@@onlyfromadistance7326 I agree. I love warmoth and everything and they still make sick parts. They even do some newer stuff now that's pretty dope. BUT... I gotta admit. It aint all sunshine and rainbows. I'd argue the new site changes mostly suck azz lolz no offence warmoth hehe.
I don't know if it's still the case, but I read recently from a Warmoth employee that if you call/email them then they can do the unique choice that way. Their words were basically "if that's keeping you from doing an order then reach out and we can show you what we have"
@warmoth three things I'd love to see available as off-menu items: 1. Baritone Scale Conversion 12 String Necks 2. Baritone Scale Conversion CBS headstock Strat Necks 3. Bass fretboard radii besides 10"- personally the big thing holding me back from ordering bass necks from y'all is that I much prefer the classic 7.25" radius for fretless jazz basses, as it feels somewhat more similar to the tight 5-6" radius that most upright basses have
I have used Warmoth bass necks and have built my own bass necks. I find that if the fretboard is perfectly flat and the frets are carefully pressed, a full level and crown are generally not required. Maybe a few frets might need a minimal amount of work, not every fret. If they are hammered in or if the fret wire is poor quality, then all bets are off. At least that's been my experience. So far I have been pleased with the 5 Warmoth necks I have.
Great video! I have done the painted neck and peg-head option, and it is incredible. I will run for Congress (hopefully in 2026) and see if that "heads of state" thing pans out (*laughing*). I believe in music education and kinetic learning (like a shop class)-Warmoth products are great for both. My skills as a musician rose after I built my first guitar. Knowing your instrument and building it places more personal value on it. I now cringe when I see bands smash their equipment. Custom options make it more your thing, and people ask me what kind of guitar I play, and I tell them, "I built that." I like telling people about Warmoth. Thank you!
I never understand "off menu" items anywhere. If you offer them, list them. If you don't want to do them, don't offer them at all. It's off putting to have items you have to just somehow know about to ask for.
One of the reasons our off-menu options are off-menu is because we can't always offer them on a consistent basis. For example, we may not have a reliable source of some wood species and can only get it when some is available. Other things are off-menu because they are impossible to wrangle into our website.
Those are awesome options. But I could name a few options I wish Warmoth had. 1. Rounding the finger board edges before the frets are installed. Have like a few options of round overs. Light, medium, heavy. I can do it on a finished rosewood neck no problem or an unfinished maple neck. But to really do it right I am going to have to start ordering necks without a finish, frets, or a nut. 2. Speaking of nuts, bone nuts would be the next one. 3. Nitro finishes. 4. Would be a heavier poly finish option. While sonically a thin finish is great. But a really flat high gloss finish is the sacrifice. 5. Would be more 9.5-14 compound radius' in the stock choices. Seems like all 10-16 radius ' like half and half would be awesome. That being said. Warmoth still provides a great service. Where else can you pick and choose parts? Unless you have a CNC machine or you are a highly motivated builder at least they get you halfway there. Me personally I find myself assuming more and aspects of the build with each build. Making my own nuts, soon to be installing my own frets after reshaping the finger board. And doing nitro finishes. Doing my own humbucker over routes as well. Still appreciate the freedom they help provide to build our own guitars. And not be so dependent on the mega guitar corporations. Not going to drop names. Am much happier building my own guitars.
Great video, always appreciate knowing what's on the secret menu! Something I've wanted to see is a really good example of the carved soloist top. Those contours vary so much from manufacturer-to-manufacturer, I would really like to get a good look at how Warmoth carves their soloist tops, before committing to a build 👍
Good to know! Just called you guys to find out more off menu options. Looks like racing stripes are no longer an option, but you do offer reverse P pickups which is nice! Will probably submit my order very sooN!
25.5" or 26.5" scale for 7 strings? The 7 string community has avoided warmoth because of the 25" or 28" scales only. Really need something in between the two for only mild drop tunings and maintaining 16# of tension per string
In my humble opinion, 25.5" is on the short side for a low B. I have a 28" Warmoth 7, and I love it, but I know that is crazy long for most people. What is so weird to me is that nothing else Warmoth makes is 25" or even a 25" plus or minus any number of frets, so it's just such a weird choice to me.
Don't forget about one of my favorites: no contour cuts on bodies! I affectionately refer to one of my Strats as "The Slab" because it's like a big ol' Seafoam Green chopping block!
I've got a rosewood lam top Z with lightweight roasted alder going on at your place RIGHT NOW! It couldn't hurt for you and Christian to step back there, put in a good word for me and "Keep on Picking"!
I have a soloist with the VIP controls, love it. I agree, that strat volume position is for strats! My second soloist, I picked my own volume and tone positions and popped some holes in there with a forstner bit, no problem!
That 5A flame neck is gorgeous! Do you do the "skunk stripe" as an option? My main guitar has had a Warmoth CBS Strat neck since 2015, plays like lightning and the nitro is starting to age real nice 😁 Cheers and thanks for the great neck!
Very cool to know. I’ve been trying to get a neck with no radius like Shawn lane used and haven’t had any luck. Maybe I can get it as an off menu option.
This is relevant to my needs. I'd also love a true 24 3/4" scale neck that doesn't require a 7/8 body.......they certainly used to be made (you do some of them occasionally on Reverb). Cheers Aaron :)
@@schmoemi3386 Indeed, that doesn't tie me to a Warhead body ^^ I like the Warhead headstock, but I'm not a huge fan of standard Strat shapes. I know, bloody pain in the neck :)
I have a Warmoth guitar. Bought the body and neck back in the 90's. Love it. I have a question about retail acoustic and electric guitars. For under $200 I can get a Yamaha acoustic guitar with a 52mm nut. But I cant find an electric guitar with a 52mm nut for, seemingly, any price. I have to go to a custom shop, like you all, and have a custom neck made. Why is it so easy to get acoustic guitars with varying nut widths? But so hard to get electrics that way? All I can find are 42 or 43mm nuts (under $500).
My personal favorite off-menu option is the double control cavity route on J and P basses, where you get both the top-side traditional route AND the rear route with cover plate. Never have to stuff a rats nest of wires behind a pickguard again!
Is Warmoth able to drill the Hipshot hardtail bridge holes on the Regal or VIP, and is there a way to omit binding if needed? If so, how are those requested? Also, when will Warmoth add black limba for neck woods?
Great stuff! Hey Aaron, I was wondering, does Warmoth offer different edge radii for bodies? For example I'd like a Soloist body that looks a little sharper, with a smaller radius for its edges.
We do offer some options. For example, you can get a Strat replacement body with the small Tele-style edge radius. A Soloist already has the smaller radius, so you can't get a smaller one on that body.
My next project is likely an Iceman body to go with the Warmoth neck on my Strat after I get its original neck refretted with SS frets and reinstall it on the Strat. Is it possible to get that with a Fender-style blade switch near the knobs in the control compartment instead of the Gibson-style toggle switch up by the neck? Could it also get the middle pot hole enlarged to be a Gibson-style toggle switch hole? I like to set three-pickup guitars with a 4P2T special on-on-on switch set up to configure the middle pickup position on the 4P5T super Strat switch to switch between middle, bridge+neck, and bridge+neck 1/2 out-of-phase....
I'm curious about the attraction of an LP-style PU selector on a tele. I hate them. I find them to be noisy (at least the old-fashioned relay sort of switch - maybe they have modern look alike switches that are better now?) and it makes custom wiring mods (for example, series option) harder. And they are prone to turning at wonky angles if they get a bit loose over time (which they all do), whereas the tele and strat style blade switches never do. Of course, everyone has their preferences but I'm wondering if I am missing something.
As someone who’s tired of all the big companies basically telling us lefties to go fuck ourselves, I’m looking into building my own guitars so I’m all for these options.
the headstock paint thing has been a lie twice for me. I called in for my first build back in 2010, told me they don't paint headstocks. Built a second one in 2018, and once again told me they don't, even though I even mentioned one of these videos back then said they do. Not sure what happened but maybe I'll try again for the 3rd time in the future..
One of the reasons off-menu options are off-menu is because we can't always offer them on a consistent basis. For example, if our paint department is massively backed up with standing orders at the time you call, we won't have to capacity to take on custom finishing job that is outside our normal production flow. At other times it would be no problem.
I've always wanted to know, can Warmoth apply lacquer to rosewood or other dark wood fretboards? It's such an uncommon thing but I absolutely love how it looks.
I was bummed out when I ordered my 24.75" conversion neck. I wanted dots with a 12th fret skull and crossbones. I got some song and dance and settled on all dots.
Would love *abalone blocks* on a bass neck (would pay the extra $ for the materials). Also, next time I order a bass neck I’m definitely going for the Warhead headstock 🎸
Is it possible to get a vintage style neck in a wizard profile? It’s not an option on the website, or at least it wasn’t last time I customized a neck. And is vintage toner an option across the board or just for certain woods? Because there have been times where it wouldn’t let me choose that option with certain woods, but I feel like that should be a simple thing to do. Finally, are you ever going to upgrade the configurator to include all body types and options? I dream of a tele shape tele strat hybrid with a pickguard, but I want to see what it would look like before committing thousands of dollars to it.
I wish there was an option for a more contoured heel with one bolt moved further in for the high fret access. Don’t need any wild Ibanez type contouring just what modern fenders have would be great.
One thing i've always wanted is a tele body with strat edge radius. I like the tele shape, but its so "sharp" on the edges, it just makes it look like a slab of wood. I really don't like that, which is why i don't own a Tele. Sure, you can get a Hybrid Strat, or a Jazzcaster body, which is cool...but the signature tele shape is gone and all that's left is the hardware. Adding Strat edge radius would make the Tele body a lot more comfortable and unique, without removing its identity.
I see a Carved Tele body and a Carved Soloist body, but would a Carved Strat body be possible? That said, I have a VIP body design I've been pondering once I get the rest of my current build/assemble/repair projects finished.
@@fluffytoaster427 i'd buy one. but mostly i'm looking to make my own multiscale bass that doesn't look like it costs $500 from any other brand like dingwall makes the built in china ones.
What I think is nuts is Warmoth STILL doesn't have a 2 knob "super strat" option Al a Ibanez, Suhr, Anderson, etc. I think it's crazy not to offer that. I know people are picky about volume knob placement but still! ..... anyway, great video..... everybody loves Warmoth.
No can do. Our double truss rods are always installed from the top (AKA no skunk stripe), and are only adjustable at the heel. the exception would be our tilt-back neck models, which do have a double rod that is adjustable at the headstock, but still no skunk stripe.
I'm wondering if there is an off-menu option for a 69 Thinline control route on a solid telecaster. I love the look of that pickguard style, but have no need for a hollow guitar or F-hole.
what i wonder is say i was in the market for a fretless bass neck, would you guys be able to satin finish the back of the neck and lacquer finish the fingerboard?
@@Granite165 I had thought about that. My plan was to do an SSS config, so maybe get some Bryan May tones? 😂 IDK, not sure I'd be able to navigate a whole ass dogleg shifter on my guitar tho.
Does Warmoth do square neck heel like a Tele on Strat pickguards? I can choose tele neck heel on strat body and whatever neck, but I can’t choose square neck heel if Im designing a strat pickguard. Is than an option that is available?
Here are some things I would love to see offered: There are no pick guard options for filter trons. No Bigsby options Why can I not have a different color on the back of the guitar?
I literally don't give a crap and warmoth necks are still my fav to play on lolz. I did do some fret crowning work on a warmoth neck once. Any idiot with some files and tape can do a good enough job. Just follow one of the many endless tutorials from stew mac or someone lol. Here's why Warmoth doesn't wanna do what you're asking... Warmoth is often asked about the quality of our fretwork, and how much gets completed before a neck leaves our shop. Warmoth glues and then presses our frets into place. We then back-bevel the fret ends to about 30 degrees, and polish them to a smooth finish. Most Warmoth necks will arrive playable out of the box. In fact, I own many personal Warmoth necks and gig with them regularly, and have never done anything to the frets at all. That being said, any guitar or bass neck will benefit from finely detailed fretwork. Warmoth does not do any leveling, polishing, crowning, or rolling, and there are several reasons why. When you consider that Warmoth makes replacement parts rather than complete guitars the reasons become more apparent. Making parts has different challenges, and requires a different approach. First, unlike companies that make complete guitars, when our necks leave the shop they have never been under the tension of strings. Depending on what gauge of strings a player uses this tension can be between 75 and 200 lbs; certainly enough pressure to cause a neck to shift. The truss rod has also never been tightened against the tension the strings will create, and when it is it will exert its own pressure from within the neck. Second, a large percentage of the necks we ship do not have a protective finish applied yet. Our necks are made in the temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest, and then shipped to locations all around the world, where differences in temperature, humidity, and altitude can cause wood to expand, contract, or shift. For these reasons, we feel fine fretwork is better left until after a neck has been assembled and allowed to settle into its new climate and the tension of the strings. Doing the fretwork before this has occurred would often result in the need to do it again post-assembly, and customers would end up paying for the service twice. Makes sense. It's best to do this kind of detailed work once the neck has found a home and has been broken in a bit. So just do it yourself later lol. What kind of partscaster are you? You should give it a shot lol.
I Have 2 Warhead bass necks, one of which is on a S/P double neck ( with reverse warhead on the guitar neck ) . Can a warhead be put on a five string bass neck?
can you do paddle headstocks on necks that the website won't let me get a paddlehead on? like a bass VI with a paddlehead? 8 string bass with paddlehead?
I like the roasted maple neck I bought, shame the fret markers I bought looked a lot lighter in pics and are near invisible though lol. But to sell me a neck that cost nearly $600 CDN landed, and it it doesn't have a truss rod accessible w/o removing the neck is just a bad design choice. It feels good, looks good plays not bad but I regret the purchase, for sure.
Would you guys do reverse VIP controls where the toggle switch it closest to the bridge? I find myself switching pickups much more than I mess with the volume. Also would a pickguard/front routed Soloist be possible at some point?
