Musicmaster project - COMPLETE!

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:20 pm

for god sakes take a photo of it outside in natural light so it doesn't either

A) look black
B) look green with a giant white ball on it

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:19 pm

robroe wrote:for god sakes take a photo of it outside in natural light so it doesn't either

A) look black
B) look green with a giant white ball on it

A) It's either raining or snowing outside here during this time of year
B) Daylight time means I'm at work
C) It's only seen when played indoors anyway

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:35 pm

Excellent job. I really like the black on green.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:23 pm

I agree, the color came out perfect.

For all of my agonizing to try to get the finish perfect, after the first show I was looking it over last night and it's already got a nice chip down to the primer outta the back at the edge, and I made some bubble/chips in the clear on the front upper side.

In other words, I've already relic'd it. I'm rough with guitars I suppose.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:21 pm

Just a bump here, I have been playing this guy for a while now. Even after I got a lefty Omar Ibanez, this guitar is still the best sounding and feeling guitar I've ever touched in my life.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:35 pm

grate newz

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:42 pm

Question for you. I have been building almost the same, but a tad different for about a year now. it has been a cut out body waiting for a 24 neck. I would like to route etc. if i get a pickguard, is it as simple as mounting my 25 strat neck for a template, line up the pickguard, and away i go?

the strat neck is all i have for right now. and unknown when i will be able to afford a 24 neck.

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:46 pm

broomhandle wrote:Question for you. I have been building almost the same, but a tad different for about a year now. it has been a cut out body waiting for a 24 neck. I would like to route etc. if i get a pickguard, is it as simple as mounting my 25 strat neck for a template, line up the pickguard, and away i go?

the strat neck is all i have for right now. and unknown when i will be able to afford a 24 neck.

If you use the strat neck, it won't intonate correctly with a bridge set for a shortscale neck. Alternatively, you could do what I did on my bronco and set it a few inches back and use your strat neck.
As you can see, the bridge doesn't fit in the pickguard slot for the bridge.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:10 pm

Pens wrote:Just a bump here, I have been playing this guy for a while now. Even after I got a lefty Omar Ibanez, this guitar is still the best sounding and feeling guitar I've ever touched in my life.

That is awesome. I love seeing live shots of people rocking out.

I wish I had more pics of myself actually playing. No one every seems to have a camera. I am usually the guy snapping photos and so I like almost zero photos of me actually rockin' out.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:12 pm

Pens wrote:Even after I got a lefty Omar Ibanez, this guitar is still the best sounding and feeling guitar I've ever touched in my life.

Your MM is very nice indeed, that's not surprising. What do you think of the ORM?

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:15 pm

broomhandle wrote:Question for you. I have been building almost the same, but a tad different for about a year now. it has been a cut out body waiting for a 24 neck. I would like to route etc. if i get a pickguard, is it as simple as mounting my 25 strat neck for a template, line up the pickguard, and away i go?

the strat neck is all i have for right now. and unknown when i will be able to afford a 24 neck.

Personally, I would wait to actually have the neck you want to mount before routing it. When I had cooter make the body for mine, I insisted even on the higher shipping to send him the actual neck I had bought so the pocket would be exact.

I'm iffy about doing the whole "mount a strat neck further into the neck pocket" thing, that would make it a 25.5" scale instead of a proper 24". My advice would be to hold out until you have that neck.

Trust me, I know what it's like to sit on a project for a long time. I planned this guitar 8 years ago, bought the neck 2 years before I had the body done. But it's so worth it in the end.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 6:25 pm

i was not planning on using the strat neck. just as a temp so i can finish the body. i guess i just want toplay it. and can not afford a 100-150 neck....

will be unemployed, again. in 3 weeks.....

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:45 pm

I recently found a new guitar body/ neck company on eBay from Colorado. The prices are good and they can make almost custom order including left handed for $125. You can even choose the radius and A or B width. let me post the link. If it's legit, I wanted to get a lefty Mustang neck for a Super-Sonic build. They sell lots of guitar bodies as well. Link for 24" scale neck.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251011887186?ss ... 1423.l2649

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:57 pm

cool, looks nice. as soon i get a job ill look into that. but, that is getting close to a warmoth neck.... and everybody knows warmoth are good.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:08 pm

I have never seen Warmoth necks go that cheap. The normal Allparts ones you can get for $150. If they could do $125 for a Lefty Mustang neck, they will sell a ton of those.

broomhandle · Post by **broomhandle** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:52 pm

taylornutt wrote:I have never seen Warmoth necks go that cheap. The normal Allparts ones you can get for $150. If they could do $125 for a Lefty Mustang neck, they will sell a ton of those.

warmoth necks are 157.00, i called them awhile ago.

its just the unknown on new products. warmoth is backed by fender.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:55 pm

your new avatar is fucking rad

AUTO UNION

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:56 pm

I have been on their website for a look around before seen a variety of prices depending on what options you choose. $157 is a good price for sure.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:00 pm

I can't get a lefty 24" neck for less that $200. I think I might go with a B width neck time, though I wish there was some in between the two, B is just a tad big and A is a tad small. I still vastly prefer the A that I have on that MM.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:52 pm

Is the difference between A and B necks the width of the Nut? Does that have anything to do with the neck profile?

My Mullestang and Musicmaster are both B necks, but the MM is way chunkier than the Mustang neck. I think my Comp RI Stang is an A Width.