ihavenothingprofoundtosay
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I suppose I'll just amend my previous topic: Warmoth should stock more Hipshot products.
There's a ton of Warmoth options that are compatible with Hipshot products; Hipshot's replacement Strat & tele hardtail bridges, 6 string vintage replacement trem, Baby Grand guitar bridge, and all 4 string bass bridges with "Fender mount" are all drop-ins for existing Warmoth options.
Plus, Gecko 5 & 6 bodies only have Hipshot A style option now, and the 6 string is in a spacing only available as a custom order.
They already rout for and stock the Hipshot bass trems, but not any of the ultra lite tuners, detuners, or other guitar or bass bridges. Adding those products would save a lot of people an extra stop at another e-tailer, and allow people to buy everything from W in one shot.
That seems to make a lot of business sense to me.
They could also expand their offerings as well; my original post:
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What with Leo Quann & Mr Takeuchi both passing away, there's been some issues with the availability of bridge options among W's current offerings. Not that there's anything wrong with the other options, but wouldn't it be nice if there were just a few more?
Behold! The Five String Fender mounting diagram!
Not only does that open up the option for the same bridges Fender currently slaps on their American Standard 5 strings*, but there's OEM bridges out there, and one, two, three bridges from Hipshot that will drop into that mount.
And hey look: no need to send a bridge in, the schematic is already online. :glasses10:
* From what I've seen in researching this, American Standards have all used this 4 bolt mounting pattern for the past few years. Mexi Fenders & Squiers have many other possible bridges, depending on the year/factory/model/etc.
There's a ton of Warmoth options that are compatible with Hipshot products; Hipshot's replacement Strat & tele hardtail bridges, 6 string vintage replacement trem, Baby Grand guitar bridge, and all 4 string bass bridges with "Fender mount" are all drop-ins for existing Warmoth options.
Plus, Gecko 5 & 6 bodies only have Hipshot A style option now, and the 6 string is in a spacing only available as a custom order.
They already rout for and stock the Hipshot bass trems, but not any of the ultra lite tuners, detuners, or other guitar or bass bridges. Adding those products would save a lot of people an extra stop at another e-tailer, and allow people to buy everything from W in one shot.
That seems to make a lot of business sense to me.
They could also expand their offerings as well; my original post:
*****
What with Leo Quann & Mr Takeuchi both passing away, there's been some issues with the availability of bridge options among W's current offerings. Not that there's anything wrong with the other options, but wouldn't it be nice if there were just a few more?
Behold! The Five String Fender mounting diagram!
Not only does that open up the option for the same bridges Fender currently slaps on their American Standard 5 strings*, but there's OEM bridges out there, and one, two, three bridges from Hipshot that will drop into that mount.
And hey look: no need to send a bridge in, the schematic is already online. :glasses10:
* From what I've seen in researching this, American Standards have all used this 4 bolt mounting pattern for the past few years. Mexi Fenders & Squiers have many other possible bridges, depending on the year/factory/model/etc.
