If you like Nutella on crepes, maybe you can try it on a woman, and if women like Nutella on creeps, then the can try it on you. Yeah I know what I typed
"effin clue"... are you kidding me? i'm the good guys... i said the sound was great and so was the playing, what more do you want...?! i play dirty, sloppy and loud. i just plug into a marshall, crank it AND eat lots of jello! lighten up and eat some jello, please...?
@RGSATX1 - Thanks bro for the compliment. I simply have no idea what you mean by your assertion that I need to eat jello. Alas; I am not a jello fan or I might indulge your suggestion and see for myself.
Very inventive man. I don't know of any commercial guitars setup up that way. I have to agree with Samitch04.. An active eq would fully supplement the loss of the tone knobs. Thus making your rig very commercial... This would be good thing, because that guitar is Amazing! The good news is that this would be easy to attain with a pedal :) Something like the MXR M-108 Ten Band Graphic EQ would work perfect with this guitar.
What a brilliant combination of elements on this guitar! I love the tones and the setup. I would love to know which make of pickups you installed. The configuration is just how I would like to have setup. Thank you!
Shivers! I wish you'd add those things and write the combinations, it was a bit hard to hear you. But ill turn the volume up as soon as i know my neighbors are awake.
What wood and finish does the guitar have? It looks so beautiful! Is the lp special bigger than a standard lp? The height of the body seems higher .. or maybe it's you who's small ;) Great playing! I see you have 52 more videos, so this will be interesting! Thanks
Wow...I've never believed in the "one guitar that does it all",but your wiring scheme is awesome! It's a variety guitarist's dream.Kudos,and keep enjoying her.
@TheTechArea - It's a Warmoth, so it can't be a Gibson anyway. Notice the quotes on the name. It's inspired by that model (per Warmoth's own body shape naming).
@rpguitar yes i understand that...... not only gibson make lp's its just you called it an lp and its not one lp are single cut away your guitar is double cut away
@TheTechArea - You're missing a detail from history. The Les Paul Special is a distinct early model in a non-carved, double cutaway shape. Type "1959 les paul special" into images.google.com and you'll see (I can't seem to post a URL here or I'd do it).
i love this guitar man. i wish i could play it.. an active eq would be awesome on it though. not that you cant get a large amount of tonal control. it would just add a little extra control of each setting.
@Samitch04 - Believe me, if this guitar had any more settings, you'd spend all your time tweaking it and about zero time making music. There is a law of diminishing returns when it comes to electric guitar wiring!
Hi, I need to know if these Warmoth guitars are high quality built, because I have a friend that says they wouldn't work well cause of different parts of the guitar that would not work together with the types of woods that there made of. Thanks.
@Dugger1997 - Your friend is misinformed. Warmoth makes top notch bodies and necks, and the rest is entirely up to you - the designer and (optionally) builder.
Fantastic sounding guitar and hell its very versatile, not my cup of tea shape wise, but if I could have that variety of tones I'd live with the shape.
It's like having three or four different guitars in the one package.
I bet it cost a small fortune to build in that quality though?
It's a killer axe, man! Only production guitars i can think of which are in its league are higher end PRSs and they probably cost at least 3 times more!
@bozidar89 That's the nice thing about warmoth. Even if you get someone to put it together for you it still costs less than a medium-high end namebrand which would be a compromise of exactly what you want.
I'm going to do a tele with singles in neck and bridge but minihumbucker in the middle. Green quilt maple and gold hard ware. And brent mason style (3 knobs) switching and volume. all for less than a fender 52 hotrod tele.
Yeah, and maybe the best thing is that you can build a guitar EXACTLY as you want it, no comprimise... There is no "i like this strat but i dont like the neck and the knobs...".
Actually the guitar is on its 2nd wiring scheme, so I had holes I needed to fill! Plus in any case I hate push/pull controls. Too little visual feedback IMHO.
Fair enough, it is a cool sounding guitar in any case. I love the idea of Warmoth. You can't get a "Custom" made Guitar to your specs anywhere else so cheaply, especially with such exotic woods!
I built a Warmoth Strat a couple years ago. It is the best sounding best playing guitar I ever layed my hands on. The main thing with building your own is dont rush it. Take your time and ask questions.. Visit the unofficial Warmoth forums. Anything you ask will get a decent answer. As a first build, I wouldnt recomend getting as creative as Roger did with his wiring here. I like what he did , but you may want to have someone experienced do that for you.
The other thing about buildiing a Warmoth. After you complete it, you will still need to set up the neck, innotation etc. If you dont know how to do that, you can always take the new guitar to a luthier or reputable guitar shop and pay them do set it up for you. This will be very important for the overall quality of sound and playability.
The two settings where you used one coil of both pickups didn't sound particularly "Strat-like" or "Tele-ish," but almost more like old Gretsch Filtertrons. Very cool!
Roger, I think you really have something in your pickup wiring. I'm about to start a warmoth build and I was wondering if you could help me out creating a wiring diagram. I'll have two passive pickups and I'm interested in having a series/parallel switch, 3 position selector, master volume pot, master volume pot and the two "magic" switches that independently control coil tapping on both the neck and bridge pickups. Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Your guitar collection is awesome btw
thanks, i just realized I made a typographical error above, one of the master volumes is supposed to be a master tone pot. Someone from unofficial warmoth helped me out though. I really dig this wiring setup
hey roger, i was just wondering if you could answer a q about guitar wiring, im trying to find a diagram like so : 2 active pickups. just a toggle switch, no tone no volume. basicly so all you see is a toggle switch on the belly of the guitar, if you can help it would be awesome, thanks
Trying out each individual coil was a primary inspiration for this wiring. And the sounds are very different! I think it's more about the coil locations than the windings, but that's just a guess.
The wiring you have for that guitar is absolutely genius. I've been trying to cook up some sort of crazy pickup wiring like that for a project of mine and this has given me some wonderful ideas. Thanks for sharing your creative design.
This guitar has a standard "blocky" heel. I don't know if they offered any contouring options back in '97 when I built it. I have another with the contour, but it's not much of a difference.
Wow....this is like multiple guitars wrapped into one. I'm thinking about doing a warmoth project myself. Is there any way you could send me the pick-up configuration?
It lets you balance the two pickups and then adjust overall volume without altering the balance. Dual volume systems like a Gibson are a pain, because you always have to tweak two knobs and the adjustment is never precise between them.
Dude, that's awesome! Love the guitar, the tone, and the playing. What pickups, effect, and amp are you using? Great job. Do more demos. You rock clean style!
Thanks a lot. Duncan Alnico II (N) & JB (B). Amp is a silverface Fender Princeton Reverb. Bit of delay from Akai Headrush, & distortion from either TS-9 or Rat (can't remember).
Really nice guitar, great playing. I loved the fact that you didnt use too much distortion (unlike MANY youtube reviewers), so that one could really hear your guitar. Thats how a review should be done!
I'm thinking of getting a Warmoth LP Double Cut (carved Top) as well. But I'm worrying a bit about the bolt-on neck... Does the neck decrease the sustain?
Hi Phil, thanks for the very nice note. I am a "clean" player 90% of the time so I'm just being myself. I probably should play with distortion more often!
Contrary to popular belief, I think that a bolt-on neck has no particular effect on sustain when considered as an isolated variable. There are too many chimey Teles and dead LP's that disprove the theory. Density of materials probably makes a bigger difference than the neck/body interface itself. Best of luck to you -
I plan on building a warmoth Strat and I had the exact same idea with you on using the single coils of the guitar, but instead of using the small switches, using the fender 5 way and using the same setup as a gibson with the 2 volume 2 tone pots. Do you think you could give me a hand wiring up the guitar?
i will send you a message through you tube and hope you get it. I want some expert advice on how to build this guitar, and you seem like you know what your doing. Thanks!
Hi, I just wanna say awesome guitar and awesome playing you did. I like that you unlike most, thought to include all tonal possibilities, and saw that a tone nob is good for just muffling a guitar in most cases, I'm personaly a tele fan though LPS's hold a place with me. How much of the work did you do yourself, wiring and paint on the body, what type of pups are you using, other electronics, amp? and ballpark how much for all the parts? Again awesome!
Thanks Mike - I hope I can answer all this. Warmoth put the gloss finish on the body (neck has no finish). I put everything together and did all the wiring, including the circuit design - which I cobbled together from a blend of other schematics, since I couldn't find exactly what I wanted anywhere else. This guitar cost about $900 in 1997 when I built it. Duncan Alnico II in neck and JB in bridge... Fender Princeton Reverb tube amp. Peace - RP
Excellent! Actually TOO many choices lol, but it's like you have an analog version of the Variax without all that electronic devilry. Which is bloody awesome! I really like what you've managed to achieve. Rock on man.
I like the pickup configuration, im thinking of doing the same thing to a seymour duncan lil screamin deamon on a warmoth tele I got visioned in my head. The two coils have different magnets, it would probably give 3 distinct sounds right? Nice playing by the way!
Wow, so many choices on one guitar. I'm more of a straight forward guy when it comes to tones but I deeply admire what you've been able to accomplish.
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Nice guitar! I'm going to buil a Warmoth soon myself, but I think jazz guitar sounds like lift music. The playing is awesome, but try doing some metal. With that level of skill, you'd make one hell of a shredder.
In all honesty that is one the thickest sounding guitars I have heard on youtube. Very creamy tone and rich sustain. What amplifier are you using? (I apologize if you mentioned it I didn't happen to catch it)
Thanks for the comment. It's a silverface Fender Princeton Reverb with a 12" speaker in place of the stock 10". But really it's the dense woods at work: mahogany w/rosewood top, padauk neck w/ebony board. Peace - RP
All that Warmoth offers at this time are bolt ons. Also, check out the details panel of this video (where you click "More") and bookmark the link to the circuit diagram if you like.
did you get your hardware and electronics from warmoth? I know exactly what I want body wise, (LPS, with V neck :D) but I don't know what I'm going to do as far as hardware and electronics go. I wish I could just buy an all inclusive kit. And I love the coil selector switches man. That thing is a beast.
I didn't buy the hardware or pickups from them, but some of the electronics - yes. I have a little workshop and a bunch of junk/treasures lying around though, so I dig into that for projects. It's less mysterious when you've done it a few times. Good luck! -RP
Yeah, I'll be getting the pickups elsewhere. And I'll probably end up paying someone else to install all the electronics. Does that have a bolt on neck?
Thanks for showing what that clever wiring scheme sounds like! Genius! A player as good as you deserves the ultimate guitar. That sounds great. I will definitely incorporate some of that in my Warmoth project.
Thanks for comment! Warmoth will do what you ask. On this guitar I had them drill some of the holes, but others I added myself when I finalized my wiring plan.
Wow that thing has stunning sound. Beautiful work. I'm just starting my first Warmoth Les Paul project - a standard but I'll never be able to figure out wiring like that. Maybe a future job :) Thanks for the awesome demo.
Perhaps very subtle, but probably not even noticeable. An extra 500K tone pot would bleed a teeny bit of treble. I had been very accustomed to the sound of this guitar, and it just didn't need one b/c it's quite warm to begin with.
you mentioned that you chose not to put a tone control on it because you didn't want to turn down the treble. Should you have put one, and not used it, would it have made a difference in its tone?
Hey, you have a nice touch. Most guys I know can play like that WITH distortion. If they try it clean, you hear all the muddiness that was being covered up through the amp. Nice job, great guitar. I recommend you try a Ovation Preacher if you can ever come across one for similar results in sound and playability.
It can, and that is one of my criteria for almost every electric I own... to have the ability to sound decent for jazz. The Duncan Alnico II Pro is a great pup. And the dense woods help (padauk, ebony, mahogany, rosewood).
Believe me, I've thought about that... It would be materials plus labor and I don't know if it would be worth it. Hmmm... maybe I should come up with a number and see??
how much of a difference in tone would you say the bolt on neck makes vs. a gibson set neck? I'd like to build a warmoth LP but I've always thought (perhaps wrongly) that the set neck was a big part of "that" tone.
Hard to say what contributes most to "that" tone. On Warmoth's Gallery it's clear that many have built LPs. Mine has different neck woods so I can't really compare. But I think it would be subtle at best, given everything else the same.
the set neck gives a les paul a hell of a lot of its tone, a bolt les paul really wont come close to that thick sound you get, the same way you cant get a les paul to bite like a strat!! stewmac dot com has a lot of info about things like this!
Hi there, I've got a warmoth les paul in Korina and I absolutely love it. I put jazz and JB in it. To I have to be honest your guitar absolutely blew mine away!
Very good sounds, man. I really like what you've done with the pickup selection. I'd never seen that type of idea produced before. Very creative! I would have gone with a tone knob, though. Not that you might need it, but I love to have the control over my guitar.
Thanks for the comments. To me it's way more interesting than just a standard coil split (or tap) switch, and I'm sure that major guitar makers just think it's too much trouble. I did have a tone on this guitar in a previous wiring incarnation, but removed it.
Would love to see more videos using this guitar...love the sound.
xsamitt 3 months ago
Beautiful sound, gorgeous guitar and great playing. Congrats
anointed01 4 months ago
Probably my favorite sounding guitar I've ever heard.
domtar 5 months ago
Yes I am curious as to what pickups you are using as well?
wilsd978 5 months ago
@wilsd978 - I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in the video and in the details, but... Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro (Neck) and JB (Bridge).
rpguitar 5 months ago
Great sounding guitar! Well done! Exactly which pickups are you using though???
wooke1906 7 months ago
How much would something like this cost? :)
oleesquivel87 7 months ago
Love the guitar, man. I built a standard type of strat from Warmoth. Excellent quality stuff!
Tipperman 8 months ago
I LIKE TO ROLL AROUND NAKED IN JELLO
bbnatedogg 8 months ago
@bbnatedogg I like to eat jello out of womens pussies
andrewvanrhoberts 8 months ago
@andrewvanrhoberts
If you like Nutella on crepes, maybe you can try it on a woman, and if women like Nutella on creeps, then the can try it on you. Yeah I know what I typed
WoWintosh 7 months ago
@WoWintosh i dont fool around with white chicks mang
andrewvanrhoberts 7 months ago
"effin clue"... are you kidding me? i'm the good guys... i said the sound was great and so was the playing, what more do you want...?! i play dirty, sloppy and loud. i just plug into a marshall, crank it AND eat lots of jello! lighten up and eat some jello, please...?
RGSATX1 9 months ago
@RGSATX1 - Thanks bro for the compliment. I simply have no idea what you mean by your assertion that I need to eat jello. Alas; I am not a jello fan or I might indulge your suggestion and see for myself.
rpguitar 9 months ago
great sound and playing... but he needs to eat jello, lots of it
RGSATX1 9 months ago
@RGSATX1 - I have no effin clue what that means, but I have a feeling it's not too nice.
rpguitar 9 months ago
On this wiring diagram, you could use a push/pull pot configuration and not use toggles? 3 push/pulls?
OzziePete1 10 months ago
nice sound!
pridewolf1986 10 months ago
damn you sure put those toggle switches to use! beautiful guitar, wouldnt mind having one like it myself ;)
80smetalchild 11 months ago
Very inventive man. I don't know of any commercial guitars setup up that way. I have to agree with Samitch04.. An active eq would fully supplement the loss of the tone knobs. Thus making your rig very commercial... This would be good thing, because that guitar is Amazing! The good news is that this would be easy to attain with a pedal :) Something like the MXR M-108 Ten Band Graphic EQ would work perfect with this guitar.
SuperMelLowD 1 year ago
Very nice. That is a spectacular wiring system. What pickups are you using?
8x26x08 1 year ago
What a brilliant combination of elements on this guitar! I love the tones and the setup. I would love to know which make of pickups you installed. The configuration is just how I would like to have setup. Thank you!
JGOCTO 1 year ago
Shivers! I wish you'd add those things and write the combinations, it was a bit hard to hear you. But ill turn the volume up as soon as i know my neighbors are awake.
What wood and finish does the guitar have? It looks so beautiful! Is the lp special bigger than a standard lp? The height of the body seems higher .. or maybe it's you who's small ;) Great playing! I see you have 52 more videos, so this will be interesting! Thanks
vileguile4 1 year ago
I know this is an older video, but this is one fantastic sounding guitar, thanks for sharing it.
ArielsSmartyPants 1 year ago
Please tell me how i can do this, Pick up? switches? schematics?
Flienlow 1 year ago
Wow...I've never believed in the "one guitar that does it all",but your wiring scheme is awesome! It's a variety guitarist's dream.Kudos,and keep enjoying her.
rabbirelax 1 year ago
do u have to put together all warmoth guitars/basses?
Locker344 1 year ago
@Locker344 yeah, they only provide you with either a neck or a body.
jointhearmy555 1 year ago
@jointhearmy555 o ok. i wasnt sure about that
Locker344 1 year ago
hey great vid but how is this a lp special its double cut away and different woods to an lp
TheTechArea 1 year ago
@TheTechArea - It's a Warmoth, so it can't be a Gibson anyway. Notice the quotes on the name. It's inspired by that model (per Warmoth's own body shape naming).
rpguitar 1 year ago
@rpguitar yes i understand that...... not only gibson make lp's its just you called it an lp and its not one lp are single cut away your guitar is double cut away
TheTechArea 1 year ago
@TheTechArea - You're missing a detail from history. The Les Paul Special is a distinct early model in a non-carved, double cutaway shape. Type "1959 les paul special" into images.google.com and you'll see (I can't seem to post a URL here or I'd do it).
rpguitar 1 year ago 2
Man, you put a lot of time and effort into getting those pickup selections into effect, kudos
TheGuitarkid15 1 year ago
i love this guitar man. i wish i could play it.. an active eq would be awesome on it though. not that you cant get a large amount of tonal control. it would just add a little extra control of each setting.
Samitch04 1 year ago
@Samitch04 - Believe me, if this guitar had any more settings, you'd spend all your time tweaking it and about zero time making music. There is a law of diminishing returns when it comes to electric guitar wiring!
rpguitar 1 year ago
Hi, I need to know if these Warmoth guitars are high quality built, because I have a friend that says they wouldn't work well cause of different parts of the guitar that would not work together with the types of woods that there made of. Thanks.
Dugger1997 1 year ago
@Dugger1997 - Your friend is misinformed. Warmoth makes top notch bodies and necks, and the rest is entirely up to you - the designer and (optionally) builder.
rpguitar 1 year ago
@Dugger1997 I just got done building a Warmoth custom tele and i absolutely couldn't be happier, awesome quality
alphabetazulu 1 year ago
dude that guitar sounds absolutely amazing. how much was it?
henrykelsey100 1 year ago
@henrykelsey100 - Thanks. In 1997 when I built it, the components cost about $900.
rpguitar 1 year ago
@rpguitar for a guitar that sounds that amazing it was well worth it. rock on!
henrykelsey100 1 year ago
great post. I really appreciate your tone and feel....
ksmit 1 year ago
Beautiful Playing man!
skoragzi 1 year ago
Fantastic sounding guitar and hell its very versatile, not my cup of tea shape wise, but if I could have that variety of tones I'd live with the shape.
It's like having three or four different guitars in the one package.
I bet it cost a small fortune to build in that quality though?
chymist66 1 year ago
shit that sounds nice man. good job, love the unique wood choices
FordIsBetter 1 year ago
Seems to be an incredibly versatile Guitar! Beautiful ffinish. Very nice job!
I enjoy your playing very much as well.
iatemine 1 year ago
@iatemine - thank you for the nice compliment. -RP
rpguitar 1 year ago
thats awesome i love your guitar man
idonotcair 1 year ago
The sounds remind me of Santana's sound and Eric Clapton's sounds if they were on clean
DudeLove1996 2 years ago
Id love too build a LP w/ a big charvel hockey stick neck...now that would be awesome!!!!
paraglidermx 2 years ago
It's a killer axe, man! Only production guitars i can think of which are in its league are higher end PRSs and they probably cost at least 3 times more!
cheers 5*
bozidar89 2 years ago 5
@bozidar89 That's the nice thing about warmoth. Even if you get someone to put it together for you it still costs less than a medium-high end namebrand which would be a compromise of exactly what you want.
I'm going to do a tele with singles in neck and bridge but minihumbucker in the middle. Green quilt maple and gold hard ware. And brent mason style (3 knobs) switching and volume. all for less than a fender 52 hotrod tele.
GuillermoSmyser 2 years ago
Yeah, and maybe the best thing is that you can build a guitar EXACTLY as you want it, no comprimise... There is no "i like this strat but i dont like the neck and the knobs...".
cheers
bozidar89 2 years ago
Wow beautiful...what an eclectic range of sounds. Very nice job!
pdbordelon 2 years ago
sounds fantastic... really
great playing too!
is that a bolt or set neck?
I'm thinking about building a guitar on my own.
skisepp0815 2 years ago
1. Yes
2. Duncan Alnico II Pro (N), Duncan JB (B)
3. Bit of delay from Akai Headrush + spring reverb on SFPR
rpguitar 2 years ago
1. In the comments above, you mentioned you are on your second wiring scheme, is the wiring schematic link for the 2nd iteration?
2. Also, what pickups are you using?
3. I love the sound of the guitar on this video, other than reverb, which effect did you use during this recording?
digjazz108 2 years ago
I think you should have used push/pull pots instead of adding switches and extra holes to the body. Purely cosmetic of course!
Gdev27 2 years ago
Actually the guitar is on its 2nd wiring scheme, so I had holes I needed to fill! Plus in any case I hate push/pull controls. Too little visual feedback IMHO.
rpguitar 2 years ago
Fair enough, it is a cool sounding guitar in any case. I love the idea of Warmoth. You can't get a "Custom" made Guitar to your specs anywhere else so cheaply, especially with such exotic woods!
Gdev27 2 years ago
I am considering building a Warmoth myself... for someone who has no experience is it as easy as it sounds other than the wiring aspect?
mikoiki 2 years ago
I built a Warmoth Strat a couple years ago. It is the best sounding best playing guitar I ever layed my hands on. The main thing with building your own is dont rush it. Take your time and ask questions.. Visit the unofficial Warmoth forums. Anything you ask will get a decent answer. As a first build, I wouldnt recomend getting as creative as Roger did with his wiring here. I like what he did , but you may want to have someone experienced do that for you.
wwit63 2 years ago
The other thing about buildiing a Warmoth. After you complete it, you will still need to set up the neck, innotation etc. If you dont know how to do that, you can always take the new guitar to a luthier or reputable guitar shop and pay them do set it up for you. This will be very important for the overall quality of sound and playability.
wwit63 2 years ago
yea i made one a couple months ago, and painted it etc. its pretty easy you might want help with the wiring
victorescallier 2 years ago
The two settings where you used one coil of both pickups didn't sound particularly "Strat-like" or "Tele-ish," but almost more like old Gretsch Filtertrons. Very cool!
chicagokid82 2 years ago
Roger, I think you really have something in your pickup wiring. I'm about to start a warmoth build and I was wondering if you could help me out creating a wiring diagram. I'll have two passive pickups and I'm interested in having a series/parallel switch, 3 position selector, master volume pot, master volume pot and the two "magic" switches that independently control coil tapping on both the neck and bridge pickups. Any help/advice would be much appreciated. Your guitar collection is awesome btw
Geez445 2 years ago
Take a look at the link in the "More Info" section of About This Video (top right).
rpguitar 2 years ago
thanks, i just realized I made a typographical error above, one of the master volumes is supposed to be a master tone pot. Someone from unofficial warmoth helped me out though. I really dig this wiring setup
Geez445 2 years ago
Nice tones. I am in the process of building my own now with warmouth parts. How much do you have into it?
tuningpin 2 years ago
if you got gold tuners, gold hardware, and gold pickup rings, why didnt you get gold knobs? it would look so much cooler
CooleyCoolenson 2 years ago
it must be like the most polyvalent guitar i've heard i guess
amaurythewarrior 2 years ago
hey roger, i was just wondering if you could answer a q about guitar wiring, im trying to find a diagram like so : 2 active pickups. just a toggle switch, no tone no volume. basicly so all you see is a toggle switch on the belly of the guitar, if you can help it would be awesome, thanks
Rowburt51088 2 years ago
Sending you a private mail on this...
rpguitar 2 years ago
Nice!
How is fret access near the neck joint?
I've been thinking of making a similar guitar during the summer, when i've got nothing to do. I've got no experience though.
Jacobcfuller 2 years ago
I assume since you are using Semour Duncan pickups you're diagram refers to Seymour Duncan wire colors. right?
Benjammin105 2 years ago
I'm amazed at the difference in tone when switching from one coil to the other in the neck PUP. Are the windings different in each?
ROCKSTARCRANE 2 years ago
Trying out each individual coil was a primary inspiration for this wiring. And the sounds are very different! I think it's more about the coil locations than the windings, but that's just a guess.
rpguitar 2 years ago
Beautiful guitar. Excellent playing. Exceptional tonal variety.
and you can say you assembled it yourself.
Awesome.
dustin11 2 years ago
THAT WIRING WITH LACE SENSOR DUALLYS: heaven.
juanpi56 3 years ago
beautiful guitar.
i've been checking out warmoth for a long time now.
all together how much did you end up spending on the guitar?
kullprit 3 years ago
man that sound is smooth. Fuck man youve got an amazing guitar
lukeschennFTW 3 years ago
Hello, I' d like to know how you learned like that. You' re God!
MarcoZucchi81 3 years ago
Nice job!
Very versatile. Nice playing.
bluepowder777 3 years ago
Well done man.
guitardbucket 3 years ago
you have a beautiful guitar there my friend!! Im currently interested in a warmoth guitar myself...
15viceandvirtues 3 years ago
how much did that cost you total to make man? im thinkin of making one myself
CooleyCoolenson 3 years ago
Hell yes. Great video, great wiring, great guitar!
UrsaMusic 3 years ago
The wiring you have for that guitar is absolutely genius. I've been trying to cook up some sort of crazy pickup wiring like that for a project of mine and this has given me some wonderful ideas. Thanks for sharing your creative design.
sensenstein 3 years ago
that was great~ your playing was absolutey brilliant, and your guitar sounds fantastic!
yuhki3 3 years ago
man do more guitar demos and some rigs demos please i love them your a great player!
iloveibanez92 3 years ago
Super nice of you to say. Thanks. -RP
rpguitar 3 years ago
How's the neck heel on the warmoth guitars? Looks like you have it normal, not contoured.
lern2swim 3 years ago
This guitar has a standard "blocky" heel. I don't know if they offered any contouring options back in '97 when I built it. I have another with the contour, but it's not much of a difference.
rpguitar 3 years ago
I would have loved to hear it bone dry, without the reverb and delay. Great guitar anyway, thank you for posting it!
YofterMofter 3 years ago
Wow....this is like multiple guitars wrapped into one. I'm thinking about doing a warmoth project myself. Is there any way you could send me the pick-up configuration?
NitsujRentip 3 years ago
Hi - take a look at "More Info" in the details. I have a link to the schematic there. Pickups are Duncan JB(br) and Alnico II Pro(n).
rpguitar 3 years ago
Wow. Sounds really, really good! What amp are you playing through? Excellent vid, thanks!
yinyangthang 3 years ago
It lets you balance the two pickups and then adjust overall volume without altering the balance. Dual volume systems like a Gibson are a pain, because you always have to tweak two knobs and the adjustment is never precise between them.
rpguitar 3 years ago
Excellent build. Thanks for the video!
FrankyFinkleman 3 years ago
very sweet! Dude, you made a lovely babe, treasure it, never sell it ok?
diehardrocker 3 years ago
Dude, that's awesome! Love the guitar, the tone, and the playing. What pickups, effect, and amp are you using? Great job. Do more demos. You rock clean style!
76gomez76 3 years ago
Thanks a lot. Duncan Alnico II (N) & JB (B). Amp is a silverface Fender Princeton Reverb. Bit of delay from Akai Headrush, & distortion from either TS-9 or Rat (can't remember).
rpguitar 3 years ago
Hey there,
Really nice guitar, great playing. I loved the fact that you didnt use too much distortion (unlike MANY youtube reviewers), so that one could really hear your guitar. Thats how a review should be done!
I'm thinking of getting a Warmoth LP Double Cut (carved Top) as well. But I'm worrying a bit about the bolt-on neck... Does the neck decrease the sustain?
Best regards from Germany, Phil
JustPhil 3 years ago
Hi Phil, thanks for the very nice note. I am a "clean" player 90% of the time so I'm just being myself. I probably should play with distortion more often!
Contrary to popular belief, I think that a bolt-on neck has no particular effect on sustain when considered as an isolated variable. There are too many chimey Teles and dead LP's that disprove the theory. Density of materials probably makes a bigger difference than the neck/body interface itself. Best of luck to you -
RP
rpguitar 3 years ago
Hey,
Nice video,
I plan on building a warmoth Strat and I had the exact same idea with you on using the single coils of the guitar, but instead of using the small switches, using the fender 5 way and using the same setup as a gibson with the 2 volume 2 tone pots. Do you think you could give me a hand wiring up the guitar?
i will send you a message through you tube and hope you get it. I want some expert advice on how to build this guitar, and you seem like you know what your doing. Thanks!
minibikedude04 3 years ago
Now that is nipple riding! Beautiful sounding guitar awesome job :)
skaught911 3 years ago
not to mention the awesome tone and playing
jesuswiisus 3 years ago
nice set up
what was the cost total?
jesuswiisus 3 years ago
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too much crap brah. give me 1hum, a vol knob, plug in and rock.
buffbiff21 3 years ago
lol,
ok tom.
minibikedude04 3 years ago
that has an amazing finish, nice playing! all in all im very impressed
dukeofdarkness666 3 years ago
Hello... Couls you please tell me how did you learn to play like that? Thanks.
MarcoZucchi81 3 years ago
Hi, I just wanna say awesome guitar and awesome playing you did. I like that you unlike most, thought to include all tonal possibilities, and saw that a tone nob is good for just muffling a guitar in most cases, I'm personaly a tele fan though LPS's hold a place with me. How much of the work did you do yourself, wiring and paint on the body, what type of pups are you using, other electronics, amp? and ballpark how much for all the parts? Again awesome!
mikelikeltj2 3 years ago
Thanks Mike - I hope I can answer all this. Warmoth put the gloss finish on the body (neck has no finish). I put everything together and did all the wiring, including the circuit design - which I cobbled together from a blend of other schematics, since I couldn't find exactly what I wanted anywhere else. This guitar cost about $900 in 1997 when I built it. Duncan Alnico II in neck and JB in bridge... Fender Princeton Reverb tube amp. Peace - RP
rpguitar 3 years ago
does warmoth assemble the guitar for you?
TheHomingByrd 3 years ago
No, that's the fun part - well sort of - that you do yourself. -RP
rpguitar 3 years ago
wow beautiful sounding guitar! nice work!
bassmajor 3 years ago
Excellent! Actually TOO many choices lol, but it's like you have an analog version of the Variax without all that electronic devilry. Which is bloody awesome! I really like what you've managed to achieve. Rock on man.
Animatronica 3 years ago
Sounds amazing, but I like the tele better. What pickups are you using in this guitar?
SirSwolesMcsendum 3 years ago
I like the pickup configuration, im thinking of doing the same thing to a seymour duncan lil screamin deamon on a warmoth tele I got visioned in my head. The two coils have different magnets, it would probably give 3 distinct sounds right? Nice playing by the way!
rwo2112 3 years ago
wow that thing sounds incredible...what kind of pups are those?
joseph2293 3 years ago
Wow, so many choices on one guitar. I'm more of a straight forward guy when it comes to tones but I deeply admire what you've been able to accomplish.
xGuNcaNDyx 3 years ago
Sounds very good! what amp do you use?
Alongood 3 years ago
Thanks a bunch. Fender Princeton Reverb circa 1979 with a custom baffle holding a 12" Celestion.
rpguitar 3 years ago
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Nice guitar! I'm going to buil a Warmoth soon myself, but I think jazz guitar sounds like lift music. The playing is awesome, but try doing some metal. With that level of skill, you'd make one hell of a shredder.
anotherguitarist101 3 years ago
My bad, you already answered that.
swellsucka 3 years ago
Does it have a bolt on neck?
swellsucka 3 years ago
In all honesty that is one the thickest sounding guitars I have heard on youtube. Very creamy tone and rich sustain. What amplifier are you using? (I apologize if you mentioned it I didn't happen to catch it)
kia1232 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment. It's a silverface Fender Princeton Reverb with a 12" speaker in place of the stock 10". But really it's the dense woods at work: mahogany w/rosewood top, padauk neck w/ebony board. Peace - RP
rifkacorinne 3 years ago
Yeah, I figured it was the guitar, I was just checking :)
kia1232 3 years ago
All that Warmoth offers at this time are bolt ons. Also, check out the details panel of this video (where you click "More") and bookmark the link to the circuit diagram if you like.
rpguitar 3 years ago
did you get your hardware and electronics from warmoth? I know exactly what I want body wise, (LPS, with V neck :D) but I don't know what I'm going to do as far as hardware and electronics go. I wish I could just buy an all inclusive kit. And I love the coil selector switches man. That thing is a beast.
swellsucka 3 years ago
I didn't buy the hardware or pickups from them, but some of the electronics - yes. I have a little workshop and a bunch of junk/treasures lying around though, so I dig into that for projects. It's less mysterious when you've done it a few times. Good luck! -RP
rpguitar 3 years ago
Yeah, I'll be getting the pickups elsewhere. And I'll probably end up paying someone else to install all the electronics. Does that have a bolt on neck?
swellsucka 3 years ago
Thanks, it's great to hear the various sounds. Beautiful sounding guitar.
spoddie 4 years ago
is it hard to customize switches like you did? how long does it takes to learn about the guitars mechanics? thanks, cool guitar.
lespaul101101 4 years ago
Thanks for showing what that clever wiring scheme sounds like! Genius! A player as good as you deserves the ultimate guitar. That sounds great. I will definitely incorporate some of that in my Warmoth project.
nurmweb 4 years ago
Great Job ! and nice playing also. I would pay to see how you wired that thing.
Keep it up !
fabianromano 4 years ago
Thanks for comment! Warmoth will do what you ask. On this guitar I had them drill some of the holes, but others I added myself when I finalized my wiring plan.
rpguitar 4 years ago
No need to pay; check out the link under "About this Video."
rpguitar 4 years ago
How did you achieve that color? Did you paint it yourself? I'm thinking of ordering a neck and LP body off Warmoth myself.
ramonesacidpillsh 4 years ago
It's a laminated rosewood top on mahogany, finished in clear gloss by Warmoth. The color is natural wood. -RP
rpguitar 4 years ago
Wow that thing has stunning sound. Beautiful work. I'm just starting my first Warmoth Les Paul project - a standard but I'll never be able to figure out wiring like that. Maybe a future job :) Thanks for the awesome demo.
kamealyon 4 years ago
If you are interested, I do have a jpeg of the wiring.... good luck with your project. -RP
rpguitar 4 years ago
Yeah sure I'd love to see it. I'll send you a PM.
kamealyon 4 years ago
Perhaps very subtle, but probably not even noticeable. An extra 500K tone pot would bleed a teeny bit of treble. I had been very accustomed to the sound of this guitar, and it just didn't need one b/c it's quite warm to begin with.
rpguitar 4 years ago
you mentioned that you chose not to put a tone control on it because you didn't want to turn down the treble. Should you have put one, and not used it, would it have made a difference in its tone?
jlevyx 4 years ago
Hey, you have a nice touch. Most guys I know can play like that WITH distortion. If they try it clean, you hear all the muddiness that was being covered up through the amp. Nice job, great guitar. I recommend you try a Ovation Preacher if you can ever come across one for similar results in sound and playability.
jime6688 4 years ago
Thanks alot for this video, your work is really good. Made me 100% sure that my next guitar is going to be a made from Warmoth parts.
CSTATB 4 years ago
I'm glad it helped you make a decision. Good luck with your project.
rpguitar 4 years ago
THANKS AGAIN
jason007s 4 years ago
That's amazing, it's so versatile. Good job!
Fordz 4 years ago
it sounds like a jazz box
cardude6987 4 years ago
It can, and that is one of my criteria for almost every electric I own... to have the ability to sound decent for jazz. The Duncan Alnico II Pro is a great pup. And the dense woods help (padauk, ebony, mahogany, rosewood).
rpguitar 4 years ago
Can it jangle?
Levesque999 4 years ago
Jangle... kind of? Chime, yes. Jangle, maybe. So many nuances we contend with as guitarists!
rpguitar 4 years ago
I wish my amp was that clean. Stupid 1987x...
SeanusAran 4 years ago
Wanna build me one? :D
Levesque999 4 years ago
Believe me, I've thought about that... It would be materials plus labor and I don't know if it would be worth it. Hmmm... maybe I should come up with a number and see??
Rifka71 4 years ago
I ain't got no moneh D:
Levesque999 4 years ago
Hey dude, great sounds and cool playing
HerbertGoodman 4 years ago
Hey great playing. How much was your warmoth? Also, what type of neck shape does it have. Guitar sounds amazing!
Kaelan66 4 years ago
how much of a difference in tone would you say the bolt on neck makes vs. a gibson set neck? I'd like to build a warmoth LP but I've always thought (perhaps wrongly) that the set neck was a big part of "that" tone.
sailorjoshua 4 years ago
Hard to say what contributes most to "that" tone. On Warmoth's Gallery it's clear that many have built LPs. Mine has different neck woods so I can't really compare. But I think it would be subtle at best, given everything else the same.
rpguitar 4 years ago
the set neck gives a les paul a hell of a lot of its tone, a bolt les paul really wont come close to that thick sound you get, the same way you cant get a les paul to bite like a strat!! stewmac dot com has a lot of info about things like this!
panicatthediscosuck 4 years ago
I just don't feel secure with a set neck at all though. I'm always afraid its gonna break.
Levesque999 4 years ago
I mean 'Though' I have to be honest your guitar absolutely blew mine away!
This is by far the best wiring I've seen, PRS 513 came close. But you had this one built in 97, that's incredible!
What amp and mic did you use on this video? Gee I really have to put this in my favourite :)
Notyethendrix 4 years ago
Hi there, I've got a warmoth les paul in Korina and I absolutely love it. I put jazz and JB in it. To I have to be honest your guitar absolutely blew mine away!
Notyethendrix 4 years ago
Very good sounds, man. I really like what you've done with the pickup selection. I'd never seen that type of idea produced before. Very creative! I would have gone with a tone knob, though. Not that you might need it, but I love to have the control over my guitar.
alarmclocks 4 years ago
Thanks for the comments. To me it's way more interesting than just a standard coil split (or tap) switch, and I'm sure that major guitar makers just think it's too much trouble. I did have a tone on this guitar in a previous wiring incarnation, but removed it.
rpguitar 4 years ago
very good playing , very clean and very nice
good guitar, i have a total vintage strat neck from warmoth and it's a very good quality!!
Mrsympatie 4 years ago
nice guitar! What pickups are those?
dondeestasquenoteveo 4 years ago