Warmoth Alternatives

[henry norton]

I thought I'd better post this on the Guitars section as it's not a build and it's not particularly technical.

Allot of players on here have put together basses using Warmoth necks and/or bodies. The question is, their parts are actually quite expensive when you take finishes, shipping, tax etc. into account and yet so many players will pay the extra over generic far Eastern Allparts/Ebay type parts. Is there really nobody else in the UK or Europe tooled up or willing enough to make decent parts filling the gap between cheap far Eastern sweat shops and expensive Western Luthiers?

[Mr. Foxen]

[url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/"]Brandoni.[/url]

[henry norton]

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1254671' date='Jun 2 2011, 10:55 PM'][url="http://www.brandoniguitars.co.uk/"]Brandoni.[/url][/quote]
Yeah but asides from the Japanese guitar 'kits' they seem to do everything [i]other than[/i] the type of necks & bodies Warmoth do. What I mean is new, good quality standardised parts with customisable options like binding, inlays, choice of finish etc.

[Mykesbass]

This lot any good for what you are after? [url="http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/"]http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/[/url]

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

[url="http://www.usacustomguitars.com/"]http://www.usacustomguitars.com/[/url]

[lettsguitars]

er tonetech, axesrus?, craft supplies,

[TheGreek]

CH Guitars in Sunderland

You'll see a lot of their stuff on eBay..