So glad it’s on the menu man. I hadn’t looked up my dream build in a while and I just priced out a body and nearly screamed when I saw it in the drop down menu.
I love how no one shits on les pauls for being hardtail, but the second you put one on a strat it's completely sacrilegious. Or an hh stat for that matter.
Waiting for that ergonomic bolt on joint from the anniversary models to be an available option since most of us would buy both a body and neck from Warmoth anyways and hopefully Richlite fretboards will become an option too :)
Haven't seen you in awhile. So when you popped up, I had to take a listen. There's been some talk of the hard tail string through design lately. Thanks for sharing.
I'm glad that it accommodates the wide variety of styles that you play. That always fills me with confidence. I'm going to get a t-shirt with that on it :)
Will Warmoth ever offer to put binding on headstocks? Just wondering. I have an ESP/LTD ec1000 with binding on the body, neck, and headstock, and I currently have a guitar on order from Warmoth with binding on the body and neck. So that question came to mind.
Probably not. We certainly could do it, but most peopledon't look at parts the same way as complete guitars, and so aren't willing to pay what it would cost.
@@warmoth High & Dry was the sweet spot where they were still the punky NWOBHM kids - but with great production. Lange did a great job with them but I lost interest gradually as they got more "Glam Rock". This was the last Leppard album I bought on the day of release...
kewl....I put Highwood saddles on my hardtail so I'm not really looking to upgrade but that sucka looks like it has some serious mass to it A-Aron ....:-)
@warmoth this appears to be the hipshot “fixed bridge” not the “hardtail bridge” Found this video looking to see if they’re interchangeable as the bridge option on Warmoth only has the Hipshot “hardtail bridge option. If you could get back to me on that, it’d be greatly appreciated.
Curious what the tonal differences would be between this hipshot bridge vs. a Telecaster ashtray bridge (short version without the metal plate for the bridge pickup). In particular, should the hipshot have comparable amount of pop, snap, spank on the attack yet with maybe a bit more beef and resonance (although not as much beef and resonance as a tune o matic) or should there be some noticeable dulling in the attack? Asking in the context of rock, alternative, and funk, not reaching for country twang.
I wish there was a pickguard option that looked a little bit tidier with this bridge :( or maybe that hipshot made it so the baseplate went a little further towards the pickups
Thank you so much for showing me this. I am going to order a body soon and I was blown away when I just discovered that Warmoth now has Hipshot, YAY! But before I get to excited, will this work with a superwide neck? Also is it the same string to string width as the Fender American Standard flat mount bridge?
I have a Hipshot 7-string trem. It is the version with the high floor height as you call it. I have a neckthrough Kiesel DC700 with 20 inch radius fretboard. You might think because of the superflat radius the bridge saddles 3-5 don’t go as high. Wrong. Even then this (older) version of the Hipshot bridge comes with extreme high floor height. It is ridiculous. I am willingly to believe that the Hipshot in your video is amazing but the Hipshot 7-trem I have and that is built standard on Kiesel guitars suck in many ways. Too many cons icw other trems. I am not sure but if the bridge saddles are very high to follow along the radius I think it gives tuning stability issues. But I am not sure
Have not tested/verified that yet, but IME it would be a gamble. You would certainly have to drop the saddles clear to the floor. Our recessed bridge options are always a better bet w/ the 720 mod - recessed TOM, Floyd, etc.
Why no love for a show on the topic of shielding affecting the sound of Strat single coil pickups? I found the aluminium pickguard can effect the sound of Strat pickups, with A3 pickups the guitar sounded fatter. I didn’t rely on my memory, recorded the sounds with a camcorder, to verify.
Aaron, would you guys consider making a trem rout templates for floyd rose pro trems? I have a pro trem made in germany with the 52.5mm string spacing, (they made two one with 54 and 52.5mm spacing) and they discontinued the one with the shorter string spacing. Other that different string spacing they are the same. I don't understand why the floyd rose pro isn't more popular than the original floyd. Granted when standing and playing, you don't hit the fine tuners on the original but while sitting down you do, so you have to adjust the way one strums. Anyways, it would be great if you guys could do this as there are very few guitars that are made for the floyd rose pro. I know of only earnie balls jp16 (and the cheaper version) and high end ibanez models. I did put the pro into my floyd original equipped guitar ie. dean ultra zone 2 guitar, and it worked but haven't figured out what the draw backs could be. I know the floyd original and the pro have two different routing templates made for them and all the internet shops only sell floyd rose original templates and not the pro templates. Weird. I have a warmoth strat I put together but would be nice to have one with a floyd rose pro tremolo as well. I would definitely buy a body if you guys can rout it out for the floyd rose pro, either the german one or korea made one. Doesn't matter, both are same.
Hey big, big fan. Would you ever consider a pine run? Did you already do that? I recently played a tele that really felt like something special and it was a pine body. It looked like it was made out of a KOA cabin and it cost two and half g's, but something about it... It buzzed thru the strap into my shoulder like I've never felt. Anyway, pine has gotta cheap as s**t where you guys are. Maybe you could turn a nice lil penny there with a pine run. Whacha say?
to my ear non-trem hardtail strats lose some of that glassy, transparent character in the neck pickup and trade it for a warmer, more "solid" sounding bridge pickup
Do you suggest getting the 720 mod when ordering a body? I've got one of your non-720 modded Strat bodies and an old 3x3 Regal neck, but the baseplate on the .125" bridge forced me to practically max out all of the saddle heights. I sold the .125" version, bought the .175" version, AND had to utilize a neck shim to reverse angle the neck in order to accommodate. Any thoughts?
from my understanding, the 720 mod is useful if you don't have a pickguard. i bought a non warmoth body and a warmoth neck and had to use a neck shim to get the action relatively playable without maxing out saddle height (on a bass, using a Gotoh B201 bridge). also, the regal is a body shape and not a neck/headstock shape if i'm not mistaken.
Love how you moved the volume knob down a tad. Makes for palm muting screw ups to happen less often. Pro tip for those who don't want to go through the trouble of this mod. Use tape, jam something underneath, or best of all put a metal ring of some kind under the knob. I forget what it's called exactly but it makes the knob harder to turn so you're less likely to spin it on accident during palm muting or even just regular close to the bridge strumming. Oh and paint that guitar already! At least gloss it up lol I can't stand it looking sooo... Bare Bones lol. Also Lenny Krav BLOWS lol. ua-cam.com/video/--rBP8_QuwI/v-deo.html
So glad it’s on the menu man. I hadn’t looked up my dream build in a while and I just priced out a body and nearly screamed when I saw it in the drop down menu.
"which really accommodates the wide variety of styles that I play" 😂
😭
Then Aaron breaks into aint talking bout love followed by Panama
You mean rock and rock?
To be fair he plays some good stuff.
there is no wider genre with more styles than rock.
I love how no one shits on les pauls for being hardtail, but the second you put one on a strat it's completely sacrilegious. Or an hh stat for that matter.
I've chosen this bridge for my first Kiesel build. Can't wait to try it out.
Waiting for that ergonomic bolt on joint from the anniversary models to be an available option since most of us would buy both a body and neck from Warmoth anyways and hopefully Richlite fretboards will become an option too :)
Richlite fretboards would be amazing, I know they aren’t “ebony” but it’s just as good when you’re playing with the rest of the band lol
@@ShredAimlessly92 plus no oiling and no fretsprout!
I like that bridge. I'd definitely have one of those instead of a standard strat bridge.
So glad to see Aaron posting more
Love the artwork on your set. Looks like you're having fun in the new digs. I own a couple of hardtail Strats and I love them.
Haven't seen you in awhile. So when you popped up, I had to take a listen. There's been some talk of the hard tail string through design lately. Thanks for sharing.
it's like you read my mind. I was just looking at these for a build I've been planning.
Those limited editions were amazing! Cant wait for the AANJ access to be available soon on a model :)
Like the neck pickup Tone knob position. Saw that as an option on a pickguard-making spec page.
Love that bridge
I'm glad that it accommodates the wide variety of styles that you play. That always fills me with confidence.
I'm going to get a t-shirt with that on it :)
YES.....Warmoth is missing an opportunity!!
@@warmoth It'd be a badge of honour!
I have this one on my hardtail Warmoth Strat, my favorite Strat type guitar.
Schalled 3D-6/475 is the bridge for me I think.
Aaron, love building my Warmoths. Is there ever a chance of doing 7 String Hipshot bridges? The 7 String Gotoh flat mount is no longer available.
Will Warmoth ever offer to put binding on headstocks? Just wondering. I have an ESP/LTD ec1000 with binding on the body, neck, and headstock, and I currently have a guitar on order from Warmoth with binding on the body and neck. So that question came to mind.
Probably not. We certainly could do it, but most peopledon't look at parts the same way as complete guitars, and so aren't willing to pay what it would cost.
HIgh & Dry - good call
Best recorded example of pure JCM800 tone, IMO! :)
@@warmoth High & Dry was the sweet spot where they were still the punky NWOBHM kids - but with great production. Lange did a great job with them but I lost interest gradually as they got more "Glam Rock". This was the last Leppard album I bought on the day of release...
I am late to the party, but I like all of the hipshot products I have tried
With a traditional LP style carved top, can the .175 floor Hipshot hardtail bridge be installed and used without any major modifications?
kewl....I put Highwood saddles on my hardtail so I'm not really looking to upgrade but that sucka looks like it has some serious mass to it A-Aron ....:-)
I have two Robert Cray hardtails (older ones have chunky necks), one with Highwood saddles, the other with the Hipshot bridge - love them both.
@warmoth this appears to be the hipshot “fixed bridge” not the “hardtail bridge” Found this video looking to see if they’re interchangeable as the bridge option on Warmoth only has the Hipshot “hardtail bridge option. If you could get back to me on that, it’d be greatly appreciated.
Curious what the tonal differences would be between this hipshot bridge vs. a Telecaster ashtray bridge (short version without the metal plate for the bridge pickup). In particular, should the hipshot have comparable amount of pop, snap, spank on the attack yet with maybe a bit more beef and resonance (although not as much beef and resonance as a tune o matic) or should there be some noticeable dulling in the attack? Asking in the context of rock, alternative, and funk, not reaching for country twang.
Channelling a little Lenny Kravitz today...nice!
That’s a great sounding guitar. I might just have to build a hardtail Strat with that bridge.
....and I really dig your placement of the volume knob.
I have a hardtail Stratocaster but i used the 50mm string spacing bridge, i use p90s
I wish there was a pickguard option that looked a little bit tidier with this bridge :( or maybe that hipshot made it so the baseplate went a little further towards the pickups
Yea, good call, that doesn’t look fantastic.
Thank you so much for showing me this. I am going to order a body soon and I was blown away when I just discovered that Warmoth now has Hipshot, YAY! But before I get to excited, will this work with a superwide neck? Also is it the same string to string width as the Fender American Standard flat mount bridge?
Am I gonna go your way, or fly away, cause I'm always on the run...?
I have a Hipshot 7-string trem. It is the version with the high floor height as you call it. I have a neckthrough Kiesel DC700 with 20 inch radius fretboard. You might think because of the superflat radius the bridge saddles 3-5 don’t go as high. Wrong. Even then this (older) version of the Hipshot bridge comes with extreme high floor height. It is ridiculous. I am willingly to believe that the Hipshot in your video is amazing but the Hipshot 7-trem I have and that is built standard on Kiesel guitars suck in many ways. Too many cons icw other trems.
I am not sure but if the bridge saddles are very high to follow along the radius I think it gives tuning stability issues. But I am not sure
Is the Hipshot bridge compatible with the 720 mod for the neck pocket?
Have not tested/verified that yet, but IME it would be a gamble. You would certainly have to drop the saddles clear to the floor. Our recessed bridge options are always a better bet w/ the 720 mod - recessed TOM, Floyd, etc.
Why no love for a show on the topic of shielding affecting the sound of Strat single coil pickups?
I found the aluminium pickguard can effect the sound of Strat pickups, with A3 pickups the guitar sounded fatter. I didn’t rely on my memory, recorded the sounds with a camcorder, to verify.
Schaller 475 rules
Aaron, would you guys consider making a trem rout templates for floyd rose pro trems? I have a pro trem made in germany with the 52.5mm string spacing, (they made two one with 54 and 52.5mm spacing) and they discontinued the one with the shorter string spacing. Other that different string spacing they are the same. I don't understand why the floyd rose pro isn't more popular than the original floyd. Granted when standing and playing, you don't hit the fine tuners on the original but while sitting down you do, so you have to adjust the way one strums. Anyways, it would be great if you guys could do this as there are very few guitars that are made for the floyd rose pro. I know of only earnie balls jp16 (and the cheaper version) and high end ibanez models. I did put the pro into my floyd original equipped guitar ie. dean ultra zone 2 guitar, and it worked but haven't figured out what the draw backs could be. I know the floyd original and the pro have two different routing templates made for them and all the internet shops only sell floyd rose original templates and not the pro templates. Weird.
I have a warmoth strat I put together but would be nice to have one with a floyd rose pro tremolo as well. I would definitely buy a body if you guys can rout it out for the floyd rose pro, either the german one or korea made one. Doesn't matter, both are same.
Hi. I have a question about Paulownia body wood and nitro finish? When you planning to supply such options? Thanks
I love your guitar. Is the body just raw alder?
Is it top load or string through ? I am not sure which bridge route to order with 7/8 model strat or tele
String through.
Needs more EVH 🎸🤘🙂
Hey big, big fan. Would you ever consider a pine run? Did you already do that?
I recently played a tele that really felt like something special and it was a pine body. It looked like it was made out of a KOA cabin and it cost two and half g's, but something about it... It buzzed thru the strap into my shoulder like I've never felt. Anyway, pine has gotta cheap as s**t where you guys are. Maybe you could turn a nice lil penny there with a pine run. Whacha say?
Yup, already did it, and decided not to continue with it for various reasons. They didn't sell particularly well being the main one.
@@warmoth now imagine if it was marketed as baked pine! People would lose their minds! :)
Hardtail vs tremolo shootout video please!!!
Does warmoth allow something like a satin painted neck with a gloss painted headstock?
If you give us a call I believe we can do that as an off-menu option.
to my ear non-trem hardtail strats lose some of that glassy, transparent character in the neck pickup and trade it for a warmer, more "solid" sounding bridge pickup
What wood/finish is that strat? Looks nice 👍
Meadow Hawk, thought you said Metal Hawk. Lol
Will the Schaller Hannes bridge ever be offered as an option?
Almost certainly not.
@@warmoth Awww that's a bummer.
Do you suggest getting the 720 mod when ordering a body? I've got one of your non-720 modded Strat bodies and an old 3x3 Regal neck, but the baseplate on the .125" bridge forced me to practically max out all of the saddle heights. I sold the .125" version, bought the .175" version, AND had to utilize a neck shim to reverse angle the neck in order to accommodate. Any thoughts?
from my understanding, the 720 mod is useful if you don't have a pickguard. i bought a non warmoth body and a warmoth neck and had to use a neck shim to get the action relatively playable without maxing out saddle height (on a bass, using a Gotoh B201 bridge). also, the regal is a body shape and not a neck/headstock shape if i'm not mistaken.
This looks exactly like my bedroom when I was 15…minus the marshall and nice guitars😳
Haha! Mine too!
Hey, are you guys ever going to start making bodies and necks with paulownia wood?
@@turnthitchcock8432 Might make it neck-heavy though..?
Long hair please!!
So these need to be grounded? How do you do it if so?
Yes, all bridges do. There is a channel the goes from the control cavity to underneath the bridge for a grounding wire that Warmoth pre-routs for you.
Rad
Lenny Kravitz sponsored video 😜
the same reasons are for why I am using instead of Fender brifge, modern Gotoh 510 (frankly speaking stole this idea from Suhr...)
Nah. Kahlers for me.
It's spaced more narrowly than fender bridges. Does this create an issue with strings aligning over pole pieces on an S style guitar?
Love how you moved the volume knob down a tad. Makes for palm muting screw ups to happen less often.
Pro tip for those who don't want to go through the trouble of this mod. Use tape, jam something underneath, or best of all put a metal ring of some kind under the knob. I forget what it's called exactly but it makes the knob harder to turn so you're less likely to spin it on accident during palm muting or even just regular close to the bridge strumming.
Oh and paint that guitar already! At least gloss it up lol I can't stand it looking sooo... Bare Bones lol. Also Lenny Krav BLOWS lol.
ua-cam.com/video/--rBP8_QuwI/v-deo.html
That's how it flows!
Music Man strats already ok with lower volume pot and only on tone and all it without any mods...
Your camera is focused on the background instead of your face.