Custom Warmoth 24.75" Scale Conversion Neck on a Strat?

[RP]

Has anybody played a Stratocaster with a Custom Warmoth 24.75" Scale Conversion Neck with 10"-16" Compound Radius? If so, what are your thoughts???

[Dru Edwards]

Hey RP, I haven't played one but I've thought about a conversion neck for many years so this is a great thread. What guitar are you looking to put it on?

[MC5C]

Warmouth necks are top line, very good, so I think it would play great. Think Les Paul made right, but Stratocaster. Neck profile and width would be key.

[RP]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Hey RP, I haven't played one but I've thought about a conversion neck for many years so this is a great thread. What guitar are you looking to put it on?

Dru, it's a Robert Cray Strat that has one already installed...

[RP]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Hey RP, I haven't played one but I've thought about a conversion neck for many years so this is a great thread. What guitar are you looking to put it on?

Dru, it's a Robert Cray Strat that has the Warmoth already installed...

[mercy]

I did it and it worked great. You have to do a set up of course.

[s2y]

They are good, but known to lose a little twang factor with the shortened scale length. If you think F type guitars have a little too much treble, then perfect.

[stephenT]

I've had conversion scale necks on my personal t-style guitars for quite a few years, I can't see any downside. My necks have a 12 inch radius, so no comments on a compound radius, just that it's a nice idea, greater radius in the lower section of the neck for chording, flatter radius up high for bending. I do both all up and down the neck so a 12 inch radius for me is perfect.

With a conversion scale neck there's less string tension so bending is a little easier, shorter reach to the first position so there's less wear and tear on the wrist,.. little less distance between the frets so some chords are easier for me and when soloing the shorter scale seems to make my phrasing more fluid. All of those benefits would apply to a strat as well.

Some folks will say the conversion scale will result in less twang on a tele on the bottom strings and that's probably true w/ less string tension. You can compensate for that w/ a high quality bridge plate, either cold rolled steel or stainless steel and in a traditional three barrel tele style bridge you can use an aluminum, steel or a titanium saddle for the "E" and "A" strings and increase the twang if that's your thing.

[RoyBoy]

Having extremely short fingers, I put a Warmoth conversion neck on a tele partscaster. The shorter scale does have lower tension, thus a little less snap but teles are not going to be short twang anyway. You can compensate by using balanced tension strings or just go up one gauge. Warmoth necks are great, the compound radius makes bending up high on the neck a piece of cake.