Warmoth Diamondback Projects Finished Pg. 3 (Demo Pg. 4)

Biloxide · Post by **Biloxide** » Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:19 am

very nice and great job!!!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:37 pm

The Kramer neck I ordered came in. Love the banana headstock. It makes no sense which makes me love it. LOL

20230929_151731 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

The tuners I ordered ended up being from out of the US by mistake.

I am sure they will show up eventually. LOL

countertext · Post by **countertext** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:07 pm

That headstock is ridiculous. The whole thing is perfect, though. Totally works.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:18 pm

countertext wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 29, 2023 3:07 pm
That headstock is ridiculous. The whole thing is perfect, though. Totally works.

I was telling my daughter that. I randomly came across that neck but it works great. The black headstock goes with the pickups and knobs and the gold lettering goes well with the knobs and cream plastics.

mcatano · Post by **mcatano** » Sun Oct 01, 2023 5:33 am

If you felt like cutting your own headstock from a blank, the gibson victory shape would probably work really well with that body, and make a certain amount of perverse sense...

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:59 am

That is cool! I haven't ever cut a headstock shape before.

Embenny · Post by **Embenny** » Sun Oct 01, 2023 9:28 am

HNB wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:37 pm
The Kramer neck I ordered came in. Love the banana headstock. It makes no sense which makes me love it. LOL

In the 80s and 90s, Gibson fucked around with the Explorer headstock on occasion. You don't see it often at all, but it actually is "a thing."

efiug · Post by **efiug** » Sun Oct 01, 2023 11:06 am

honestly with Kramer having some current models that are just Gibsons but pointier I think it doesn't look out of place at all.

mcatano · Post by **mcatano** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:28 am

The under-appreciated Ibanez roadstar headstock is also a nice option for offsets imo

And also legitimately very nice necks.

But the banana looks great as-is. A reverse might look even better...

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:35 am

I have a tough time with reverse headstocks. They are kind of a pain to tune with the keys on the opposite side.

I do like Roadstar necks also. They aren't always easy to find. LOL

Those Gibsons with the Explorer headstock are pretty cool. It would be fun for them to reissue those.

Jonesie · Post by **Jonesie** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:35 am

mcatano wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:28 am
The under-appreciated Ibanez roadstar headstock is also a nice option for offsets imo

And also legitimately very nice necks.

But the banana looks great as-is. A reverse might look even better...

My favorite headstock of all time. So cool.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:18 am

It reminds me of a Firebird/Thunderbird one.

gerardguey · Post by **gerardguey** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:47 pm

Jonesie wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:35 am

mcatano wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:28 am
The under-appreciated Ibanez roadstar headstock is also a nice option for offsets imo

And also legitimately very nice necks.

But the banana looks great as-is. A reverse might look even better...
My favorite headstock of all time. So cool.

Love that headstock. What does it for me is the bullet truss rod adjustment. Honestly I don't know why we ever diverted from that truss rod nut design. They figured out that its easier to adjust at the top, and also the coolest way to do it. More guitars should have bullet truss rods IMO

Fiddy · Post by **Fiddy** » Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:19 pm

All guitars necks should have either bullet, or side adjustment like Warmoth.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:31 pm

Green diamondback is done! This one turned out really well. The action is super low. It is totally a shredder neck so I don't know if that helped, but it is pretty awesome. The Kluson tuners work great. The neck mounted fine. I did have to clip the tips off of the two front screws due to the sculpted heel but that went fine. I also trimmed the front edges of the neck pocket a bit because of how thin the wood was there. It was super flimsy so I trimmed it back to where it had better thickness. Really happy with how it plays and sounds. I did a demo of it and one with downtuning for "The 4th of July." I know... wrong Diamondback but it was the first one I was messing with... Pickups sound great and controls work just fine. The strap buttons went on just fine and should work great. Here are pictures.

20231008_133200 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20231008_133151 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20231008_133211 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20231008_133214 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20231008_133219 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr