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More 7/8th body styles, please!

rockandroller said:
24 frets on a Gibson scale is totally 'DA BOMB'.
BUT I have a 7/8 strat and a 7/8 tele already!
How about a 7/8th 'Z', Meadowhawk, Diamondback, Dinkycaster, Velocity, Nomad??
I'd be happy to assist with CNC work in trade ✨
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I like this idea.

How about any headstock on the 7/8 necks too?
 
You can put a 7/8 neck on a Mustang.

The reality is, these are an odd offering for Warmoth and thus if there are too many options that start overlapping the option set for the standard scale stuff, there will be customers that order incompatible builds which would cause a nightmare.
 
Something I'd be interested in is a 7/8 Jazzmaster body, but still compatible with standard 25.5" necks - I've always found Jazzmasters a bit bulky and unwieldy, but a smaller version would be great...
 
Jeremiah said:
Something I'd be interested in is a 7/8 Jazzmaster body, but still compatible with standard 25.5" necks - I've always found Jazzmasters a bit bulky and unwieldy, but a smaller version would be great...
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So....same concept as our Dinky J and Dinky P bass bodies, but for Jazzmaster. That's a great idea!

Don't misconstrue that as evidence it will happen any time soon, but I like it in concept!
 
While we're waiting for those new 7/8th body options, I'm thinking about ordering a normal Z body with just the rear control cavity routed...

Then put on a hardtail hipshot bridge with graphtech GHOST piezo midi saddles... No pickup routing to fuss with, and the bridge an easy install - just place it right and drill one hole thru to the control cavity for cables...
 
I would probably be satisfied with just offsetting the routes for the "7/8" with some existing bodies. I have a 7/8 neck sitting here and I can't bring myself to order the 7/8 S body to the point where I'm looking at other suppliers and also considering routing a Warmoth myself... something I said I wouldn't allow myself to do... I should have just ponied up and bought that immaculate Jackson Fusion 24.75 at Rudy's last fall :)
 
...The mythical 7/8 Jazzmaster. I like the style and sounds of Jazzmasters but I also find them unwieldy. I went down the path of can a 7/8 version be made over 10 years ago. Found a bunch of info and template makers via the Offset forum. I realized pretty quick you can't just shrink the body and keep everything else the same. Here's a mashup I did using 90%. The pickguard, bridge, some control routs and screws get too close for comfort or over the edge.

So it would for sure be a whole new design like Aaron said not just scaling down the outline. I'll be waiting impatiently with my fingers crossed ;)

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haha yeah maybe not my most complete thought :) What I mean is there isn't much body real estate on the treble side for the electronics to begin with. The toggle and pots are already as close to edge as they can be, and already easy to whack unintentionally with your right hand. So shrink the edges closer to the middle, and it forces the controls probably too close. It's not 7/8 but the Anderson Raven is a more upscale streamlined JM shape. On the pickguard model they move the toggle to the upper horn LP style and jack to the side to allow moving the volume pot down towards the butt end along with the sleeker body shape..
 
I’m curious why we need a 7/8 Jazzmaster with short scale and 24 frets. It honestly sounds like an odd combination to me. Would it make sense to have a Jazzmaster route for the dinkycaster instead? Or alternatively a shortened Jazzmaster body so it fits in a normal Strat case.
 
If I was proposing a new 7/8 body, I’d suggest a Soloist body that is basically full size, except the upper and lower bouts slightly shortened to match the shorter scale length. Obviously the bridge and pickup routes need to be repositioned. IMO rear control route as the only option would be perfectly fine.
 
JohnnyHardtail said:
I’m curious why we need a 7/8 Jazzmaster with short scale and 24 frets. It honestly sounds like an odd combination to me. Would it make sense to have a Jazzmaster route for the dinkycaster instead? Or alternatively a shortened Jazzmaster body so it fits in a normal Strat case.
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I think all the smaller Jazzmaster comments had a regular 25.5"scale 21 or 22 fret neck in mind. I know mine did. I forgot about the case part that's another good argument for a smaller body. But yes maybe a little off topic for this thread. I agree I don't see a lot of call for a 24 fret JM in any scale. There's very few hard rock/metal oriented offsets out there and I don't think there's an untapped market for more :)
 
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