Now then,
I'm just wondering if any of you are aware of something similar to Warmoth in the UK? I have a Warmoth tele and it's excellent. I would like the strat equivilent, just body and neck. Hardware is already sorted!
It's impossible to say if you have a good guitar until it arrives and you've pieced it together. I could order the parts and it be an absolute pig. The body and neck not working well together or just doesn't have the feel you want. It's just the buying blind experience!
However, I really like the features on the Warmoth website and it gives me a pretty decent idea of what I'm getting. For example, photo's of the actual body/neck you're ordering and more importantly for me, weight. I would be looking for something around the 4lb mark for a body. Could any UK builders offer that service?
http://www.warmoth.com/Pages/ClassicShowcase.aspx?Body=2&Shape=1&Type=81&Paint=1&Path=Stratocaster,Vintage,FinishedI'm also a fan of Warmoth necks. However, I'm sure that's something that could be matched in the UK.
It's an obvious risk doing this however I look at it, it's whether I'm willing to pay £80 (ish) to import the parts from the US for the privilage of using their website when what I might order could be a pig. The same thing could of course happen here in the UK but at least I'd be £80 better off (+ economy blah blah blah).
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I want it to look as traditional and Fenderish as possible (without the logo). I know the solution of this is 'buy a Fender then!' As I've got the hardware sorted though I'm a bit reluctant to do that!
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The guitarbuild stuff is very good though.
Oh the irony !
I was going to ask GSPbasses for a quote to build a replacement strat neck for my USA standard.
n Thanks mate. Though it looks like he may not be doing them now? (Judging from above comments and others I read on here)
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