Triple Humbucker Warmoth Diamondback Project

[HNB]

I blame Countertext for this one. I sent him some classic music by a lovely lady playing a triple bucker SG and he said I needed one. I prefer Warmoth ones because I can bolt on a neck and it has full scale and I can pick a flat mount bridge like I prefer. I ordered one in ash and this is what came today.

20240429_163122 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240429_163144 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

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I got a coat of black sprayed on the front. I need to do the back tomorrow. I plan on doing three coats of black. Once that is fully dry, I want to rub on some water based white grain filler.

20240429_183618 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Front and back are sprayed black.

20240503_170210 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240503_170222 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Next up I need to add this to the grain and lightly clean it off with steel wool.

20240503_170257 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Hopefully will get on this tomorrow.

[HNB]

Couldn't wait. I think it went well. I think the haziness will go away once clear goes on.

20240503_185637 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240503_185634 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

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20240503_185639 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240503_190218 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

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20240503_185715 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240503_185725 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[beauzooka]

Nice finish!

[countertext]

Man, that looks good!

[HNB]

Thanks!!

[HNB]

Clear going on. It did help the finish even out.

20240503_185637 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240504_114658 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240504_114703 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

20240505_105546 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20240505_105548 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[vpich]

love that finish. what neck are you gonna put on it>

[BoringPostcards]

This is looking sweet so far!

[HNB]

love that finish. what neck are you gonna put on it>

Maybe a Kramer one. Not sure yet.

This is looking sweet so far!

Thanks!!

[electric__ralph]

I like how it's looking. How well did the DAP work for filling the grain? Did it shrink a lot or take a lot of coats? Or was it pretty easy to use?

You should hunt down a Wenge neck, like this Warmoth

[HNB]

The dap was ok. It seemed to wipe back off more than I wanted it to, but I kind of like how subtle it ended up being. Kind of like a pin striped suit.

Wenge necks are super cool. I was thinking of a Kramer banana neck for cool points.

[HNB]

Pots, knobs, strap buttons, and neck ready for it. Just waiting on two pickups, tuners, neck plate, toggle, and jack.

20240520_132236 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

I got the pickups laid out and put tape on the left and right to help line them up. I got them drilled and mounted and when I pulled the masking tape up, it pulled up some of the finish........

So I took it all apart again so I could do some finish work on the front to get it ready to put back together. Might be assembled this weekend. In the mean time, you all might like this.

IMG_20240522_174338_426 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr