likely cost me more (here in Yoorp) than an American Fender just for the parts, and my time isn’t that free anymore.

 

[Wyatt]

Hobbies are exchanging time and money for joy and satisfaction. Almost all of us lose money on gear.

There are those of us who find a joy, satisfaction, and accomplishment building amps/guitars/pedals that is exclusive of what we enjoy about playing guitar and making music. Building and even gear treading are entire hobbies of their own. But there is no right and wrong, arguments over bang for the buck doesn't matter if the experience feels like useless toil.