Musiclander Replica Build

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:58 pm

Sooo the mission is to build a swinger as close as i can to an original.
I had cooterfinger make me another body and he does such great jobs.
He put in the bass 5 routs as well. He is also making me a pearloid pickguard
that he's aging a bit and shielding plates. Since fender makes no 22.5 necks
anymore I used the closest thing I could find, a mini strat neck that's 22.75 I
wont have to cut up a vintage neck this way. I sent that to him and he's true
oiling the neck and cutting it/reshaping the headstock, then refinishing it with a
Fender logo i had that matches the original perfectly. I bought a 70's duosonic
bridge and I'm probably going to use a stock mustang neck pickup.

I don't know what color I want to paint it. Something that's popular for them and it
seems that Dakota Red and Candy Apple Red are the most common and look the
nicest. But I also really like Fiesta red ones but I don't know yet.. Here's a few pics..

Untitled by punkacc9, on Flickr

Untitled by punkacc9, on Flickr

Pretty much stuck between these two colors.

Untitled by punkacc9, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:17 am

LOL You and red.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:53 am

HNB wrote:LOL You and red.

I'm stuck in a red rut! :O I like blue but it has the be the right guitar.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:57 am

Nothing wrong with having a color you like. I have three white guitars.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:26 am

Fuck, swingers are ugly.

Jus sayin'

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:37 am

do an blue

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:16 pm

What would be a really good sounding pickup for this that I can hide under one of the mustang pickup covers?

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:41 pm

An update for who ever cares.. lol

All Cut by punkacc9, on Flickr

Cut with stain and true oil by punkacc9, on Flickr

Just needs some more coats and buffing by punkacc9, on Flickr

Aged pickguard and plate by punkacc9, on Flickr

Just needs some more coats of clear coat. The guard is done. It's aged a bit and cooterfinger made me an extra control plate. I'm going to use a mustang plate but I think this would be cool to have if I got bored of it.

mixtape · Post by **mixtape** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:19 pm

The finish on that headstock looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:34 pm

mixtape wrote:The finish on that headstock looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing the whole thing.

Thanks and yeah cooterfinger does great jobs!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:19 pm

Headstock is looking very nice.

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:20 pm

Looking good. Where did you get your decal?

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:34 pm

Thomas wrote:Looking good. Where did you get your decal?

It was custom made by a guy that use to make them on ebay. I still got his email. I actually had two 1970 musicmaster decals made and cut fender off the one and used it for this. Turns out they are the same logo.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:38 pm

I dig. I'd love to see a Swinger with just a middle pickup.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:40 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:I dig. I'd love to see a Swinger with just a middle pickup.

Yeah. That would be cool. I just always wanted a real swinger but don't have enough money, nor do I want to spend that much money for one lol. So I'm just gonna build one as close as I can to an original.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Aug 30, 2012 3:39 pm

UPDATE

It looks so much like a real swinger! Cooterfinger did such an amazing job and the neck is just killer!

329017_510914998933923_1878809248_o by punkacc9, on Flickr

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:29 pm

can you tell me what control plate you used?

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:30 pm

brainfur wrote:can you tell me what control plate you used?

Just a standard mustang one (:

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:41 pm

ok cool-- im mainly worried about finding a good lookin bridge now

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:03 pm

Yeah. It just takes a while. Anything over $60.00 isn't really worth it. All depends on HOW much you want it.