{"id":1643,"date":"2017-11-12T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T20:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2017-11-12T14:56:43","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T20:56:43","slug":"warmoth-n4-part-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/?p=1643","title":{"rendered":"Warmoth \u201cN4\u201d Part V"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now the the finish is mostly done, it’s time to begin assembling the guitar.<\/p>\n

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Installing the tuners was really easy. Line ’em up and drill the pilot hole for the screw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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How far should screws go in the neck?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since I shaved down the heel joint significantly, I knew I’d need shorter screws. To figure out the proper length I used my Warmoth strat to measure the screw length. I purchased stainless steel sheet metal screws from Home depot. These are the closest match I could find for both the threads and the head. I used three different lengths ranging from 1.5″ to 1″.<\/p>\n

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These are the lengths of the screws I used.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I checked the depth like 20 times because I really didn’t to mess up this neck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here’s the back w\/ the first piece of copper shielding in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I used conductive paint on two other guitars and I wanted to try some foil in this one. I found some copper tape w\/ a conductive adhesive on Amazon. I found the foil very easy to install. I did check the continuity\u00a0 with my multi-meter to make sure the adhesive was really conductive.<\/p>\n

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Not bad for my first foil job. The plugs are really visible here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pictured with the back plates covered in foil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Installing the bridge and Tremol-No claw was as simple as installing the two screws and attaching the springs.<\/p>\n

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Finally I was able to bolt on the neck and clip-lock strap ends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Here’s a quick shot of the front w\/ the neck installed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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These pictures show a good comparison for how the heel joint ended up. It’s quiet similar in appearance and feel to the Anderson I measured.<\/p>\n

\"\" \u00a0At this point I strung it up for a test drive. The guitar is acoustically loud, which is always a good sign in an electric guitar. These necks need to sit w\/ some tension on them for a bit before they settle in. Just like my other warmoth projects, this one was very “slappy” sounding for about a day. It was still fun to play, and I felt much better that the slaps went away quickly.\u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

….and finally I added another wall hanger for my new guitar.\u00a0 I’ll start to get into the electronics in the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now the the finish is mostly done, it’s time to begin assembling the guitar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,84],"class_list":["post-1643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gear-music","tag-warmoth","tag-washburn-n4"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrguitar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}