cool swingre project: headstock update

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:34 pm

look at this cool project I'm doing! body and mint pg by shortscaler Richard "cooterfinger"

in the spirit of the original musiclander being a parts bin guitar, im going to try to use up as much of the extra junk i have laying around

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:38 pm

Fuckin cool. But there really doesn't seem to be a big swinger following on here. But I'll support ya

gusman2x · Post by **gusman2x** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:48 pm

I think they're cool as fuck. Are they 24" or 22"?

I hope you're going with the arrow headstock as well

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:20 pm

gusman2x wrote:I think they're cool as fuck. Are they 24" or 22"?

I hope you're going with the arrow headstock as well

well, im going to try to use a 24" conversion neck i have laying around from a jagmaster -- I think the CBS head-stock has enough wood on it to do a sort of arrow headstock so I'll try that first

plan:

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:21 pm

its not gonna look perfect with those big tuners but at least it will be a free neck

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:37 pm

Use a squier mini strat neck, add a piece of wood, recut it, and then just install F tuners which it is already set up for like I did (:

EDIT: the mini necks are 22.75 scale so it's the closest you can get to the original neck without destroying a vintage one.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:38 pm

that sounds like a LOT more effort for a neck that will be uncomfortable to play when im done with it!

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:40 pm

The mini necks are pretty damn comfortable lol.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:44 pm

mayyybe, but i already have a jagmaster neck that i need to use for something!

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:23 pm

i just ordered the bridge and control plate from angela, and my respirator arrived from amazon so i can spraypaint stuff

im pretty pumped

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:38 pm

I'm excited. I just dropped my swinger body off at the painters

looks like we are gonna build em at the same time.

Pens · Post by **Pens** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:22 am

Eh, what is the bridge position on that body? Does it support the conversion neck, ie is it placed for strat scale?

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:54 am

cooter cut the guard for strat scale so the conversion neck should work as well-- theres gonna be a gap between bridge and the guard but i think it will look ok since its hardtail

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:39 pm

just updating this with a pic of the body with 24" neck. i think its gonna be great and while its a small body it doesnt feel as tiny to me as the mustang does

sort of a compromise between jaguar and mustang body size

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:57 pm

Originally swingers were 22.5" scale. If i was making one, I would make a 24" scale swinger. Big fan of the Swinger Headstock.

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Thu Jan 17, 2013 8:10 pm

yeah dude I hope i can get away with chopping my jagmaster headstock-- otherwise im gonna order a paddle headstock from allparts and cut it to spec

brainfur · Post by **brainfur** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:47 pm

headstock mod first pass-- needs some more sanding and shaping but basically im ok with it

cur · Post by **cur** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:55 pm

Well the hard part is done, now you just need to radius the point. Can't wait to see how this project goes.