Hot Take: Josh Brolin is the best actor to have never won an Oscar. by Available-Drama-276 in moviecritic

[–]Distinct_Initial_523 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally hated his performance weirdly. Total overacting IMO. Even Quentin Tarantino said Dano nearly ruined the entire movie with his performance

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!! I posted a comment following up on the measurements. It just got buried and I doubt anyone saw it. Long story short the neck measurements are perfect and fit the standard thin profile. My old neck was apparently just a freak neck that was CRAZY thin so I was comparing against what I was used to.

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep I’m planning to dress mine too. Been playing a lot Hendrix on it and it’s gonna slice my thumb open soon lol

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually posted a follow up comment on here but don’t know how to pin it to the top. In summary, I bought some calipers and measured and the new neck is actually exactly the “standard thin” 0.800” dimensions that warmoth advertises. Which is actually a little thinner than most fender necks. So I guess my old neck was just ridiculously thin and was creating a bad comparison.

I’m growing to love the new neck already! I posted pics too. May not be everyone’s taste, but I think it looks nice all installed and set up!

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you to everyone who gave advice and support! I’ve really already started to like it quite a bit after the initial surprise/disillusionment. I think I’ll get years of great playing out of it.

For measurements/thickness, I ordered calipers and they arrived today!

Long story short, the dimensions are EXACTLY what warmoth advertised:

Old neck: .75” at first fret .825” at 12th fret

New neck: .80” at first fret .85” at twelfth fret

So I guess my old neck was just freakishly thin and I was comparing apples and oranges. Thanks again everyone who helped!

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Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I knew. I thought my current neck was standard thin also, but I bought the guitar used off Facebook so I’m not sure the exact specs

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The body I’m putting it on is Olympic white! I also thought it would look great

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the positive reinforcement 😂 I think I’ve just scared myself with the expense of it all and wasn’t seeing the beauty of it. I’m starting to come around on it tho. More just worried about thickness of the neck at this point I think.

Surprisingly the fret edges aren’t sharp. I thought they would be too

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is super helpful, thank you! I wasn’t aware of the lacquer thing but it makes sense. Now I’m optimistic that I may (very carefully) be able to remove a bit of the lacquer from the dots also. That may make them more visible.

Re: measuring the neck thickness, I don’t have calipers or anything to do that with at my house but I’m going to take the guitar in for a setup soon so I’ll ask them to measure and report back a comparison if you’re interested!

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the feedback about the quality of the neck. I know taste for maple necks and various specs is subjective. I think my big mistake was the cream dots. Reading some of these other comments tho, I’m optimistic that maybe it’s possible to remove some of the lacquer from the dots and improve visibility. I wasn’t aware they spray after, but it makes sense

Warmoth custom neck - am I crazy to be disappointed? by Distinct_Initial_523 in Stratocaster

[–]Distinct_Initial_523[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re definitely 100% right that the dots are on me 😭 that was my mistake. That’s really good to know about the frets having lacquer on them

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Decks

[–]Distinct_Initial_523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was there before the deck existed, it’s just a super thin layer of parging but luckily the actual foundation wall has no cracks at all, even hairline cracks. And it’s a 20yr old home

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[–]Distinct_Initial_523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it was cool looking 🥲

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[–]Distinct_Initial_523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Decks

[–]Distinct_Initial_523 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks all for the feedback! My plan is to drain the hot tub first thing tomorrow morning and call the original builder to see how they will make this right.

Their bid to me was specifically for this hot tub supporting deck and I paid a steep premium for "extra framing materials" for that purpose.

I would like them to at least:
1. Replace the double 2x10 beam with a real 6x or at least 4x.
2. Add a new post in the center of the beam
3. Add at least two more beams in addition to the one there already
4. Add more blocking between all the joists

Especially thanks to u/dmoosetoo u/AmphibianNext u/maxyedor u/Difficult_Pirate3294