Should you Build a Warmoth

[@smokefan87]

I just finished a warmoth teli and ive got 1 grand in it I cant stop playin it I think its my favorite ax I highly recommend it.

[@graysguitars5113]

yeah they are great

[@nunziobusiness1509]

I've had nothing but Warmoth for 25+ years. Will play nothing else. You can customize a guitar with exactly what you want. You don't have to spend $500 for a neck, either, unless you want the look of the exotic wood. I use maple/rosewood, works great.

[@graysguitars5113]

yeah they are great guitars

[@Upside_Down_Guitar_Guy]

Yeah dude I cannot go back after getting putting a roasted maple neck on my Strat, it’s just on another level than fender, especially for the price. I made a vid about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpTFiYOmiNpjnck

[@billystarcher8146]

Short easy answer, absolutely. I have two with custom designs. I love them. Starting a third.

[@graysguitars5113]

Nice, I like to try to find the parts used for a cheaper build

[@jaygooch1190]

Yes, yes you should. I have 2 warmoth strats and pretty much play them exclusively. Great parts

[@BrianBrazilHarmonica]

I was given a Warmoth ash body, with C shape Maple neck, 9.50 Maple fretboard, loaded pickguard for a 72 Thin Line Telecaster. I had to order tuning machines, neck plate & screws, humbucker style pickups, tone and volume knobs that fit the body and pickguard. I spent less than 100.00 on parts. It tuned out great. If you have the skills and the proper tools to put it together and do a set up it shouldn't be a problem. You can chose your parts to make the guitar you want. Instead of having to pay a higher price for a guitar that you will have to buy parts for and modify anyway.

[@graysguitars5113]

Great point

[@joelhagstrom8345]

Great video! I was wondering what to do but now i know!

[@graysguitars5113]

Glad I could help!

[@1969MARKETING]

Warmoth is the highest quality parts for the price. You can easily build a guitar for under $1000. USA made custom guitar for $1000 or less is pretty much unheard of. you need to go through the custom build app several times and read all the "?" explanations. then you figure out what's what. i've done a couple dozen virtual builds and now i "get it" :)

[@graysguitars5113]

They are great out down side is if you got to sell them resale value is pretty bad

[@1969MARKETING]

@@graysguitars5113 yep agreed. when you build a Warmoth you need to decide it's something you're gonna keep. thus the reason for all the customization options so you're completely happy with the finished product. I think it's also a great option when you want a guitar that looks and plays really well so you don't have to play your expensive and/or collectible guitars. Which keeps the resell value higher if you aren't playing them. I do this myself. I have some Gibson's that I rarely play and instead I have an old 80's Yamaha guitar and a newer pacifica 612 that I use as my daily players.

[@patrolduty8715]

LoL. I though i am the only one person who build a lot of virtual orders of dream custom guitars on Warmoth just for personal pleasure. Haha

[@slaytanic777]

For someone looking for a fender replacement neck that don’t mind dressing up frets I have had good luck with mighty mite.

[@graysguitars5113]

I have had them in the past and i like them, but i am looking for a darker wood and i dont think they offer that

[@ChrisRash]

Have many Warmoth necks. I would suggest a wenge neck. It is the best feeling neck I have. It's the open nature of the wood. I sanded the back of the neck 800, 1200, 1500 grit. Sooo smooth! No finish needed.

[@graysguitars5113]

thanks i will take a look at it

[@G-NutZ]

The first Warmoth neck I ordered was a one piece all maple 🍁 I went with the lowest price no finish just to test the quality. Best neck I have so I ordered another. Warmoth’s tier 1 quality.

[@graysguitars5113]

Sounds about right, I don't hear too many complaints minus the fret work sometimes

[@VanjaSpirin]

I have a Warmoth, all rosewood neck with stainless steel frets and chambered mahagony body with koa top. Boutique class instrument, plays and sounds like a dream. I talked with John Suhr, the great magician, an he told me that his best sounding holly grail is: maple neck and baswood body with maple top. So, nothing exotic and expensive. My plan is to build one Warmoth tele with that wood choice.

[@9th_note]

A little piece of advice for some folks that may not be aware. You can order the neck without frets or a nut and this is exactly what I did. The neck cost me $250. Has an Ebony fingerboard and nice inlays etc. but when you get it without frets it's significantly cheaper. Then you take the unfinished neck to a luthier that you trust and have him or her install the nut and the frets and that will also cost you around $200 or $250 depending on which guitar store you go to. This way the frets are leveled during installation by your luthier. Otherwise if you order a completed neck through warmoth it is going to cost you around the same amount of money as doing this but you will receive a neck that needs a front leveling which will also cost you an additional $200 meaning your neck is going to cost like $700 instead of $500. If they are not going to level the frets from the factory then don't get them installed by them at all it's a waste of money.

[@joshuabrewer5397]

My neck was $580, going with the fretless would have saved me $540. Do you remember the price of your neck with frets included?

[@9th_note]

@@joshuabrewer5397 I paid $250 for the neck and I paid around $250 with taxes to have frets installed and a nut. Altogether it was around $500.

[@TheFarout69]

I built a Warmoth Strat - mahogany hard tail with a Goncola neck. Heavy. Awesome. Been playing it for years. Wild wiring with Seymour Duncan JBjr - duckbucker and vintage rails with series parallel options. I dropped about 750 on it total. I doubt I do it again but it's fine quality neck and body. The neck is just killer. I believe that Warmoth is top notch but so are the prices.

[@graysguitars5113]

They make some good stuff

[@LordSonny94]

They do Nitro Finish for the necks, but not for bodies ;)

[@craigparse1439]

That neck wood is likely Goncalo Alves.

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

If you do the finishing yourself you can actually do warmoth guitars as set necks since you do in fact have a fair amount of gluing surface on the heel and in the neck pocket. You'll just have to remember to get it without pre-drilled mounting holes

[@graysguitars5113]

true but they are more designed to be bolt ons

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

@@graysguitars5113 well, the Gibson Les Paul and Fender Jazzmaster were designed to be jazz guitars too...

[@graysguitars5113]

@@wilhelmtheconquerer6214 true to each his own i guess

[@njineermike]

@@wilhelmtheconquerer6214 The Gibson also has a keystone shaped pocket to allow the neck to lock into place like a french cleat. It's not just slapped into place with glue.

[@wilhelmtheconquerer6214]

@@njineermike as long as you have plenty of gluing surface and a tight fitting neck pocket that doesn't matter. I've seen Ben Crowe from Crimson guitars build plenty of high quality set necks with a Fender-style neck pocket

[@robhaag6774]

I know its a old post but i don't think its really worth doing a warmoth build considering the price of there bodies and necks plus buying the hardware pots ect considering that you could buy a nice guitar for the same amount of money

[@jamesfetherston1190]

Sure, you don’t exactly save money by building a Warmoth, but if you want custom specs, choose your own pickups, fretboard radius, neck profile, you can’t do better than Warmoth.

[@natesenft5376]

@@jamesfetherston1190 and they’re way cheaper than gibsons or prs

[@seacave853]

automatic thumbs up for VH shirt

[@graysguitars5113]

thanks

[@etpslick100]

I love their work. Their finishes are phenomenal. I just wish they offer more custom pickup routing or bridge options. That’s my only gripe. Other than that they do excellent work.

[@graysguitars5113]

You and me both

[@curtdupriez3775]

About to watch this video...but the answer is already: yes. Or in my case, build five (with another on the way)

[@graysguitars5113]

nice and yeah they are great quality

[@nativeguitarstour-ngt9534]

We are getting ready to do a Warmoth Guitar build...

[@CrowaX]

That opening was like a jump scare!

[@graysguitars5113]

you're welcome

[@Okla_Soft]

Cool video dude, keep up the good work . I subbed.

[@777Lateralus]

I put one together when I was in my late teens. Cost a fortune by the time I was done and was disappointed with the overall quality. The finish on the body looks like a cheap epiphone poly finish and the thing weighs a ton. Took another year to get it setup properly, needed a shim and a bunch of tweaks I couldn’t do myself at the time. I would never recommend or do it again, the whole experience was a bummer and with all the money I spent I could’ve gotten something a lot nicer that would also have resale value as opposed to the warmoth

[@graysguitars5113]

How many years ago was that? I've heard they have been pretty good in recent years but hit or miss earlier.

[@777Lateralus]

Around 15 years at this point

[@graysguitars5113]

@@777Lateralus Did there customer service do anything about it?

[@windsurfmaui8239]

Only the Modern is a dual truss rod.

[@graysguitars5113]

good to know

[@avjake]

I can't imagine anyone making frets with gold - it's a very soft metal. I would guess it is maybe a harder alloy.

[@graysguitars5113]

it looks like gold but they say it is as hard as stainless

[@robertveith2255]

I have a strat and 2014 ANV spl it's the 9 hundred model very heavy i would like a lighter body already have the parts and someone to put it together for me but the my body is a H.S.S Seymore Pearly Gates single coils are Texas special not sure what body i need to make it lighter ? Ca

[@graysguitars5113]

Basswood is probably the lightest body wood you can find other wise you would have to hollow out the body and put a top on it if you are looking for really light

[@VanjaSpirin]

Basswood. Light and resonant.

[@TheDeedeeFiles]

Yes

[@gobravos6992]

No

[@billgross176]

They do not do nitro.

[@graysguitars5113]

they do no the necks at least there is something called clear satin nitro

[@billgross176]

Grays Guitars Its not Nitro cellulose - which is what most people mean when they say nitro. Check out the recent warmoth videos... he says they do not do nitro several places.

[@graysguitars5113]

@@billgross176 yeah i saw the video pretty sure they are talking about the bodies not the necks and then why would the finish for the neck be called clear satin nitro

[@graysguitars5113]

@@Mitch_321 probably just the name of that finish because it feels like nitro or is a very light poly

[@bo1ivarj]

Was the intro supposed to be a Dave Simpson tribute?

[@graysguitars5113]

don't know who that is been doing it for a while on both my channels

[@joek81981]

Well, I got my body last week, spent the week setting it up and I'm absolutely broken hearted. It plays like ass, it sounds like ass and it'll be a FURTHER $400 to have it set up and get the frets un-f**ked. I feel nothing for it. Zero connection to it. Its thee most amazing guitar I've ever seen, but that's it. Its a wall-hanger. Sorry, I'm inconsolable right now.

[@graysguitars5113]

There is always going to be lemons sadly. I would contact Warmoth customer support and see what they can do for you.

[@UgaRocks571]

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