Finished my Duosonic humbucker build

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Finished my Duosonic humbucker build

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My humbucker build is finished. The guitar has 2 Suhr Doug Aldrich humbuckers in it along with a coil tap.
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Nice build- I have a standard Squier Duo- would love to hear a demo.
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Thanks. The bridge is high output at 17.5k. As soon as I record with it I'll post it.
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I like it. Looks less squeezed together than those Pawnshop Mustangs, maybe due to the lack of tremolo unit.
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Nice that looks classy! Reminds me of my mustang I use to have. Gotta love how lightweight those cv duos are.
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Fran wrote:I like it. Looks less squeezed together than those Pawnshop Mustangs, maybe due to the lack of tremolo unit.
but the Pawn Shop mustang doesn't have a trem unit, its just a smaller body, for some stupid reason..

it should be called a pawn shop Duo Sonic II ... what with the lack of trem, and the switches..

but anyways..

Love the mod to the Duo Sonic, even dig the pearl on gold.. and that is A LOT of pearl.
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Jim_Nowhere wrote:
Fran wrote:I like it. Looks less squeezed together than those Pawnshop Mustangs, maybe due to the lack of tremolo unit.
but the Pawn Shop mustang doesn't have a trem unit, its just a smaller body, for some stupid reason..

it should be called a pawn shop Duo Sonic II ... what with the lack of trem, and the switches..

but anyways..

Love the mod to the Duo Sonic, even dig the pearl on gold.. and that is A LOT of pearl.
Good point, it has a Strat hardtail doesn't it?
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Fran wrote:
Jim_Nowhere wrote:
Fran wrote:I like it. Looks less squeezed together than those Pawnshop Mustangs, maybe due to the lack of tremolo unit.
but the Pawn Shop mustang doesn't have a trem unit, its just a smaller body, for some stupid reason..

it should be called a pawn shop Duo Sonic II ... what with the lack of trem, and the switches..

but anyways..

Love the mod to the Duo Sonic, even dig the pearl on gold.. and that is A LOT of pearl.
Good point, it has a Strat hardtail doesn't it?
It does. And I love mine; it's a really nice guitar.

*Flounces off to post in the "guitars you own and love, but everyone else hates..." thread*

You're right though, they shouldn't have called it a Mustang. In the service notes it's called the Fender Fastback. Must have changed it to a Mustang as it is a well known name.
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Post by JohnnyTheBoy »

Looks cool! The pearl works really well on it..classy!!...my cv duo is my main gig guitar as its so light..I've got hot rail single coils in it, and they sound the mutts!!
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Post by vroaches »

Your duo sonic looks much better than those special Mustangs! Nice work
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LIke +1

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Love the pearl! 8)
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Re: Thanks.

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Thanks everybody for the compliments.
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Post by meltedbuzzbox »

Great guitar sir!
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Post by duosonic »

Looks great!
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Post by Aguirre »

That looks fabulous
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Re: More work.

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Time to do more work on my Duo-Sonic.
1.) Radius will be changed to a much flatter 16 inch.
2.) Frets will be replaced with real Jumbos 110 width by 57 height.
3.) I will remove the polyurethane from neck and give it a hand rubbed oil finish.
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Post by dustandbarley »

Very Nice
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Post by ekalks »

Radius changed to flatter 16. Jumbo frets added. Neck sanded and varnish removed. Oil hand rubbed. Plastic nut replaced with Corian. Action currently 3/64th at the 12 fret.
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That's really friggin cool. :)
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