I'm contemplating a Warmoth body and neck build. Exactly, what and where are the differences between the two body sizes?
Yeah, I was just entering specs for a 7/8 Warhead and noticed the 24 frets only option. No biggie though. Funny that yesterday I wasn’t too excited about the whole 7/8 approach. But now I’m thinking this will be a very cool feature.It depends I suppose on if you want 24 frets or not.
Yeah, I was just entering specs for a 7/8 Warhead and noticed the 24 frets only option. No biggie though. Funny that yesterday I wasn’t too excited about the whole 7/8 approach. But now I’m thinking this will be a very cool feature.
Very cool info! Thanks, JohnnyHardtail…If you prefer a Strat with 24.75" scale, the 7/8th guitar makes sense. It's a scaled down guitar which is designed with heel joint and pickup locations intended to match the shorter scale. The Strat neck pickup position for the 24-fret neck seems to work well with the shorter scale length and lower string tension. However I don't think you can expect it to sound the same as a real Strat with 25.5" scale length - It it has got it's own sound. The position of the neck joint on the 7/8th guitar gives better access to the higher frets. The only issue I have that I need to look at the fret markers more often as I am used to playing a full size Strat with 25.5" scale.
My experience with the Warmoth 7/8th neck is with it attached to a Fender Mustang body rather than the 7/8th Strat body. The neck is roasted maple with Pau Ferro fretboard. The pickups in this guitar are Dimarzio HS-2 neck and HS-3 bridge, and the neck pickup was custom ordered with flat poles to match the flatter 14" fretboard radius of this neck. That is due to my preference to avoid using vintage stagger pickups with a flat neck radius.
It’s not too late!Which reminds me, I never got around to making some gallery photos for it.
Indeed, I will get around to it.It’s not too late!