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Chad said:
No they are staggered to give you spot on intonation. My tech said he was concerned when he saw 2 saddles but he said it was a breeze to intimate.
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Yeah, might very well work better than it looks.
I know the 3 saddle/barrel bridges on Teles can be a bitch on some guitars, even the compensated ones.
 
That a very interesting design!
I put a set of Callaham compensated saddles in my Tele. It's just their take on the 3 barrel system.
I'm assuming that in the Mastery setup you need to use their bridge tray as well since the intonation screw setup is different than the 3 screw system Fender uses?
 
oof! I started pricing out that body and neck combo on Warmoth's site and it triggered my internal debate on how much is too much to spend on a parts build.
 
gtrjunior said:
That a very interesting design!
I put a set of Callaham compensated saddles in my Tele. It's just their take on the 3 barrel system.
I'm assuming that in the Mastery setup you need to use their bridge tray as well since the intonation screw setup is different than the 3 screw system Fender uses?
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Yeah, you have to use their plate, but the don't sell the saddles separately so you have to buy the whole thing anyways.
 
Lerxst said:
oof! I started pricing out that body and neck combo on Warmoth's site and it triggered my internal debate on how much is too much to spend on a parts build.
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They can get quite spendy fast. My builds, I usually snag something from the screaming deals. I got my Tele body for $195 already painted. I think they are $165 unfinished.
 
Lerxst said:
oof! I started pricing out that body and neck combo on Warmoth's site and it triggered my internal debate on how much is too much to spend on a parts build.
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That site is dangerous. :embarrassed:

Fwiw, I'm seriously considering a proper Warmoth build this summer (if not before), until now I've mostly bought necks from them.
Largely because the guitar I'd really like doesn't really exist as a mass production model and their stuff is really good.
A great custom build elsewhere would be great, but would easily cost twice as much. :embarrassed:

Decisions, decisions...

If I'm lucky I could always find something I dig in the showcase, I did that with the neck I just got for my SSS Strat.
 
Chad said:
They can get quite spendy fast. My builds, I usually snag something from the screaming deals. I got my Tele body for $195 already painted. I think they are $165 unfinished.
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Yeah, my strat was all showcase special deals & unfinished so even after hardware and electronics the whole build came in under $700...IIRC this body came out over that amount alone.

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Dexter Inferno said:
That site is dangerous. :embarrassed:

Fwiw, I'm seriously considering a proper Warmoth build this summer (if not before), until now I've mostly bought necks from them.
Largely because the guitar I'd really like doesn't really exist as a mass production model and their stuff is really good.
A great custom build elsewhere would be great, but would easily cost twice as much. :embarrassed:

Decisions, decisions...

If I'm lucky I could always find something I dig in the showcase, I did that with the neck I just got for my SSS Strat.
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I go on there every so often and check out the JM bodies...Next time they do a showcase clearance, I will prob snag a body and neck for another build
 
Lerxst said:
I go on there every so often and check out the JM bodies...Next time they do a showcase clearance, I will prob snag a body and neck for another build
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Yeah, the showcase is normally the way to go. Otherwise you're looking at close to 1.5-2k for everything fairly quick. :embarrassed:
More often than not I can't find what I'm looking for in the Screamin' Deals section, I'm quite fussy when it comes to certain specs....
 
That's a sweet Jazzmaster.

I've priced out a Warmoth Jazzmaster a few times, and always wind up realizing I could find a used '62 AVRI for the same price or build one out of Fender parts off eBay for less.

gtrjunior said:
The Jazz master type guitars seem to be quite popular now. When I was just beginning I don't really remember anyone playing them.
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Jazzmasters and Jaguars have had an interesting history.

The Jazzmaster was, as the name implied, aimed at the Jazz market in 1959. It was a spectacular failure. Fortunately, two construction workers from Seattle discovered the guitar and used them in their instrumental band The Ventures, who wound up kicking off a movement of instrumental rock bands that was really big in the US during the pre-Beatle era. Jazzmasters and Jaguars ("offsets" due to the body shape) were really popular in surf bands, and Leo Fender considered the Jaguar the flagship of the Fender line. By the early '70s though, music had moved on and nobody wanted them anymore. As guys got older and had families, a lot of those guitars got sold off and wound up collecting dust in pawn shops and music store back rooms. By the late '70s, broke musicians began discovering that you could buy these unfashionable, but top quality, guitars on the cheap. A lot of punk/new wave era guitarists played them for that reason. "Alternative" guitarists of the '90s had seen their '70s heroes playing them, and modern guitarists remember seeing guys playing them from the '90s.
 
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Dexter Inferno said:
The saddles on that thing don't make sense. :messedup:
But then again, I'm a fan of 6 saddle bridges. Really looks like there's a bit of sacrifice involved intonation wise. I may be wrong though.
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They would be a problem if they only had one screw per saddle. The two screws allow,you to change the angle of the saddle and they intonate just fine.
 
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