warmoth orange competition mustang project

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Live unboxing in the Saturday chat?!?!?
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i will be ON A BOAT fishing during the zoom, so yall will have to settle for some before/after photos. 8)
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California is in the desert. Don't sail in the desert, there's no fish and you'll scratch the boat
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robroe wrote:California is in the desert. Don't sail in the desert, there's no fish and you'll scratch the boat
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dots wrote:i will be…

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…fishing during the zoom, so yall will have to settle for some before/after photos. 8)
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plopswagon wrote:
robroe wrote:California is in the desert. Don't sail in the desert, there's no fish and you'll scratch the boat
not to worry. we will be robbing blind the bounty of the pacific ocean.
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When you press the accelerator past halfway it doesn’t actually go any faster, but the engine noise distorts
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robreiner wrote:California is in the desert. Don't sail in the desert, there's no fish and you'll scratch the boat
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some work to do tonight...
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Awesome! That looks great! Look forward to seeing it assembled.
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Happy Birthday dot!
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afterglow of unboxing now faded, a few mostly minor issues to take care of for assembly:
  • pre-drilled holes in the headstock aren't wide enough for the tuner bushings by about 1/16"
  • pre-drilled holes for the bridge post cups are also too small. i know they're supposed to be snug and tapped in, but this is not that.
  • i did a great job of purposing old parts and buying new parts to complete it including a neck plate for an ill-fated bronco project. only problem is i have no neck screws. to Lowe's i go.
  • will have to measure for the placement of the string tree. i have a couple already.
and since i can't stop imagining...
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Nifty! Non-angled pickups though? Still dig it tho.
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Yeah, fired off an email to warmoth about that and the hole sizes when I noticed that as well. Hoping they can trade me for a correctly cut one since there was no option to specify angled. its clearly for a mustang since they list it as a mustang guard... which have angled pickups.
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You should fight them.

What flavor pickups are you using (you’ve probably listed them but I’m too lazy to look it up, besides, you know, conversation)
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dots wrote:GFS Single Slick "56" Flat Pole alnicos. They're supposed to give that mid-50s, crisp yet punchy sondz.
and i think i did miss selecting the angle on the pickups when i ordered, dag nabbit. i'll see if they'll exchange and then wait another 3 months.
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dots wrote:
dots wrote:GFS Single Slick "56" Flat Pole alnicos. They're supposed to give that mid-50s, crisp yet punchy sondz.
and i think i did miss selecting the angle on the pickups when i ordered, dag nabbit. i'll see if they'll exchange and then wait another 3 months.
TBH you should’ve still gotten a phone call. “You sure about this boss?�
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i have to agree with you, nick.

pretty sure i can return it since i haven't done anything with the guard yet. i can either have them redo it or buy one on reverb for like $15. kinda leaning toward the latter more for the expedited process, but i'm concerned it may not line up with the hardware as well as this one does... but it shouldn't matter, right? there aren't any pilot holes for pickguard screws or the control plate, so it should work out?
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Before you buy the $15 guard, Warmoth always advertised their Mustang bodies as not being compatible with Fender pickguards
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Not sure where the differences are but I think I remember it being more than just screw holes. Then again I’m 95% sure Rob used Warmoth guards on his Squier Bullet builds (Alstang and Padme) so YMMV
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Well, fooey. Hopefully they will accept an exchange.

And in reading the paperwork, I can't drill anything myself and maintain my warranty.

I'm pretty sure the bridge cups can be gently hammered in, so not worried there. The F tuners, tho, are just too big for the holes in the neck for that. Plus, since F tuners have the post roughly the same diameter as the bushing, the holes just need to widened. No getting around that.

I think the neck has to go back.