Strat or Soloist body with 24.75" neck

[rauchman]

Greetings,

Wanting to build a Strat or Soloist with a 24.75" neck. Anyone done it? Any pics?

The guitar in my sig has a 24.75" neck w/ narrow space bridge. I've grown to really like this setup, but looking to use a Strat / Soloist body, possibly with a Floyd.

 

[triple jim]

I have one. I call it my Les Paul Strat. I had the 24.75" scale conversion neck left over from a different project, so I got Warmoth to make me a walnut body. It's a fun guitar to play.

 

[ARCnet78]

Here's mine.
Weight relieved body, Sherwood green, hardtail.
Gibson conversion, roast maple neck. no finish but burnished

 

[rauchman]

Appreciate the pics. Was worried that the shorter neck would look awkward, but it looks great!

 

[triple jim]

Appreciate the pics. Was worried that the shorter neck would look awkward, but it looks great!

Unless you're carefully comparing it to a 25.5" scale guitar side by side, it's really not obvious that it's 3/4 of an inch shorter.

 

[Strat Avenger]

All I know is......I love hardtails.

 

[bruzanhd]

I can’t help you on the 24.75” thing, but here is a soloist and strat side by side. The soloist does look and feel smaller and sleeker by a bit. Ultimately neither will look that different with a 24.75” scale neck. The 0.75” doesn’t change the visual balance that much.

 

[VanHeGen]

I am following this thread with interest, as I am planning a Soloist build with a 24.75” neck, myself. However, mine would have Floyd (+ locking nut).

The only negative I have heard was that it can ”feel visually” different when you are looking at say the 12th fret on a Soloist (which has a more pointy body) vs say a Les Paul.
And then some people were wondering if the strings might feel ”too slinky” on a 24.75” with locking nut, as the ”string length” from nut to bridge is shorter.

So far those comments have not scared me away from my plans, as that shorter scale fits me better. I am more used it, and for example when playing Hendrix-y cords using a pinky, or three-note legato over five frets I have to stretch a bit more on a 25.5” scale guitar. That is probably because of my bad technique but it is a fact.

 

[stratamania]

And then some people were wondering if the strings might feel ”too slinky” on a 24.75” with locking nut, as the ”string length” from nut to bridge is shorter.

If those people find a shorter scale length to feel too slinky, they should then use a heavier string gauge than they do on a longer scale.

 

[triple jim]

9-42 strings feel really nice on the 24.75 scale guitar. It's a pleasant change for me.

 

[rauchman]

9-42 strings feel really nice on the 24.75 scale guitar. It's a pleasant change for me.

On the guitar in my sig, I've used 9's. Very spongy feeling. Was weird at first, but I've grown to like it a lot. Also, the bridge is narrow spaced, so the whole package feels smaller and easier to play.

 

[VanHeGen]

9-42 strings feel really nice on the 24.75 scale guitar. It's a pleasant change for me.

I am used to playing a Gibson-style guitar with 9-42’s, so I like it, too. However, I have never played a 24.75 scale guitar with a locking nut, and I guess the guitar that you have @rauchman does not have a locking nut, either, or?

 

[DuckBaloo]

If those people find a shorter scale length to feel too slinky, they should then use a heavier string gauge than they do on a longer scale.

That's what I do. 9's on my Strat and Tele, 10's on my LP.

 

[bagman67]

I have one. I call it my Les Paul Strat. I had the 24.75" scale conversion neck left over from a different project, so I got Warmoth to make me a walnut body. It's a fun guitar to play.

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That's a mighty handsome axe.

 

[triple jim]

That's a mighty handsome axe.

Thank you, bagman67. When I first put it together I'd stop and look at it every time I passed by, but I've gotten used to it now.

 

[rauchman]

I am used to playing a Gibson-style guitar with 9-42’s, so I like it, too. However, I have never played a 24.75 scale guitar with a locking nut, and I guess the guitar that you have @rauchman does not have a locking nut, either, or?

Correct, no locking nut

 

[Strat Avenger]

I use 009-046 on 25.5" and 24.75" scale lengths.

 

[Waraxe]

24.75" scale conversion necks are the shiz.

I got my first one, and now I want to replace the necks on my 2 other warmoths.

Re: bodies: for my third build, I wanted something not a strat, a bass horn and with a bigger treble cutaway. It came down to the soloist and vip. The more I looked at it, the soloist was still too strat like for me.