I'd never thought about playing a short scale until the last couple of years. I have shortish fingers, but always played 25.5" scale guitars. Tried a Jaguar and found I liked the ergonomics when sitting down (Mustang is the same) also the shorter scale worked with my somewhat beat up left hand....

Thanks folks, I might message him with some questions and take it from there.

I spotted some guitar bodies on ebay from Guitarbuild Co UK (woodwoo2 on ebay). They do a variety of shapes and say their stuff is made in the UK. Has anybody dealt with them, or does anyone know anything about them? Their prices seem reasonable, though shipping costs sound a bit steep if you're out...

Nice work, I like your design. I always thought the Jagstang shape was a bit awkward looking. To my eyes your shape is a much more harmonious and practical mash up.

A couple I have used regularly for quality parts at reasonable prices and and shipping rates are HD Custom Guitar Supply (as joshmsr on ebay) and Pitch Perfect Music (also list on ebay). As there aren't many suppliers in Australia and local prices are generaly arround 50-100% above USA prices, I gen...

Im in this dilemma to!..but im gonna go with 21 i think!...i dont like the 22 fret overhang... But im worried that the 21 fret spacing will be larger than on the 22??? Fret spacing is identical as long as the scale length is the same. The reason for the overhang on a 22 fret neck is to fit on the e...

Where are you at in Australia? I spent a year in Dubbo (i know) back in the 80's. Currently 70klm south of Melbourne in Victoria, a place called the Mornington Peninsula. I've lived in a fair few towns and cities arround Australia, some better than others, but never in Dubbo. There's usualy good pe...

Thanks for the tip about the uploader folks.
gaybear, born in 76, I was 24 then, thanks for reminding me just how old I am....

Wellcome, post pics of the builds. What other stuff have you built? I started arround 1976, building through neck styles from scratch. (Think those exotic woods and laminated neck type electrics from back then) Over the years I've gradualy moved to more traditional Fender types and designs, though ...

Welcome aboard. I'm a mod here and I personally think the recent dispute here was handled badly by both sides (Cage the Elephant and those who jumped on him) but that sort of things happens from time to time as a consequence of having a fairly relaxed mod and admin team. Compared to other guitar fo...

Welcome aboard. Don't go berserk trying to access the Classifieds and everything'll be copacetic. Right. :wink: I'm definately not looking for a place to trade.... Thanks for the welcome. By the way the name is Rob. (Given the issue I mentioned in my OP maybe I should have picked a differnt name as...

Hi all. Found this place thanks to the dispute(?) between some folks here and some on the Strat forum.... (The one featured at the top of the page.) I'm new to short scale and offset style guitars, though not new to guitar building/modding. Currently beginning work on my first Mustang and Jazzmaster...