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As an additional example. Let’s take Ted Nugent from the 70s and the song Great White Buffalo or Stranglehold. His guitar tone is anything but warm.
He was playing a 23.5 scale Gibson Byrdland.

Scale length is not a cause of warmer tone. A smaller scale length may allow you the choice to play heavier gauge strings which MAY have a warmer tone.
 
Another example. Rickenbacker 325. 20.75 scale length. No where in the early 60s Beatles' recordings would you call John Lennon's tone warm.

Tone is largely pickups, electronics, amplification and speakers.

Going back to the BMG reference I made. Yes Brian's tone at times is quite warm. Thats due to his amplification. He was using a NON Top Boost AC30 with EF 86 preamp tubes (not 12AX7. If you have ever compared these in person, the EF 86 vs 12AX7 tubes produce a marked difference in tone). He also deleted the tremelo circuit. To get brighter tones, he simply used a Treble Booster.
 
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Scale length also has an effect on brightness and harmonic overtones of the strings. I don’t know if this is controversial, but IMO you will never get a Fender Mustang to have an authentic Strat tone.

Out of respect for the thread OP, I think this topic should be discussed elsewhere.
 
Yes, it's a Purple Frost finish. I think it's around 7 pounds, I haven't actually weighed it yet. (will check that later today...)
 
Well, this 7/8th Basswood/roasted maple/ebony super strat weighs 6 pounds, 12 oz (6.75 lb, or 3.06 kg) ! :D
Solidly in my "comfort zone" for guitar weight [7.5 pounds is my 'absolute maximum'...]

And just a joy to play... just played it acoustically for a few minutes, reminding myself of its beautiful harmonic signature and "sustain for days".
This one just blooms with harmonics and rings and rings... My "acid test" for a keeper guitar is how complex the decay is when it rings out that last chord of the song. I'm always looking for that beautiful 'grand piano' effect and this one has that in spades (y) (y)
 
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Well, this 7/8th Basswood/roasted maple/ebony super strat weighs 6 pounds, 12 oz (6.75 lb, or 3.06 kg) ! :D
Solidly in my "comfort zone" for guitar weight [7.5 pounds is my 'absolute maximum'...]

And just a joy to play... just played it acoustically for a few minutes, reminding myself of its beautiful harmonic signature and "sustain for days".
This one just blooms with harmonics and rings and rings... My "acid test" for a keeper guitar is how complex the decay is when it rings out that last chord of the song. I'm always looking for that beautiful 'grand piano' effect and this one has that in spades (y) (y)
Nice! How low do you think it could go with a lightweight fixed bridge instead of a Kahler?
 
The Kahler is about 6 oz, and I think the lightest available aircraft aluminum ($$$$) fixed bridge is 2 oz. So maybe you could shave off a quarter pound?
Wow, the Kahler is WAY lighter than I thought! Maybe that would be a good move. Did you have it in hand or order from Kahler? Any difficulties with Warmoth and the Kahler?
 
I had the Kahler in hand, though I did order the Pro-lock locking nut from Kahler (and then promptly misplaced it).
I originally emailed Warmoth asking if they could do the kahler route and they said they were pretty sure what they had on file would work (possible minor tweaking due to potential changes in the Kahlers). It fit perfectly, lots of wiggle room...
 
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