4 string, 34" Gecko.

[Hodgo]

If it's that easy, do it yourself. You find it profitable, do it for others

Think you misinterpreted me. I didn’t mean Warmoth makes it, I mean someone could email them, get charged a shop fee and a nonreturnable clause, and they use existing programming to rout for a 4 string bridge for the kind of person who would pay for such a one off. I wouldn’t argue about the viability of them making it a std offering because you and I would already agree that’s not a smart move.

 

[Hodgo]

Even better is opt for no bridge rout and use individual saddles cause that would be a fairly wide string spread… but could be cool for an extended scale, upright-ish thing.

 

[jjwu]

Specifically, where were you clear on what you did and communicated?

Pasted for your reference.

I've always wondered why they went with those oddball 7-string scale lengths. I actually got one and loved the scale (please keep it! I'mma circle back one day) but I also got it routed for Kahler and they f*cked it up. It was supposed to have an angled pocket, they didn't do that. They claimed they did and that it's too slight to notice, but I'm sticking to my guns: it's was dead flat. Consequently, I had to use a stupidly thick shim and even then struggled mightily to get good action. Ended up tossing it and selling the few parts.

Point is, it seems they defeated themselves. Mostly with those scale lengths. The fat headstock, with no straight pull over the nut, another inexplicable move.

The Gecko they pretty much nailed. Though it's meant for extended range so a 4-string version would be even more niche.

Related, someone on youtube converted one of their Strats to a 7-string using the super wide neck option. They might explore that possibility, make something official.

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Smdh

 

[TBurst Std]

Smdh

Sorry I only see that you complained to them and used profanity to illustrate that. You used the term tried to rectify. I don’t see that.

 

[jjwu]

Sorry I only see that you complained to them and used profanity to illustrate that. You used the term tried to rectify. I don’t see that.

Because you're worked up for some reason. "Rectify" was the word YOU introduced and there's no difference between communicating a problem and "complaining to them." You're being quarrelsome. I've returned bodies for them to redo before, no issue. This particular time I trusted their advice to use a shim instead of having them make a new body. That's how I "rectified" it. Wrong in hindsight. There's no judgement here. I'm obviously still a fan and they're obviously not big on 7's to begin with, let alone something off menu like a Kahler on a 7. Oh well. It didn't stop me from ordering again and planning more builds. Chill out.

 

[Tretgeraet]

I've always wondered why they went with those oddball 7-string scale lengths.

Don't know about the 25", but 28 5/8" - if I see this correctly - is as if you took a 25.5" scale fretboard and added two more (lower) frets behind the nut.

However, I was wondering why shimming the neck didn't help. I have no experience with Kahlers, but the angled neck pocket for a non-recessed Floyd is indeed barely visible. Also, I just recently have used very thin pieces of veneer as shims to angle a neck quite a bit, so just out of curiosity: What did you do and what is a "stupidly thick shim" in your definition?

 

[jjwu]

Don't know about the 25", but 28 5/8" - if I see this correctly - is as if you took a 25.5" scale fretboard and added two more (lower) frets behind the nut.

However, I was wondering why shimming the neck didn't help. I have no experience with Kahlers, but the angled neck pocket for a non-recessed Floyd is indeed barely visible. Also, I just recently have used very thin pieces of veneer as shims to angle a neck quite a bit, so just out of curiosity: What did you do and what is a "stupidly thick shim" in your definition?

You're right about the baritone. Which makes it all the more curious that they chose to redo all the math for 25" on a 7-string of all things.

As for Kahler it "worked" but just barely. I had to replace the stock saddle screws with flat heads to clear the strings, that's how low the saddles had to be set to work even with a shim. The shims I'm used to seeing are thin pieces of plastic. I tried that. Then I tried playing cards. Lol Ended up cutting a piece of wood maybe a couple mm thick? You could clearly see the gap on the side, which was not the case with the stock shimmed guitars I've owned. That's "stupid thick" to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I know Stewmac sells full pocket shims but they weren't around at the time.

This guy had a near identical problem. He needed a shim even WITH the angled neck: https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/720-mod-with-a-kahler-flat-mount-tremolo.37445/post-498462

I'd just go with the recessed Floyd next time.