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Here's what the Warmoth website states: "Conversion necks are a Warmoth innovation that allow you to easily change the scale length of your 25-1/2" bolt-on guitar to either 24-3/4" (Gibson® length) or 28-5/8" (Baritone length). They work by lengthening or shortening the distance between the bridge saddles and the string nut. Moving the bridge is not necessary." Source: http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Necks/...sionNecks.aspx |
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Congrats on your new strat...looks great!
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Back to the important thing - your new Strat! Looking forward to seeing your review on your new Wilkinson and revamped Strat when it's done. |
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Some nice upgrades in mind indeed...BUT...
Don’t forget new CTS pots, quality caps, vintage pushback wire, and a switch craft jack and 5 way. Wiring plays a large part in tone, and is usually the weak spot in many guitars. Believe it or not, these upgrades will have a major impact in improving your Strats tone. I’ve owned dozens of Strats and I have always started with quality wiring, a nut swap, and trem/saddle/block replacement. I have swapped pickups out as well, but not always. Often times these changes, paired with a good setup and proper pickup height, create killer Strats. Even with the stock pickups. Happy upgrading! Last edited by PTony; 12-11-2018 at 07:35 AM. |
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Still waiting on the new Wilkinson bridge to complete this but so far, so good.
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Congrats on picking up the best electric guitar design ever (the Strat) and the best Strat /electric guitar value on planet earth.
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* Loaded pickguard with fender CS 'Jeff Beck Hot Noiseless', pearl white. * Wilkinson Trem bridge in gold; this is an SB version (steel block) & has stainless steel saddles. The six mounting holes are beveled & elongated to avoid any binding and the bridge just pivots on the two outside screws, pretty much feels & operates just like a two-point bridge. The neck is a 9.5" radius & I've set the saddle radius at 12". * Hipshot Locking tuners (also in gold); these have plates one can use that allows mounting without drilling extra holes for set-screws; it has tabs on it that hold the tuners straight. * Gold jack plate...just because. I love the look of gold over white. The tone I'm getting out of this is quintessential Stratocaster...just more emphatic. Gorgeous clean tones, overdrives like a beast and I can see why this is the setup used by 'The Guvnor'...boatloads of presence & sustain. I couldn't put this down long enough to compare with my American Deluxe Strat (SCN Noiseless pups) & my USA Roadhouse (Texas Specials) but first impression is that this one blows the other two away.
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Looks like you did an amazing job. Why did you set the bridge radius different than the neck radius (12" vs 9.5")? Won't that leave the middle strings with slightly higher action?
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Thanks, Dru! Actually, the 12" radius is a little flatter than the 9.5 neck radius; I was still able to set the individual saddles for action at just a shade under 2mm at the 12th fret, with the outside strings just a tad higher in relation to the middle ones. Plays perfectly, zero buzz even on big bends, nice clean notes even above the 12th, and a sort of compound radius of the strings, if not the neck itself...works like a charm!
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Beautiful guitar and great charity. Enjoy!
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Sweet. MIM strats are totally under rated. Congrats!
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Totally agree...especially at used prices. There is nothing about a MIM Strat that would make it inappropriate to play at a gig. They sound, play and operate just fine, once set up properly...it is a 'real' Stratocaster.
However...they are also wonderful platforms for customization. I figure that, all in, I paid less than half the cost I would have paid for a MIA Strat with comparable features, once I added the upgraded hardware and pups, and I got something that was exactly what I wanted. Apart from the cost, it was a matter of my time spent...not an issue, since I enjoy doing this stuff...it really isn't that hard to do. For example, apart from the hardware and pickup upgrades, I found that the nut was pinching a bit, so ordered a Graph-tech trem nut & installed it. This guitar has a radiused nut-slot in the neck so it was a matter of grinding off the little tab (they make these to fit either radius or flat slots), seating the base of it and finishing the string slots, using a combination of old strings and properly gauged files. I just finished a New Years Eve gig with this guitar and it sings...got a lot of complements on it. I'm not sure where I am with my MIA Strats now, because this one is better...
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