Kahler 2300 for Warmoth Baritone?

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I’ve got a lead on a nice Warmoth body that has a Kahler 2300.
I’m not a trem guy, so I would keep it blocked if I bought this.
I’d have a Warmoth baritone conversion neck made for it, and I’m wondering if anyone has had any experience with trying to use extra heavy strings for a Kahler.
Would the saddle on a Kahler 2300 be able to handle a .090 gauge string without filing the saddle or making any mods?
 

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I'm unsure because I cannot find the drawings for the saddles and I have no personal experience with the bridge but considering that they sell separately extra wide saddles and string hooks I guess they might not work for something as big as a 90 but that also mean that you can buy separately an appropriate saddle and hook without waisting the bridge. I would give it a try, worst case you have to buy the saddle and hook or just the saddle.
 

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If you got the body w/Kahler I'd look into tapered strings to see if that works. Otherwise you might want to skip buying this body.
 

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Also something worth considering with Warmoth Baritones, they dont all offer a locking nut option. To be honest, im not sure if thats a fixed bridge, or tremolo Kahler model. So that might not matter to you.

Theres honestly a few need to know things when it comes to Warmoth necks. Not sure if you've ever ordered one or not.
 

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I had to have the ball saddles widened on my 9 strings to fit my 80 and 100+ strings even with tapered ball ends (at least for the 9th string).
 

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Gotcha, I did look into that and saw that needed to be done. I decided not to go with the Kahler, and found out that the space between the saddles on a Hipshot bridge are all .130, so I'm going with that!
 
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