WarmothRules
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Would be nice if they had a few more options on the 7/8 eh? I love mine that’s all I know!
Full Size Strat Body vs 7/8 Strat Body...
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JohnnyHardtail
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It would look a bit more contemporary if the cut-outs were enlarged on the 7/8 Strat. I'm probably going to order a warmoth 7/8 Strat anyway. It seems perfectly functional the way it is.
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TimesNewRoman
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The size reduction on the 7/8 is pretty subtle. At a glance, it doesn't look freakishly different from a normal size. It also fits perfect into a standard size strat hard case.
rauchman
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Sadly, they won't do this. I've called and I've asked, but....nada. My biggest hang up with the non tilt back Modern design is that side adjust truss rod. I don't know why W is so stuck on this design. I do not like the squared off neck heel of a standard Fender based body. The non tilt back necks does not allow for cutting the neck heal like a Fender Elite / Ultra design, as well as not having a headstock position truss adjustment.
With the 7/8 platform, they could offer so many other options,...including tilt back necks, body blanks, other body styles, etc. So much potential with this platform.
I like W's quality, and they do offer a pretty good amount of options. However, I do find growing frustration in the limits of options for certain things from them.
TonyFlyingSquirrel
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For a straight headstock, I understand as that treads into Fender licensing. I’ve not heard a consensus yet on tilt back, Ala Gibson style, or custom self designed headstocks, as I have.
JohnnyHardtail
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If the side adjust mechanism is a problem, would a Vintage/Modern construction 7/8 Warhead neck solve the issue?
In other words, do you particularly want the tilt-back design, or is it only the trussrod adjustment at the headstock you are looking for?
In other words, do you particularly want the tilt-back design, or is it only the trussrod adjustment at the headstock you are looking for?
TonyFlyingSquirrel
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Tilt back for t rod adjust, and just the right break angle from nut to locking tuners with straight sting pull. Straight headstock wouldn’t complement my body design.
stratamania
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The 7/8 is only offered in Modern Construction as far as I am aware.
stratamania
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Though a 7/8 neck uses the same neck blanks as a 22 fret neck, uses just laid out for 24 frets with a shorter scale length. So, in that regard, it is based on a “platform” conforming to Warmoth's usage of vintage Fender specs for the neck heel and body pocket.
To offer a bigger variety of options would involve more tooling / blanks etc and so on, which is why, in all likelihood, it is not offered. At a certain point, the more options offered away from the core designs and production leads to increased cost and less ROI for any business.
Since the 7/8 S style body only pairs with a shorter scale warhead neck in modern construction, would it work with a similar neck from a different builder using a 24.75” scale and a 2 3/16" heel and 21 frets?
I do not like the modern construction as it is way too heavy with the double truss rod and I’m going for as light of a Strat as possible due to a bad back.
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I do not like the modern construction as it is way too heavy with the double truss rod and I’m going for as light of a Strat as possible due to a bad back.
Thanks
stratamania
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If the 21-fret neck is made to retrofit a Fender style body as a 24 3/4" conversion type neck then no regardless of who makes it they will not intonate at all with a 7/8 body.
You could also consider a chambered full-size body for weight reduction.
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