Sonic Blue Warmoth Jag-Stang Build Finished!

[Shadoweclipse13]

Great build overall, but that neck plate is absolute tits!!!

[AcrylicSuperman]

Looks great. Love the angel on the headstock.

[jagstang]

VERY nice!

[BearBoy]

Looks great HNB

[Amon 7.L]

It's gorgeous, the sonic blue totally suit and, as Shadow said, the neck plate is the tits

[Rgand]

Great job! That's one to be proud of.

[HNB]

Thanks!! I ended up having to make the Mustang tremolo normal because reversed it didn't have a good break angle with the Mustang bridge.

[HNB]

I ended up having a real hard time with the tremolo. The spring on the low e side leg kept falling off the leg before I tuned it up so I would have to unscrew the whole trem, put the spring back on the leg, and screw it back down. I ended up using pliers to tighten the spring ends which helped it stay on the leg like it should. Then when I tuned it up to pitch, I noticed the string bar was pulled forward instead of sticking up straight from the plate....

20200117_161339 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Since the springs were obviously too wussy to handle the 11's I had on the guitar, I decided to hardtail it with bolts. My first try used washers to get the tube up to feed the strings under.

20200117_183647 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20200117_183652 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

That worked fine except the low and high e strings were hitting the washers and causing the strings to go to the bridge from the bar crooked....

So I decided to flip the bar and bolt it down to the plate.

20200117_195919_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20200117_195924 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Got it strung up again and that seems to work great. I also wrapped the mustang bridge legs with electrical tape to keep it from rocking. The break angle isn't as steep, but it isn't that different from how strings angle from a Jazzy/Jag bridge so I think it will be ok.

20200117_202638 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

It is a ton easier to put strings on not having to wrap it under the tube. With everything locked down, it also feels super stable tuning wise. I think it is all good now!

20200117_202644 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20200117_202703 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[Danley]

A hardtail is fine - GJ on your conversion. But curious if you'd made sure the springs were attached to the highest tension (farthest from the plate) notches in the poles? Also looks like the tailpiece could have possibly gone lower, which would decrease the string's pull on it and work to straighten it somewhat.

I'm known (in my own head) as the guy who uses 9s with Mustangs - but when I used to use 11s, they were never a problem with my vintage Mustang units.

[HNB]

I think it was just a gimpy plate. I try to use nonbranded ones on my custom builds and sometimes them being more affordable is for good cause. The springs wouldn't latch onto the lowest point without just falling off when I turned it right side up to mount.