I own a strat and a Warmoth LP. I don't notice much difference. It could be because the LP doesn't have a top cutaway so that makes it a little harder to get to the higher frets. So one thing sort of cancels out the other. I bet on a strat or similar the contour would be more notifiable to me. I bet if the LP didn't have it, it would really stand out. Anyway that that doesn't really help hahaha. Well I like my strat just fine how it is, but I guess if I was doing a Warmoth strat I'd get the contour.