What new product or feature would be in your Christmas list for Warmoth to introduce in 2024?

[Hodgo]

Another vote here for front-route soloist bodies. Also a more modern, sculpted neck heel (like the Ibanez AANJ) would be great.

Heel inserts and countersunk screws instead of neck plate!!

 

[teleme01]

Universal route for tele

 

[stratamania]

Another vote for off-menu options to be just listed as options.

 

[Jebberz]

A Forearm contour on Iceman bass

 

[dsn716]

7/8 soloist body.
Really want to build with a 7/8 neck. Being a Gibson guy for most of my playing days, I prefer the shorter scale, and really want to do a 24 fret build. But the Tele and Strat 7/8 bodies just look goofy to me.

 

[JohnnyHardtail]

Would a 7/8 Soloist be smaller, or have a similar outline to the regular Soloist body with repositioned pickups and bridge routing?

 

[dsn716]

Would a 7/8 Soloist be smaller, or have a similar outline to the regular Soloist body with repositioned pickups and bridge routing?

I would imagine just slightly smaller, like the Strat and Tele 7/8 bodies are. Sort of like the Warren DiMartini snakeskin Charvel. Same body shape as a soloist, just a bit smaller.

 

[Wizard of Wailing]

90 X 55 SS frets. My go to on other brands custom necks.

 

[Masta C]

4 Things:

1) Fender-style contoured heel (this option is waaaaaaay overdue!)

2) Modern forearm contour on Iceman body shape (as another user mentioned above)

3) Ibanez/Iceman-inspired headstock shape (seriously, how can you offer the correct body, but no decent headstock options?)

4) Meadowhawk bodies

 

[Rick]

Let me add again... reverse ice man

 

[Hodgo]

Let me add again... reverse ice man

I agree (twice). I suppose a left handed body could be ordered with no control routing, no binding, and a reversible bridge route….

 

[ScottDR]

Iceman style 3x3 headstock

 

[NedRyerson]

More metal pointy styles.

I say this tongue-in-cheek because I know the community here as a small microcosm of the whole of the WM customer base, and honestly, we Cheesy-Metal-Pointy-Guitar types are in the minority. Too small to make the additional R&D, CNC, and marketing investments beyond the V-K and V-R worthwhile from a business perspective. I would imagine that WM also wants to be careful about treading too far into Jackson's*, ESP's, and BC Rich's stomping grounds.

* I assume the Fender license has some particular limitations.

On a more sensible direction as far as a wish list, I'd love to see expanded options for bass neck inlays beyond dots and blocks.

 

[TBurst Std]

I’ve always like the Eagle and Mockingbird. One of those 2 the W used to do decades ago.

 

[NedRyerson]

Mock is one of my favorite shapes, and I'm at the point of being able to build my own. A long-term project on my list has been a Mock baritone (make the body myself and order a WM bari neck).

 

[Strat Avenger]

Let me add again... reverse ice man

You mean "Fireman"? Would be cool, but Paul Gilbert may send Warmoth a Cease & Desist if they did that.