Oh I have zero illusions about that. I worded that poorly again. I basically am concerned if I make a 7/8 guitar noone will care about it but me. I'm never intending to sell this guitar, but my descendants might, and it would be a shame if it was too idiosyncratic for anyone to care. Not even value-wise, I would just want it to be played and loved.
Help me recreate a guitar from my favorite player.
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Oh I have zero illusions about that. I worded that poorly again. I basically am concerned if I make a 7/8 guitar noone will care about it but me. I'm never intending to sell this guitar, but my descendants might, and it would be a shame if it was too idiosyncratic for anyone to care. Not even value-wise, I would just want it to be played and loved.
vernschrock
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I gotcha.I go into it with the mindset that no one but me will care. That way, I’m free to do exactly as I please.
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stratamania
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Thanks, that guitar was completed a few years ago now. I just realised I did not get around to making a gallery set of photos, but the build thread is linked below.
Metallic Black Cherry Floyd Rose Non-Fine Tuner
Continuing on from the out of the box photos of the Another fine body... thread...found at the below link... https://unofficialwarmoth.com/threads/another-fine-body.30445/ After undergoing some emergency surgery just after Easter, I now have some time and regaining enough health to get this...
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I would never build / create a guitar with the concept the cost could be realized in a sale. Unless I’m at least a somewhat known luthier.
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You’re going to have to make some compromises unless you have the tools to cut a body blank to the snapper shape, but then you’ll need to find an aftermarket finishing shop if you can’t spray it yourself.
Otherwise it’s a Strat body with a contoured heel in gloss black with a 25.5” Warhead neck with a 12” radius ebony board and MOP dots and 6100 fretwire.
The ESP flicker trem is a unique hinge setup, a 6-screw VegaTrem is probably the closest piece of hardware that will drop into a Warmoth rout (vintage 6-screw trem).
The hardware is all laid out in the specs otherwise. The mix variation switch I believe is some sort of coil split that also adds the split coil from the neck into position 4 on the 5 way.
The other pain in the butt to deal with is Warmoth doesn’t offer a pickup relocation for the pickguards to account for a 24 fret extension. Maybe they’ll custom cut it as an off menu item.
You’ll be in 1300-1500 in parts, plus another hundred or two to get it set up and playing like a custom ESP unless you can do that yourself.
Otherwise it’s a Strat body with a contoured heel in gloss black with a 25.5” Warhead neck with a 12” radius ebony board and MOP dots and 6100 fretwire.
The ESP flicker trem is a unique hinge setup, a 6-screw VegaTrem is probably the closest piece of hardware that will drop into a Warmoth rout (vintage 6-screw trem).
The hardware is all laid out in the specs otherwise. The mix variation switch I believe is some sort of coil split that also adds the split coil from the neck into position 4 on the 5 way.
The other pain in the butt to deal with is Warmoth doesn’t offer a pickup relocation for the pickguards to account for a 24 fret extension. Maybe they’ll custom cut it as an off menu item.
You’ll be in 1300-1500 in parts, plus another hundred or two to get it set up and playing like a custom ESP unless you can do that yourself.
mayfly
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I've got a 6-hole VegaTrem that I can contribute at cost if you go that direction. I got it to see if I could access my inner Jeff Beck. Turns out Jeff is completely inaccessible so I replaced it with a stock bridge.
I think i'm just going to go with a Wilkinson, but i'll consider it. Vega's are nice trems.
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the super vee blade runner seems pretty dang similar in function to the Flicker
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The 7/8th strats are friggin MAGICAL. I have numerous guitars running the whole gamut of scale lengths, and my new 7/8th Warmoth 'superstrat' is my absolute favorite ever (300+ guitars over my lifetime). It just kicked my three favorite Jacksons to the KERB... more Warmoth 7/8ths are in my future...
