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Warmoth Strat Body Question

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So I'm wondering how much distance there is from the bridge (strat style trem to be specific; not hardtail or locking trem) to the end of the body of the guitar. I was planning on putting a Kaoss Pad mod into the Warmoth Strat body that I will get hopefully before the year's over. However after looking around I did notice that there aren't any Strats out there with this mod. I asked a guy on YouTube about it (he's seems to be super knowledgable about how to put them in guitars) and he says strats are normally to small. So I was just wondering if someone on here could measure the distance between the bridge and end of the body. Thanks.
 
1st I said "what?"
Then I said "why?"
Then I youtubed it and now I gotta say "What a hoot!"
So I dug out the guitars.
My 2 strats & 3 teles all seem to be aprox. 4 5/8-4 3/4" back of bridge to end of body. Hard tail or trem.
My Lps all are aprox. 1" longer than that.
The Heritage AC is about 7 1/2"!
 
Alright then thanks. I know he said you need at least 4.5" just to be safe so. However I'm not sure if the forearm contour would create any problem throwing a touch pad into the guitar. My back up plan is to get a Jazzmaster body instead but it kills me to think about it.
 
How does this work? I've seen the Muse guy use one. Is there an installable remote version or are people taking them apart and modding it themselves?
 
I've seen it done a number of different ways. The most impressive one is one by a guy on YouTube called "Tomassio" and then some number, something like that. The way he does it is hes got some mod (colorful touch pad, switches and what not) where he doesn't have to take the KP-3 apart and he can control the KP-3's settings from his guitar using the little mod hes got in his guitars. I've also seen some guy do it in a LP on some other forums his involves him actually taking it apart and putting certain parts in the guitar. Matt, I have no idea. I think the guy who makes his guitars has also made a lapsteel bass with one in it for John Paul Jones so he obviously knows what he's doing when it comes to said mod. So I''d imagine Matt's KP-3 works similar to the "Tomassio" guy's. Although I did read some crazy thing where someone said Matt could control Dom's (Muse's drummer) drumset somehow with it, which I don't even get so lord knows what he can do with his.

But yeah to do a little better job of answering your question because I feel like I rambled a little: most people just buy kits from certain people. They have to rout out a spot for the XY midi controller (the touch pad) and the controls. I know there was a guy on YouTube that used to sell them on eBay but he's stopped selling them. The only other guy I know of that sells them is this guy: http://twocherriesinstruments.ecrater.com/

He's got installation videos of how to actually put it into that guitar so you'll definitely learn more watching that than me trying to describe it.
 
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