NGD! feat. BK Stockholms

[littleredguitars2]

yes its the warmoth pro model. its a little too early to say i guess but it feels normal to me. its not very tricky to use if you follow the instructions. which are basically as follows.. tighten it til its straight at the base.. attach the neck. string it up. detune the strings a little bit. and adjust the neck tension as needed with the side adjustment

[Lucas]

Thanks,

and what about fret work? As far as I know Warmoth necks come not finished when it comes to frets. They need to be leveled, beveled, polished ect.
Some necks apparently require less fret work, some more.

[Telerocker]

from what i'm told it tends to give a bit of a mid boost which is why its seen on a lot of bass necks. but then again i've never used this pickup in this guitar so its hard to really say how different it could be. but i will say that its helped my guitar breath a bit more if that makes sense. it had a maple neck/rosewood board on it for a couple years and while it was great, it was a bit dark. and this new neck seems to have opened that up a bit.

The ebony board might contribute to that too. My strat has an ebony board and you can hear really the added percussiveness compared to my strat with rosewood fretboard.

[littleredguitars2]

Thanks,

and what about fret work? As far as I know Warmoth necks come not finished when it comes to frets. They need to be leveled, beveled, polished ect.
Some necks apparently require less fret work, some more.

the fretwork is SOLID as far as i'm concerned. they may need SLIGHT leveling but it would be miniscule. i've bought 3 necks from them and all of them have been radically different and all really great fretwise.

from what i'm told it tends to give a bit of a mid boost which is why its seen on a lot of bass necks. but then again i've never used this pickup in this guitar so its hard to really say how different it could be. but i will say that its helped my guitar breath a bit more if that makes sense. it had a maple neck/rosewood board on it for a couple years and while it was great, it was a bit dark. and this new neck seems to have opened that up a bit.

The ebony board might contribute to that too. My strat has an ebony board and you can hear really the added percussiveness compared to my strat with rosewood fretboard.

yeah its a snappier compared to the rosewood for sure. its great.

[gwEm]

great guitar littlered! a real hot rod sort of look to it!! the black pickups and wenge neck give it a bit of an edge.


lucas:
i don't think the pro construction kills the tone. but it is alot heavier. i find the truss rod adjustment very straightforward.

in my opinion warmoth necks do need a fret dress, at least the one I have did.

[littleredguitars2]

thanks! glad you like it. shes a firey one

[Mr. Air]

Really cool looking strat. I bet it's a monster!

[Dave Sloven]

So, with regard to that clip you made of you playing the BKP sample tune on your other Stockholm guitar, are you going to have another crack at that now that you have the neck version?  That would be cool.

[littleredguitars2]

i certainly could. that neck section of the clip is so fast haha. and after playing the guitar for a week or two here are a couple other things i will mention

- yes, the warmoth pro neck is definitely on the heavy side. didnt notice until i played around with some of my other strats. its still super comfortable and not unbalanced at all. but i could see some people not liking it

- i NEED to shield guitar. i have it grounded in a couple places but when i cranked my orange at practice this baby was feeding back really hard. i had to tweak some settings. shielding is one technique i have yet to really practice so i hope to do this soon.

[Dave Sloven]

I use the shielding paint.  It is easier to do and the shield is easier to get complete (by running the brush down the connecting passages) but it is permanent.  It can darken the tone of your guitar.  The way to avoid that happening too much is to ground the shield completely to the jack. In some places contact will work fine, but I like to run a lead from somewhere in the shield (with paint I screw the wire in and then paint over the screw) to the back of one of your pots.

Also remember to get a multimeter with a good continuity tester to check the continuity of the shielding.

Stockholms definitely require shielding and tend to feed back quite a lot, especially with a gainier amp.  I can't get within a metre of my amp, even with shielding, and that's with the NS-2 and Decimator G-String both on.

[littleredguitars2]

thank you for the tips!

[Dave Sloven]

No worries.  You also need to remember to avoid getting the shielding anywhere near the jack hot.  I forgot to mention that

[littleredguitars2]

i'll be sure to do any shielding under the supervision of my luthier. he's been very helpful and awesome for letting me shadow him quite a bit.