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conversion neck and strat trem bridge question

dglady

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I just received my beautiful new 24 3/4 (conversion) strat neck.  It's reamed for vintage style tuners.

Originally, I had planned to us it on a MIM strat, but I've decided to do a full new build. 

I'm planning to order a swamp ash strat body.  I'm planning to use gotoh vintage style 11/32" locking tuners with Height Adjustment Posts on the neck.  The neck has a corain nut.  The question I have is what tremelo bridge to order.  my other strats have american strat style trem bridge.  But I was thinking about trying a wilkenson.  Any recommendations, comments regarding the best trem bridge to use with the conversion neck?
Thanks in advance.
 
I'm dissapointed with my Wilky. It's sitting in a box waiting on my half finished guitar. Extremely dissapointing.
 
Thanks much for the replies .... a couple more thoughts.

1)The warmoth description for the wilki includes "When used in conjunction with the LSR Roller Nut or a Graph Tech Black TUSQ XL nut and locking tuners, Wilkinsons stay in tune" ...  I'll have locking tuners but not the graph tech tusk nut ...  do you know if this bridge stay should in tune with the Corian nut? 

2) do any of you have experience setting intonation with this bridge and a conversion neck?  It looks like the bridge has height and forward/back adjustments so it should be flexible for setting intonation and shape to match the neck radious.
 
1) It'll certainly be better than non-locking tuners and/or a 6 point vintage trem
2) Intonation is set the same way, regardless of scale length.
However you set intonation on any other stringed instrument will be the same on your new conversion neck. 
If you haven't intonated before, the short story is: whilst tuned to the note you're going to keep it in (typically EADGBe) play the 12th harmonic and adjust forwards or backwards from there so that the harmonic is on par to the natural, unfretted note.
With the Wilkinson, once you've got it intonated, you can lock down the saddle to prevent it from moving itself out of intonation.
 
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