pictures of your shortscales

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:31 pm

And i wouldnt do anything to that again, just play it hard as fuuuuch. make 32 songs on that stang. just as i did with my candy apple red mustang.

dustandbarley · Post by **dustandbarley** » Mon Apr 07, 2014 8:57 am

Before and after refin Mustang

Musicmaster bass and a Kala bass Uke - am I BANNED?

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:20 am

My daily strummer. Love this thing !!!

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:31 pm

Swapped out the JB from my KC Mustang, here it is, and with my other Fender shortscales.

Alex W · Post by **Alex W** » Sun May 04, 2014 1:17 pm

MIJ Telecaster, MIJ "smart size" Stratocaster, MIM Duosonic

Squier VM Jag, early 1960s Fender Duo-Sonic

kx- · Post by **kx-** » Mon May 26, 2014 5:12 pm

2002 Mustang and a 1978 Musicmaster with a Red Lace Sensor dropped in it

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Mon May 26, 2014 6:03 pm

othomas2 wrote:My daily strummer. Love this thing !!!

That's a nice jag dude. Finally someone with black pickups haha.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Mon May 26, 2014 6:42 pm

Thom wrote:Swapped out the JB from my KC Mustang

What's in its place?

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:52 am

Noisy Cat wrote:
Thom wrote:Swapped out the JB from my KC Mustang
What's in its place?

A Bare Knuckle VHII, it fits really well. Very clear.

RastaSonic · Post by **RastaSonic** » Tue May 27, 2014 4:19 pm

Hey all. Joined the forums awhile back. Get to check it out here and there. Lots of great stuff on here.

Anyway, I've been migrating over to short scales ever since I inherited my '65 Mustang which I should probably post some time.

Here is the first Super Sonic I bought. It was a mess when I got it. Rasta paint job, rusty everything. Bad wiring. But the neck is super sweet on it.

Then I sent it out to MJT to get it painted in Comp Blue. One of my favorite colors ever. She's got a Duncan Custom in the bridge and either a '59 or Jazz in the neck. I forget. The mini switch puts the pickups in series for a nice woman tone.

Enjoy!

JordanD · Post by **JordanD** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:21 pm

That Super Sonic is brilliant

RastaSonic · Post by **RastaSonic** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:12 pm

Thanks. I love it so much it made some of my other guitars completely irrelevant, and jealous.

Noisy Cat · Post by **Noisy Cat** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:14 pm

JordanD wrote:That Super Sonic is brilliant

Sure is!

How does two HBs in series sound?

RastaSonic · Post by **RastaSonic** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:34 pm

I really like it. Of course, it can be too wooly for lower notes and such, but its great for high smooth singing leads.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:35 pm

RastaSonic wrote:Hey all. Joined the forums awhile back. Get to check it out here and there. Lots of great stuff on here.

Anyway, I've been migrating over to short scales ever since I inherited my '65 Mustang which I should probably post some time.

Here is the first Super Sonic I bought. It was a mess when I got it. Rasta paint job, rusty everything. Bad wiring. But the neck is super sweet on it.

Then I sent it out to MJT to get it painted in Comp Blue. One of my favorite colors ever. She's got a Duncan Custom in the bridge and either a '59 or Jazz in the neck. I forget. The mini switch puts the pickups in series for a nice woman tone.

Enjoy!

Ahh! You're the dude that got the rasta sonic. I was bidding against you on it

RastaSonic · Post by **RastaSonic** » Wed May 28, 2014 2:24 am

Yep. It's me. I got it. What's funny is I went and bought a black SS later on cause I love this one so much. There is just something about the neck and the weird shaped little body that works well for me. That ones got an Invader in it, which sounds a lot better than I thought. I expected a harsher high output sound. Turned out better than I expected.

Alex W · Post by **Alex W** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:34 am

Another vintage-modern partscaster with vintage DuoSonic body and neck plus new hardware and pickups. The body was refinished LPB by some previous owner. Not an award-winning finish but it looks good from ten feet. Plays like a dream. Again, a shout out to Louisville, KY luthier Ryan Scott of Scott Guitar Works for doing all the real work in making it come together.

Third neck still waiting on a body:

RastaSonic · Post by **RastaSonic** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:07 pm

Looks sweet. I dig the blue.

Alex W · Post by **Alex W** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:42 am

I attached a vintage Musicmaster neck to my MIJ Telecaster. The basic premise is simple enough: You can bolt a strat-shaped neck into a tele-shaped neck pocket. The saddle location needs to move forward about 1/4" to allow the Musicmaster neck to intonate. There's plenty of room in the tele bridge assembly to allow the saddles to move forward 1/4" but the stock intonation screws appear to be too short. So, get new machine screws the right length and go at it.

In the case of a Fender Japan Telecaster the intonation screws were metric 3-mm diameter screws, which were hard to find locally in longer lengths. The USA version of the vintage tele bridge uses 6-32 machine screws, which are easy enough to find in various lengths. So I used some Nocaster saddles and longer machine screws from the hardware store. As a proof of concept I'd say it is a success. I think my guitar could use a luthier's hand in getting a really nice setup, and if I wanted a more vintage look to the bridge I think the stock intonation screws for a Fender bass guitar, which are 6-32 diameter and 1-7/16" long, would do the trick. It might also be a good idea to find slightly longer springs to go behind the saddles, as the extra distance makes the springs barely compressed as is.

kx- · Post by **kx-** » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:45 pm

2002 Mustang with new pickquard and a 1978 Musicmaster with a Red Lace Sensor dropped in it

pictures of your shortscales

another vintage Duo-Sonic salvage project