johnnyj
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Hi guys,
for my next build i am undecided which body to chose. historically, i am a pure strat player but i REALLY WANT to like telecasters. they just look awesome, even if i ruin their classic spirit with my custom stuff.
my first build from warmoth was a tele and is in fact my best sounding guitar. unfortunately it is also the least played guitar because of comfort issues that make me take my strats instead. i now consider trying a tele again but undergo some custom body cuts before finishing to make it a comfort monster. here are my main issues:
while sitting:
when playing on my lap, the strat cutaway is wide enough to not make a hard corner poke into my chest, the tele unfortunately has the contour ending exactly at the point where my chest leans against it. for this i think the solution is somewhat easy, i would just need to extend the belly cut upwards. i assume this would already do the trick. do you guys agree?
while standing:
this is something i find really strange. when standing, i realized at some gigs with my tele that i was playing worse because i could not really see my fretboard clearly. and indeed, when comparing my strat with my tele position, i realize that my tele is hanging more parallel to my body while the strat is somehow leaning a bit towards me, which gives you exactly the small additional field of view over your fretboard that i need. i dont really understand what makes the guitar hang like that. both guitars are similiar in weight and similar in their frond/end heaviness. my first assumption is, that it is because of the upper left strap button position that is geometrically a bit more down on the tele? maybe it will behave differently when the position would be moved 1 or 2 cm higher?
did one of you did similar ergonomic operations? what was your learnings? any idea how to solve especially the standing issue?
also interesting to know from soloist owners: can you compare in strat vs soloist if the soloist behaves similar like the strat in these two issues i describe? this body might also be an option for me, even if i think that i dislike it aesthetically.
best
johnny
for my next build i am undecided which body to chose. historically, i am a pure strat player but i REALLY WANT to like telecasters. they just look awesome, even if i ruin their classic spirit with my custom stuff.
my first build from warmoth was a tele and is in fact my best sounding guitar. unfortunately it is also the least played guitar because of comfort issues that make me take my strats instead. i now consider trying a tele again but undergo some custom body cuts before finishing to make it a comfort monster. here are my main issues:
while sitting:
when playing on my lap, the strat cutaway is wide enough to not make a hard corner poke into my chest, the tele unfortunately has the contour ending exactly at the point where my chest leans against it. for this i think the solution is somewhat easy, i would just need to extend the belly cut upwards. i assume this would already do the trick. do you guys agree?
while standing:
this is something i find really strange. when standing, i realized at some gigs with my tele that i was playing worse because i could not really see my fretboard clearly. and indeed, when comparing my strat with my tele position, i realize that my tele is hanging more parallel to my body while the strat is somehow leaning a bit towards me, which gives you exactly the small additional field of view over your fretboard that i need. i dont really understand what makes the guitar hang like that. both guitars are similiar in weight and similar in their frond/end heaviness. my first assumption is, that it is because of the upper left strap button position that is geometrically a bit more down on the tele? maybe it will behave differently when the position would be moved 1 or 2 cm higher?
did one of you did similar ergonomic operations? what was your learnings? any idea how to solve especially the standing issue?
also interesting to know from soloist owners: can you compare in strat vs soloist if the soloist behaves similar like the strat in these two issues i describe? this body might also be an option for me, even if i think that i dislike it aesthetically.
best
johnny