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Just arrived, and yep...it's another winner! Been lusting after a custom strat with a solid rosewood neck for a few years after playing one of the Fender Professional rw strats, spotted this one for a measly $499 and pulled the trigger immediately as it was at least triple that price new.

Hipshot locking tuners, 920D Seymour Duncan Everything Axe loaded pickguard, nice high quality trem, and just a really classy build. Was hoping for stainless frets and my wish came true there as well. Not sure what the make of the body is or the wood, will have to see if there are any clues in the cavities but it's definitely quality. Neck is Warmoth so the body probably is too.

Few pics here with some clips to come, and I'm off to spend my lunch break with it.

I love it. That neck is so chocolatey. Yum


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JimyTheAssassin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:40 pm I love it. That neck is so chocolatey. Yum


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Yeah I’m feeling regret for waiting this long to own a guitar with a rosewood neck, the feel is *chef’s kiss*.

@TVvoodoo I'll be contacting you for a strap for this one my friend, it's a keeper!

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Adding a few more photos now that I've finally put it down long enough!

Congrats. Looks like a lot of guitar for $500

AnotherJim wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 7:00 am Congrats. Looks like a lot of guitar for $500

Thanks! The neck itself costs more new than I paid for the entire thing so I knew I had to grab it. Will post some clips today!

Beautiful

mark_morton wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 10:18 am Beautiful

Thanks man! Recording some clips as we speak, super versatile guitar with the 920D loaded guard so I’ll post a few different ones.

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:23 pm Just arrived, and yep...it's another winner! Been lusting after a custom strat with a solid rosewood neck for a few years after playing one of the Fender Professional rw strats, spotted this one for a measly $499 and pulled the trigger immediately as it was at least triple that price new.

Hipshot locking tuners, 920D Seymour Duncan Everything Axe loaded pickguard, nice high quality trem, and just a really classy build. Was hoping for stainless frets and my wish came true there as well. Not sure what the make of the body is or the wood, will have to see if there are any clues in the cavities but it's definitely quality. Neck is Warmoth so the body probably is too.

Few pics here with some clips to come, and I'm off to spend my lunch break with it.

Great score! You did good!

Mossman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:43 pm

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:23 pm Just arrived, and yep...it's another winner! Been lusting after a custom strat with a solid rosewood neck for a few years after playing one of the Fender Professional rw strats, spotted this one for a measly $499 and pulled the trigger immediately as it was at least triple that price new.

Hipshot locking tuners, 920D Seymour Duncan Everything Axe loaded pickguard, nice high quality trem, and just a really classy build. Was hoping for stainless frets and my wish came true there as well. Not sure what the make of the body is or the wood, will have to see if there are any clues in the cavities but it's definitely quality. Neck is Warmoth so the body probably is too.

Few pics here with some clips to come, and I'm off to spend my lunch break with it.

Great score! You did good!

Thanks dude! Should be posting some clips up before the end of the weekend, been doing some recording with it here and there today. Think I'm going to let go of one of the Warmoths now that there's 4...this one is really killer and is definitely dislodging one from the collection.

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:01 pm
Thanks dude! Should be posting some clips up before the end of the weekend, been doing some recording with it here and there today. Think I'm going to let go of one of the Warmoths now that there's 4...this one is really killer and is definitely dislodging one from the collection.

Yeah, I don't like keeping redundancies or B-list guitars around... Or just guitars that I know I won't play anymore. Glad that one's good enough to knock one of your previous favorites off the hill.

Mossman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:09 pm

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:01 pm
Thanks dude! Should be posting some clips up before the end of the weekend, been doing some recording with it here and there today. Think I'm going to let go of one of the Warmoths now that there's 4...this one is really killer and is definitely dislodging one from the collection.

Yeah, I don't like keeping redundancies or B-list guitars around... Or just guitars that I know I won't play anymore. Glad that one's good enough to knock one of your previous favorites off the hill.

Yeah I wouldn’t call any of them B-list, at least in terms of the build. Basically the deal is it comes down to neck profile preference...the Warmoth I will probably sell has a neck that’s just a bit thinner than I prefer, so I end up playing that one less than the others. They’re all very well built with great specs, but that one just isn’t getting the playtime it deserves and this new one’s profile is perfect so I think that other one’s going to go.

Just adding a little clip in here, nothing special but a little BB King blues style action using my little Vox MV head and a bit of reverb.

That sounds nice, Slowhand.

Partscaster wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 9:36 pm That sounds nice, Slowhand.

Thanks! Just some noodling but the guitar's got a nice amount of versatility with these pickups. That was the Lil 59 neck pickup in the previous clip, and here's another little clip using the middle pickup (the Duckbucker) which is a lot spankier. Same exact settings and same backing track as the other one.

Yeah. That is a nice tone, too.

Really like the color combination of that neck on that body Congrats really nice snag.

redman wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 9:02 am Really like the color combination of that neck on that body Congrats really nice snag.

Thanks! This was a snag from a few weeks ago but just finally got around to posting a clip or two. Gotta do a few with distortion also, some surprisingly tight metal tones exist in this guitar too

Love it!

Sinster wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:36 amLove it!

Thanks! Going to post a clip or two with distortion this week. Really looking forward to getting my Hiwatt retubed, this thing will REALLY shine with that amp!

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:47 pm

Mossman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:09 pm

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:01 pm
Thanks dude! Should be posting some clips up before the end of the weekend, been doing some recording with it here and there today. Think I'm going to let go of one of the Warmoths now that there's 4...this one is really killer and is definitely dislodging one from the collection.

Yeah, I don't like keeping redundancies or B-list guitars around... Or just guitars that I know I won't play anymore. Glad that one's good enough to knock one of your previous favorites off the hill.

Yeah I wouldn’t call any of them B-list, at least in terms of the build. Basically the deal is it comes down to neck profile preference...the Warmoth I will probably sell has a neck that’s just a bit thinner than I prefer, so I end up playing that one less than the others. They’re all very well built with great specs, but that one just isn’t getting the playtime it deserves and this new one’s profile is perfect so I think that other one’s going to go.

Yeah, I didn't mean "B-list" in terms of quality, but in terms of preference. An expensive, high-quality guitar can end up on the B-list if you prefer playing something else.

That guitar sounds great, BTW.

Mossman wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:06 pm

slowhand84 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:47 pm

Mossman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 11:09 pm

Yeah, I don't like keeping redundancies or B-list guitars around... Or just guitars that I know I won't play anymore. Glad that one's good enough to knock one of your previous favorites off the hill.

Yeah I wouldn’t call any of them B-list, at least in terms of the build. Basically the deal is it comes down to neck profile preference...the Warmoth I will probably sell has a neck that’s just a bit thinner than I prefer, so I end up playing that one less than the others. They’re all very well built with great specs, but that one just isn’t getting the playtime it deserves and this new one’s profile is perfect so I think that other one’s going to go.

Yeah, I didn't mean "B-list" in terms of quality, but in terms of preference. An expensive, high-quality guitar can end up on the B-list if you prefer playing something else.

That guitar sounds great, BTW.

That is very true, and thank you! Gotta get that distortion clip up here tomorrow.