New Guitar And Mod Day
Well I teased this a few months ago. When I saw this guitar online I knew I had to have it. The highly quilted blue and hints of purple maple top, the killer birds eye maple neck and custom DiMarizo purple and blue pups just sucked me in. Bought it from a guy in Greece. After I made the purchase the seller texts me that he had to, er, mis-inform in the ad. The fret board was not Indian Rosewood, but Brazilian rosewood. He couldn’t ship it out of the country as Brazilian rosewood; Bonus!
My first thought was to put a Purple Heart fretboard neck on it and name it Purple Haze. It is a 2009 Warmoth custom ordered body and USA Custom Guitar’s custom ordered neck. I contacted Warmoth and explained I’d like to do a Purple Heart neck with a Purple Heart fretboard and could they match a quilted maple veneer on the headstock to match the body. That said they didn’t have the recipe for the 2009 body finish but would try matching it from the pictures I sent them. 12 weeks later I got the neck. It’s been sitting a few months and today I decided to take break from construction and have some guitar building fun.
The interesting part is, as nice as the guy picked out great wood and colors for it, he knew sh#t about wiring. Take a look at the wiring. The second tone pot has no connections. The first tone pot has an I-don’t-know cap, BUT no ground connections! WTF. I took all of that out today, swapped the necks and will start on the re-wiring next after I shield the cavities.
In my tradition of naming Warmoth builds by having a W name, this one is named Purple Waze.
Well I teased this a few months ago. When I saw this guitar online I knew I had to have it. The highly quilted blue and hints of purple maple top, the killer birds eye maple neck and custom DiMarizo purple and blue pups just sucked me in. Bought it from a guy in Greece. After I made the purchase the seller texts me that he had to, er, mis-inform in the ad. The fret board was not Indian Rosewood, but Brazilian rosewood. He couldn’t ship it out of the country as Brazilian rosewood; Bonus!
My first thought was to put a Purple Heart fretboard neck on it and name it Purple Haze. It is a 2009 Warmoth custom ordered body and USA Custom Guitar’s custom ordered neck. I contacted Warmoth and explained I’d like to do a Purple Heart neck with a Purple Heart fretboard and could they match a quilted maple veneer on the headstock to match the body. That said they didn’t have the recipe for the 2009 body finish but would try matching it from the pictures I sent them. 12 weeks later I got the neck. It’s been sitting a few months and today I decided to take break from construction and have some guitar building fun.
The interesting part is, as nice as the guy picked out great wood and colors for it, he knew sh#t about wiring. Take a look at the wiring. The second tone pot has no connections. The first tone pot has an I-don’t-know cap, BUT no ground connections! WTF. I took all of that out today, swapped the necks and will start on the re-wiring next after I shield the cavities.
In my tradition of naming Warmoth builds by having a W name, this one is named Purple Waze.
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