warmoth orange competition mustang project

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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Good work, Fearless!
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It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying :lol: :lol:
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That looks great - nice work! Lovely to see it together properly.
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Oooft!!! Great job! It really pops with the black plastics on it. Tames the perloid perfectly!
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Very smart. Well done!
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Nick wrote:It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying :lol: :lol:
Can you imagine the GFS copy on the website page for a “Bag of Rust� :lol:

Endorsed by Earl Slick or something

Edit: Bag of Rust is a great name for a pedal
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kingkiller wrote:
Nick wrote:It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying :lol: :lol:
Can you imagine the GFS copy on the website page for a “Bag of Rust� :lol:

Endorsed by Earl Slick or something
:lol:

“What’s the difference between a $200 guitar and a $5,000 one? Rusty screws of course! The big brands charge thousands for these premium parts, but we bought an entire warehouse of the same rust used by the “big brands� so we could offer these at a killer price that you just can’t beat!�
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there's prolly a secret room at the gfs factory with humidifiers everywhere and parts just dangling about.
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kingkiller wrote:Bag of Rust is a great name for a pedal
Neil Young Tonez!
dots wrote:parts just dangling about.
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you heard me.
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Wow, ready to be shipped to Japan, those people of Japan are so lucky

Just kidding, it turned to be looking super sweet!
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Thanks, gents, for all the advice and encouragement through the process.
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comp stang sounds
compared to
hh jag sounds

didn't use a click, just threw this together to get a rough idea of the tonal differences, and yeah, they are there. the comp stang's basswood body adds so much thump, and i think the 250k pots are also darkening them tones. you also get a lot of clarity in the clean tones, and it's fair to say the pickups are lower output than the jag's p90s.

and, despite the guitar being intonated spot on at the 12th fret, it's sharp at the lower frets. going to try shimming first before considering a slight truss rod adjustment to clean that up.
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dots wrote:there's prolly a secret room at the gfs factory with humidifiers everywhere and parts just dangling about.
The Muriatrium.

Mustang looks perfect! Jealous.

My favorite trick for installing tight tuner ferrules is to slowly press them in with small c-clamps, it protects both the bushing and the headstock from the potential shock damage of hammering and keeps things nice and square. When I put conversion pushings on my '67 Melody Maker to go back to plate tuners I did it this way, though I originally got the idea while hammering new bushings into my CIJ Jaguar while my stomach tied itself in knots.
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THAT'S HOT, DOT
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**happy**
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HAWT. Great work!!
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Really really nice!
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It ain’t done until you post a demo video!
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