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Post by gbowman on May 16, 2022 7:41:41 GMT -7
Anyone had experience with a Warmoth Conversion Neck for a Strat. (converts the guitar to 24.75 scale) I would love to have a functional Strat, but just can't dial the action in. And the reality is, I have always just played 24.75 / 12" radius necks. Any info in how well they work, set up, etc etc...
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Post by lowbudget on May 16, 2022 10:21:24 GMT -7
This isn’t exactly what you asked but I’ll relate what I was told when I was talking to Ron Kirn about a custom Tele build. Not only did I want the 24.75” scale length but I also wanted a Gibson+ nut width and a 12” radius. He’s a pretty up front guy so there’s that, but he suggested I bag the idea and just buy a Gibson to start with since the resulting Frankencaster wasn’t gonna sound or play like a Tele anyway. I took his advice and wound up with a T style he made to Fender-ish specs out of ~200 year old barn reclaimed Cypress and I’m glad I did. It turned out pretty spectacular.
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Post by spencer096 on May 16, 2022 11:20:29 GMT -7
scale length changes like that would be a huge change to both feel and sound. lowbudget/ron kirn are absolutely 100% right.
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Post by headshrinker (Marc) on May 16, 2022 19:41:45 GMT -7
I can't speak to the conversion neck, but I had a Fender made Telecaster with a 24.75 neck. It was part of their alternate universe or pawnshop classic, or something similar series. If you are looking for a guitar that sounds like a Tele with all of it's snap, clank and twang, it didn't do it. If you want a guitar with the Tele shape with single coil pickups to mess around on and do it's own thing, it was a bunch of fun. I think in the end I had a little 59 in the bridge which using a 5 way switch could be split so you could get the single coil or humbucking mode out of it in the middle and bridge positions. It will come close to doing the Tele thing but with less, tang, snap and clank, which I was fine with.
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