player99

You are sure about the intonation? I have bought Warmoth 24 3/4 "conversion necks" and I think there could be issues just putting a regular short scale neck on the guitar and being able to intonate it. Warmoth sells the conversion necks for strats. That is what I bought for my strat. You may want to call them and see if they will share the trickery. As far as getting a luthier to grind the sides and a narrower nut etc. I have a luthier that can do that so fast and precise it is crazy. He would have your neck done in 1-2 hours. If you get a short scale neck you will still need to have it set up, frets dressed, nut filed or replaced etc. It is never bolt it on and go. It will need the skills of a luthier. Warmoth will make you think it is that way when you buy the neck, but when you get it and then phone them they point out a page in the bowels of their site that says it will need professional work.

Just find a good luthier to modify the existing neck to your liking. If it is too big, it is easy to thin it out if you find a competant experience luthier / builder. Just don't give it to the first dork that says the can do it. They have to know what they are doing.

The guitar might just suck really bad...

I could not get the old variax to sink up. The light on the guitar side of the connector was red, not green.

Are you able to get an old Variax to sink up and work with Workbench?

Mine looks like this:

and I used batteries to power the Variax. The light on the interface did not change from red to green on the Variax side. The one I have is a clear plastic top unit with usb on one side and the Variax cable on the other.

I tried it and could not get it to work... I am wondering if I am doing something wrong.

Can I use the James Tyler interface to access my PC and Workbench with my old Variax?