Musikraft alert: if you're into building partscasters, read this

[diogoguitar]

This is probably old news to many, but I just found out that Musikraft is back on building guitar bodies and they are now building true 24-fret bodies!

Dinky Body Custom

Dinky Strat Body Comes standard with a sharper 1/8" edge radius, the option to choose between 21/22 fret version or a true 24 fret version, Arm and Belly Contour, and Multiple options for pickup routing and control holes and bridge configurations.

musikraft.com

I don't know about you but to me this is massive good news (I'm not affiliated with them in any way). So here are my thoughts

Pros
- First true 24-fret dinky style that I see in a long time from one of those major part makers <-- major selling point for me
- They have e 24-fret, 25.5" scale neck that fits into it
- Dinky style body, so if you've owned a jackson ,it should feel like home to you

Cons
- You need to figure out who can finish the body for you (painting, put the hardware on, etc.)
- They still have the squared heel neck joint like the 90's dinky body... so if you want the newer/rounder design, you'd have to grab a stewmac razor file and shape the heel joint yourself

Side note: Warmoth has been offering finished 24-fret neck/body combos for a while, but I found their access to frets 21-24 not that good... which basically defeats the purpose for me

 

[jco5055]

I’ve dabbled at times about doing a parts build, and I’ve heard that musikraft seems to be a tad better than warmoth quality wise, so this is pretty cool

 

[Kyle Jordan]

Thanks for sharing this. Really cool to see.

 

[Nightside]

I've had a couple of necks from musikraft and they are solid as a rock. High quality work.

 

[cardinal]

They have 7-string necks again too. No 7-string body yet though.

 

[jco5055]

They have 7-string necks again too. No 7-string body yet though.

At least their 7 string is 25.5 scale...Warmoth's two scale choices for 7s are not good at all

 

[technomancer]

It's cool that they're offering bodies again but I have something like 5 or 6 guitars here with Musikraft necks on KnE and MJT bodies... a body with a standard-sized heel route is really not a difficult thing to find

 

[RevDrucifer]

FWIW, Musikraft dropships necks to MJT for finishing, I’d imagine it wouldn’t be too big of a deal to have them send a body to MJT for finishing.

 

[cardinal]

FWIW, Musikraft dropships necks to MJT for finishing, I’d imagine it wouldn’t be too big of a deal to have them send a body to MJT for finishing.

That's what they did for me. And why I didn't catch that that body they made was all screwed up and they refused a rebuild or refund because by the time I'd noticed it'd already been painted. And MJT did a terrible job painting it to boot (the black of the sunburst was uneven in thickness as it went around the body and the center was opaque).

So yay for Musikraft bodies and MJT finishing.

 

[Lemonbaby]

I had fun building my partscasters but then again, those came at 35-65 Euros for the painted bodys and 30-55 Euros for the necks. Spending 200 Euros for a CNC'd body that still needs a paintjob for another 250 bucks doesn't sound like a great plan to me.

 

[CanserDYI]

At least their 7 string is 25.5 scale...Warmoth's two scale choices for 7s are not good at all

Yeah either too short or too long, really makes no sense max explained it a while ago, but still laughable.

 

[CapinCripes]

Now if they could make pointy tilt back headstocks it would be a wonder. Still they would be my first stop for a strat head or non tilt banana.

 

[RevDrucifer]

That's what they did for me. And why I didn't catch that that body they made was all screwed up and they refused a rebuild or refund because by the time I'd noticed it'd already been painted. And MJT did a terrible job painting it to boot (the black of the sunburst was uneven in thickness as it went around the body and the center was opaque).

So yay for Musikraft bodies and MJT finishing.

That’s a bummer!! You’d think they’d be pretty good with sunburst by now! They did a killer candy apple red for my Gilmour Strat, while they didn’t follow my instructions to a T, I didn’t really care about having Gilmour’s Strat’s damage replicated 100% (though they did with the neck).

 

[jl-austin]

I've always wanted a 22 fret dinky.

 

[technomancer]

That’s a bummer!! You’d think they’d be pretty good with sunburst by now! They did a killer candy apple red for my Gilmour Strat, while they didn’t follow my instructions to a T, I didn’t really care about having Gilmour’s Strat’s damage replicated 100% (though they did with the neck).

My 2 recent builds have both been good on the finish work though they botched the custom wiring diagram I sent for the HS. Fortunately I can do all that stuff myself and just opened it up and fixed it.

Actually just ordered another KnE body that I'll be sending to MJT for another build.

 

[RevDrucifer]

My 2 recent builds have both been good on the finish work though they botched the custom wiring diagram I sent for the HS. Fortunately I can do all that stuff myself and just opened it up and fixed it.

Actually just ordered another KnE body that I'll be sending to MJT for another build.

I didn’t even know they fucked around with wiring!

 

[technomancer]

I didn’t even know they fucked around with wiring!

Yeah they'll do full assembly... had them do it on my Mars and Bratta tribute strats

 

[RevDrucifer]

Yeah they'll do full assembly... had them do it on my Mars and Bratta tribute strats

Mars, eh? I must see!!!!! That’s next on my partscaster list; a Joe Holmes/Mick Mars kinda Strat. Big headstock, maple board and a Floyd.

 

[technomancer]

Mars, eh? I must see!!!!! That’s next on my partscaster list; a Joe Holmes/Mick Mars kinda Strat. Big headstock, maple board and a Floyd.

There you go... actually got the Rolph pickup Mars uses in the bridge too... thing was stupid expensive but it does sound right

 

[dreamspace]

Doesn't KNE also offer "true" dinky bodies? It's called "DNK" https://www.kneguitars.com/rr_bod.php#solohome