T.L. said:
Because of the shape. It allows for beveling the corner of a standard squared-off neck heel.
Yeah, I can't stand ESP either, which is why I want to build a Warmoth. They want $4000 to build what I want, which is a total rip-off for a simple, "super-strat" type of guitar with a 'Soloist' shape body. I have an extra ESP neck plate, which is angled so that I can have the ESP-style angle on the corner of the heel. The Fender HM "Strat" from the '80s had the exact same type of bevel and neck plate. I like it better than the optional "contoured heel" of the Jackson/Warmoth Soloist body.
I own an ESP, and I am not impressed with the quality versus the price. I really just like the look of it. They (ESP) are really full of themselves, and really care only about celebrities who endorse them or have guitars custom-built by them.
So should I call Warmoth and ask if they will drill only 3 of the 4 holes for me? I figured I'd ask here first, just in case someone knows...