Strat Necks

No, I never have tried that. Other than short scale Fender necks, such as the Mustang or Duo Sonic, I'm not sure what one would use. Oh yeah, wait, there's the Jaguar neck, right? I get the idea, from your post, that Warmoth might make a shorter scale Fender style bolt on neck? First question that comes to my mind is, I wonder if there would be any intonation issues with the existing Strat bridge placement and the shorter string length.

Personally, it's not an idea that gets me too excited. I'm very comfortable with Strat necks, since that's what I've played the most since 1970 when I switched from Gibsons. But I would be interested enough to TRY a Strat with, say, a Jaguar neck. Just to see what it feels like. Obviously, the different tension would have an effect on string bending and vibrato.

I've got a Tokai neck that's like that. I filed it too many times as I wore the frets out, and probably took off more than I should have. Anyway, it's now so low that it's hard to bend strings anymore. I found a used Fender neck for $50 that had some fret wear, but still had enough meat left for another professional resurfacing job. I threw it on the old Tokai Strat which has been reassigned as a "spare" behind my '97 CE.

Wear on what, the finish or the frets? It takes a LOT of playing to wear through the finish on a maple neck. On the other hand, I can put some serious fret wear on in a short amount of time. Maybe it's the way I play?

Well, at least you're not gonna press the note sharp, like can happen with too high frets. But when you can no longer get under the string to bend it, it's time for me to get some higher frets.

Why not look around for a deal on a used neck? Check with some luthiers.
They usually have a couple laying around. Sometimes you can get a good enough deal on the entire guitar to use it for parts.

Well, as I said above, that slight difference has significant effect on the tension which effects bending and vibrato, if nothing else.

You could do that. I don't have any personal experience with Warmoth, although I know guys who have been happy with them. Why not? I've got
Squier (USA) and Fernandez (Japan) necks that I like as much as my favorite
Fender neck. If Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder played guitar, they wouldn't be able to tell much difference.

It would appear they add some extra space for the first fret interval.
We're talking an extra 3/4" overall, minus the distance between frets 21 and
22 on a 24 3/4" scale, whatever that is. I don't have my verniers handy at the moment. Taking that extra fret into account, it probably wouldn't be enough variance to screw you up too much.

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I think, hell yes, there would be intonation issues.

Without a mod, it seems to me, the 12th fret would no longer be at the midpoint between the bridge and nut. And it would be off by way more than the standard bridge could compensate.

Yes, Jaguar is shorter scale.

The Warmoth neck is a Gibson scale-length (24-3/4" bolt-on replacement for a Fender (25-1/2". According to Warmoth this is plug n play, and because of a "compensated nut" can be properly intonated.

http://www.warmoth.com/common/frames/guitarneck.htm

Texas Pete