strat 24.75" scale conversion neck

wrinkleygit

I know Warmoth & possibly Musikraft have these, anyone come across a uk maker or know of one available in the uk new or used, 

Sesh

Guitarbuild.co.uk now do conversion necks to order. 

Danielsguitars

I'd be interested in the difference in tone as i prefer the shorter scale

wrinkleygit

Thanks for replies, had a look at the guitar build website but an unbranded rw boarded neck with a flattish radius has come my way so have used that instead, the old dog of a bitsocaster is starting to come back to life.

DannyP

customkits said:

I'd be interested in the difference in tone as i prefer the shorter scale

This is going back a bit, but didn't someone in the Musicradar era make a Gibson scale strat and paint it up to look like a can of Stella?

Or was that a particularly vivid dream I had?

Shark_Eyes

@DannyP I think that's @viz ; often seen performing in a gorilla suit too.

viz

Shark_Eyes said:

@DannyP I think that's @viz ; often seen performing in a gorilla suit too.

Nope, not me, not that I can recall anyway!

DannyP

Well someone did!

mudslide73

I think it's @danny1969 iirc. 

Danny1969

Aye it's me ..... guitar is Gibson style mahogany body with maple cap, neck is Gibson scale length with 24 frets. All in the shape of a Strat

I didn't make it though, Martin at Sims customs in Kent did and what a fantastic job he did. Still my main giging guitar 9 years later. 

DannyP

Yes that's the one! Thanks @Danny1969 - though I guess the alternative pickups and timbers mean that a like for like tone comparison with a 25.5" scale strat wouldn't be possible. I'll bet it feels pretty slinky though?

Phil_aka_Pip

@DannyP with a Gibson-esque neck I might get on OK with something like that. Although I'd probably want 4 pots in the usual parallelogram formation and a pickup toggle on the bass horn as well ...

Danny1969

DannyP said:

Yes that's the one! Thanks @Danny1969 - though I guess the alternative pickups and timbers mean that a like for like tone comparison with a 25.5" scale strat wouldn't be possible. I'll bet it feels pretty slinky though?

Yes nothing like a regular Strat. At the time my normal giging guitar was a Les Paul which I loved the sound of but I've always liked the shape of a Strat . So the ideal was to have a Les Paul that looked like a Strat. 
Well nothing really is like a Les Paul except a real Les Paul so what I ended up with is a Superstrat on steroids. No regrets as I've come to love it.