I'm really just a lurker here & I'm surprised this doesn't come up more often. I've seen it mentioned from time to time, but it seems everyone has just accepted it. So, one more time, I wanted to throw my support for a "true" AANJ / 24 Fret neck option.
My "dream" guitar is Steve Vai's Ibanez Jem but camouflaged to look like a Fender strat (ie - single coils, vintage trem, CBS big headstock - but with 24 frets, and easy access to all frets).
If they're worried about Ibanez taking legal action, they could just develop their own spin on it. Even though Ibanez is thas company who has a right to be upset over copyright infringement (lawsuit guitars from the 70's anyone? ha ha ha). Anyway, it doesn't even have to be exactly like an Ibanez' AANJ. I imagine this would be a cash cow for Warmoth if they would finally put some engineering time into it.
Before anyone gets snarky - I don't want the extended access on a soloist body with neck/fretboard overhang. And I'm certainly not talking about a 24.75" scale neck on a short scale body. Those are clumsy workarounds IMO. I want a "true" 24 frets.
People usually get upset over pickup location (24 frets means moving the neck pickup away from the harmonic sweet spot). I can live with that, besedi that sweet only exists if you're playing an open string anyway. Otherwise, I find the standard neck pickup to be just a little too woofy anyway.
Additionally, there are hundreds of people on other forums saying things like,"I wish Warmoth had a...". Just search the forums at 7string or Jemsite. Well, I'm one of those folks. Ironically, there's a pattern for custom builders who enter this market. They end up with too many orders, unable to keep up with demand, and eventually you have no one (ie - Chris Sims, Legacy 1, and on and on). We're an underserved market. Maybe that is part of Warmoth's hesitation? They don't want to run into these extended delivery times and so on. I can't blame them, but they've handled the strat community pretty well. I'm sure the investment would pay off hansomly for them if they served the Ibanez freak community.
I would just play an Ibanez but I hate pointy/metal looking guitars, and I can't stand Floyd Rose trems. Plus, I'm stupidly attached to the Fender headstock shapes.
Sorry to rant - I just really really really want Warmoth to give me this option.
My "dream" guitar is Steve Vai's Ibanez Jem but camouflaged to look like a Fender strat (ie - single coils, vintage trem, CBS big headstock - but with 24 frets, and easy access to all frets).
If they're worried about Ibanez taking legal action, they could just develop their own spin on it. Even though Ibanez is thas company who has a right to be upset over copyright infringement (lawsuit guitars from the 70's anyone? ha ha ha). Anyway, it doesn't even have to be exactly like an Ibanez' AANJ. I imagine this would be a cash cow for Warmoth if they would finally put some engineering time into it.
Before anyone gets snarky - I don't want the extended access on a soloist body with neck/fretboard overhang. And I'm certainly not talking about a 24.75" scale neck on a short scale body. Those are clumsy workarounds IMO. I want a "true" 24 frets.
People usually get upset over pickup location (24 frets means moving the neck pickup away from the harmonic sweet spot). I can live with that, besedi that sweet only exists if you're playing an open string anyway. Otherwise, I find the standard neck pickup to be just a little too woofy anyway.
Additionally, there are hundreds of people on other forums saying things like,"I wish Warmoth had a...". Just search the forums at 7string or Jemsite. Well, I'm one of those folks. Ironically, there's a pattern for custom builders who enter this market. They end up with too many orders, unable to keep up with demand, and eventually you have no one (ie - Chris Sims, Legacy 1, and on and on). We're an underserved market. Maybe that is part of Warmoth's hesitation? They don't want to run into these extended delivery times and so on. I can't blame them, but they've handled the strat community pretty well. I'm sure the investment would pay off hansomly for them if they served the Ibanez freak community.
I would just play an Ibanez but I hate pointy/metal looking guitars, and I can't stand Floyd Rose trems. Plus, I'm stupidly attached to the Fender headstock shapes.
Sorry to rant - I just really really really want Warmoth to give me this option.