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Octatonic is bang on about the resale values though..
They seem to build the necks very well (bodies are faultless in my experience) and in all other aspects they are excellent, but where most manufacturers round the corner between fingerboard face and the side/back of the neck to some extent, several I've had you could shave with.
While this is easy to rectify on a rosewood or similar board, with a little work, on a maple neck this is a real challenge to resolve without damage to the finish.
Even so, once dressed and built, my Warmoth Strat is by far the best guitar I've ever owned, and better than nearly all I've played.
You'd never get a Warmoth body with such untidy routs. :P
The fret work was excellent, the RW's didn't need anything at all to play very well, while the maples have needed a scrape to remove the finish, then a polish.
If you get one with a fitted nut it is every bit as good as a production guitar; perfectly playable, but can be improved by a knowledgeable expert (but not a thirteen year old...).
The real joy of Warmoth (and the others) is you can get what you want - I wanted a Clapton profile, with a flatter radius and Rosewood - which isn't out there, and even though it was bespoke, it's cheaper than a real Clapton neck second hand. It's really a question of choice Vs price.
I will buy from them again simply because you can get what you want (well for Fenders anyway, they stopped doing LP style bodies) and I like wide necks which you can't get anywhere else unless you go custom. The custom made Tele neck I have was about on a par with the Warmoths quality wise.
The finish on the tele body was excellent, my two strats I sprayed myself. It took far too long and I learnt a lot but I should have paid them to do it.
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If you go for anything with figuring it starts to rack the price up steeply.
Only have one Musikraft neck which was superb out of the box,MUCH more comfortable to play as well.
HTH.
Going to do another one in the next year, either a warmoth strat or tele (but high output pickups and fancy switching) or a precision guitar kit lp, or a UK made prs style. Again, I'll wudtone.
If you don't mind me asking, what's different about Guthrie guitar? From your mockup it just looks like... Well, a superstrat, and charvel, Jackson, ibanez etc have pretty much perfected that art, and are reasonably priced used. Or new.
Edit: despite import duty, I found warmoth to be among the cheapest *quality* bodies with a range of wood choices. Usacg were definitely more expensive. Look on the ready made body and neck sections and, trust me, you'll find bargains. I'm using a wenge or maple and ebony neck next time.