warmoth orange competition mustang project

Post by **Doog** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:42 pm

Good work, Fearless!

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:11 pm

It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:28 pm

That looks great - nice work! Lovely to see it together properly.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:47 pm

Oooft!!! Great job! It really pops with the black plastics on it. Tames the perloid perfectly!

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:11 pm

Very smart. Well done!

kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:39 pm

Nick wrote:It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying

Can you imagine the GFS copy on the website page for a Ã¢â‚¬Å“Bag of RustÃ¢â‚¬Â�

Endorsed by Earl Slick or something

Edit: Bag of Rust is a great name for a pedal

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:52 pm

kingkiller wrote:
Nick wrote:It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying
Can you imagine the GFS copy on the website page for a Ã¢â‚¬Å“Bag of RustÃ¢â‚¬Â�

Endorsed by Earl Slick or something

Ã¢â‚¬Å“WhatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢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 Ã¢â‚¬Å“big brandsÃ¢â‚¬Â� so we could offer these at a killer price that you just canÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t beat!Ã¢â‚¬Â�

Post by **dots** » Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:54 pm

there's prolly a secret room at the gfs factory with humidifiers everywhere and parts just dangling about.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:03 am

kingkiller wrote:Bag of Rust is a great name for a pedal

Neil Young Tonez!

dots wrote:parts just dangling about.

Ã¢â‚¬Â¦ermÃ¢â‚¬Â¦

Post by **dots** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:21 am

you heard me.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:51 am

Wow, ready to be shipped to Japan, those people of Japan are so lucky

Just kidding, it turned to be looking super sweet!

Post by **dots** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:14 pm

Thanks, gents, for all the advice and encouragement through the process.

Post by **dots** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:31 pm

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.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:19 pm

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.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:25 am

THAT'S HOT, DOT

Post by **dots** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:59 pm

Post by **dots** » Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:36 pm

Fin.

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kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:27 am

HAWT. Great work!!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:57 pm

Really really nice!

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:53 pm

It ainÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t done until you post a demo video!