Cheesecake
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Hello,
being a guitar gearhead and a reading member of this forum for a while now, I started my first own Warmoth project: a hardtail Strat with an 80's shred touch.
The build is comprised of a Warmoth show-cased standard top-routed strat body (neon chartreuse) routed for a hardtail Fender standard American Bridge and a Warmoth Strat neck (birdseye), coupled with black Schaller locking tuners, black Strap locks, black pickguard and a pair of purple BKP Holydivers...
I opted for an ABM 3256 bridge with locked saddles (54 mm spacing, which should equal 2 1/8"), which should be a direct replacement for the Fender bridge.
However, after putting together the guitar, I encountered a weird issue with the bridge height/neck angle:
Apparently, either the bridge ist too low or the neck too high/at the wrong angle, as I cannot get the strings to lift away from the frets. I showed the guitar to a guitar tech and he noted that the neck pocket appears to have the wrong angle to work with a fixed bridge.
This made me wonder, because I assumed that if Warmoth sells a body to be equipped with a hardtail bridge, shouldn't the neck pocket be routed accordingly?
Has anyone encountered a similar issue on their instrument?
being a guitar gearhead and a reading member of this forum for a while now, I started my first own Warmoth project: a hardtail Strat with an 80's shred touch.
The build is comprised of a Warmoth show-cased standard top-routed strat body (neon chartreuse) routed for a hardtail Fender standard American Bridge and a Warmoth Strat neck (birdseye), coupled with black Schaller locking tuners, black Strap locks, black pickguard and a pair of purple BKP Holydivers...
I opted for an ABM 3256 bridge with locked saddles (54 mm spacing, which should equal 2 1/8"), which should be a direct replacement for the Fender bridge.
However, after putting together the guitar, I encountered a weird issue with the bridge height/neck angle:
Apparently, either the bridge ist too low or the neck too high/at the wrong angle, as I cannot get the strings to lift away from the frets. I showed the guitar to a guitar tech and he noted that the neck pocket appears to have the wrong angle to work with a fixed bridge.
This made me wonder, because I assumed that if Warmoth sells a body to be equipped with a hardtail bridge, shouldn't the neck pocket be routed accordingly?
Has anyone encountered a similar issue on their instrument?