Warmoth Today blog

[Nando Vallart]

I can understand the exaggerated comfort contours, but what's the point of shallow control cavities?

Some guys are picky with their vintage replica... go figure!

 

[Wyliee]

I can understand the exaggerated comfort contours, but what's the point of shallow control cavities?

Some guys are picky with their vintage replica... go figure!

Yup.  That's it exactly.  Some would consider that a manufacturing flaw, but it is an important characteristic to some.  A similar example can be found on our vintage Tele.  There is a small hump in the neck pocket left over from old tooling.  We'd sand that right out today (better yet, eliminate it in engineering), but for some that little hump is *very* important.

 

[drewfx]

but for some that little hump is *very* important.

You're asking for trouble with this choice of words!

 

[Cagey]

but for some that little hump is *very* important.

You're asking for trouble with this choice of words!

Worst hump I ever had was great <grin>

 

[Cagey]

I can understand the exaggerated comfort contours, but what's the point of shallow control cavities?

Some guys are picky with their vintage replica... go figure!

I'll never figure that one out. I wonder if those guys still use iceboxes instead of refrigerators? Or horses & buggies instead of cars/trucks? Or outhouses instead of indoor plumbing?

 

[Nando Vallart]

I can understand the exaggerated comfort contours, but what's the point of shallow control cavities?

Some guys are picky with their vintage replica... go figure!

I'll never figure that one out. I wonder if those guys still use iceboxes instead of refrigerators? Or horses & buggies instead of cars/trucks? Or outhouses instead of indoor plumbing?

Don't know, but they tend to be guys older than 40's or 50's and they tend to have more money than usually guys at 20's have... Warmoth is company that sell thins, if this will sell good, I believe they don't care about, as is nothing big...

 

[Death by Uberschall]

For those who want to build a "spec" Strat based on the early days, this is just the icing on the cake.

 

[Mor Paul]

I bet Tonar's pretty happy

 

[bigguspickus]

Is the trem cavity shallower too? The screws from a Callaham poked through the back on my first W build.

 

[Wyliee]

Is the trem cavity shallower too? The screws from a Callaham poked through the back on my first W build.

Yes, it is shallower as well.  Vintage 6 hole trem would be recommended.

 

[OzziePete]

Is the trem cavity shallower too? The screws from a Callaham poked through the back on my first W build.

Yes, it is shallower as well.  Vintage 6 hole trem would be recommended.

THIS might explain some of the "WTF??" posts we have seen about screws coming through...vintage spec bodies, modern hardware.  :sign13:

 

[DesmoDog]

I thought those were already explained? The modern bodies have deeper routing so the screws go through.

Shallower routs will PREVENT this from happening, not make it worse...