NGD - Sexy Black Warmoth Tele.

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Rakija

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Chambered Basswood Body
Maple Top
Wenge Neck
Ebony Fretboard
22 Fret Stainless Steel
DiMarzio Titan Bridge/ Gravity Storm Neck.
Schaller Bridge
Gotoh Locking Machine heads.

Excuse the I-Phone camera shots.

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Very lightweight, which is great for my back. The chambered body makes this beauty very resonant and full of character with beautiful mid range overtones. The guitar is set up perfectly. The Titan bridge and Gravity Storm neck give me a very wide variety of tones with the 5 way switch - Jazz, Blues, Progressive Metal, Funk. Probably one of the most versatile sounding guitars I've ever played.

My favourite thing about this guitar is definitely the wenge neck (wizard shape) . Don't think I will be able to use a different wood for a neck ever again. Beautiful chocolate colour, very hard with a coarse textures, open grain (which is very stiff). Strong midrange tones and warm lows enabling me to get the tone I'm after. Usually marketed towards bass players I chose this wood for the punchy mid range. The coarseness of the wood tends to have less surface drag for your thumb while sliding, it's very fast feeling.
Will upload soundclips soon.
 

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MikeH

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That thing is drop dead gorgeous. Much want.
 

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That is a cool tele! Love your spec choices. Looks classy, elegant, and high-tech at the same time! :yesway:

Thanks so much man, did a lot of research into my choices. I was actually going for something that has the classy old school vibe but with modern attributes.
 

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Put metal pickup rings on, remove the condoms from your tuners and you've pretty much got the perfect hard-rocking Tele. :cool:
 

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Very nice, I love all the options you chose for that tele

My second Warmoth tele also has a chambered body, gives the guitar a really confortable. Enjoy it!
 

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Something that likely goes unnoticed on such a beautiful guitar is the very even trim on those string ends. Well done.
 

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While it's hard to go wrong with a tele anyway, you stepped it up into near perfection. Damn awesome guitar.
 

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DAT NECK :scream:

That bridge almost went into my custom LP, how does it feel?

It feels really comfortable actually. I was a bit unsure at first about how it would look aesthetically but now I'm actually quite pleased.

Whole thing cost me about $1,600 - due to customs and the cost of putting it together/setups/hardware.
 

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When Jefferson wrote "...and the pursuit of happiness" I'm pretty sure this is what he meant by happiness.

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