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Post by **Doog** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:32 pm

So I've fallen in love with the Stagg 'Vintage T' model:

.. and was considering picking one up, although after replacing the ugmo neck, shitty vintage saddles and ashtray bridge and possibly-shite pickups, I might as well just make a parts one myself.

BUT.. any idea about that scratchplate? Ever seen it on a different model?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:40 pm

It's like an adapted Cabronita job - happy to lasercut you one to save you buying that uggo thing. Do an bitsa tele.

HACTUALLY, looking again, it's just a cut-down regular tele guard with a notch out of it for the soapbar. I could do you one of those piece of piss.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:54 pm

Not a million miles from the Aerodyne Tele, that.

[youtube][/youtube]/roe

Post by **Doog** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:56 pm

You truly are a good one, Timmoh.

benecol wrote:HACTUALLY, looking again, it's just a cut-down regular tele guard with a notch out of it for the soapbar. I could do you one of those piece of piss.

But what about the shapely curve by the bridge? Seems mighty tricksome..

Post by **Doog** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 1:59 pm

Bacchus wrote:Not a million miles from the Aerodyne Tele, that.

[youtube][/youtube]/roe

Oooooooh, so it does, sans scratchy. Check THIS one out, godDAMN: http://sweetguitars.ru/good.php?id=3437 ... 5488126e3b

It's like the Doogcaster and the Black Francis Contemporary Tele had a wee babby. UNGH

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 2:05 pm

As I understand it, the Aerodyne series was a bit more extended in Japan where they came in different colours and such. I think the only ones that were exported were the tele and a HSS strat, also without pick guard and with a carved top. There were basses too but I don't know if they were exported or not.

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 3:19 pm

Doog wrote:BUT.. any idea about that scratchplate? Ever seen it on a different model?

Yes, I've seen it on a Chinese Cabronita copy. It was really nice, painted white with black scratchplate and Artec pickups. I looked through my bookmarks and couldn't find it, but some links to Chinese guitars yielded pages that were gone, so it was probably sold.

I do have a pic of it somewhere, I can send it to you if you want.

edit: actually not the same, even cooler looking

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 6:50 pm

Doog wrote:Seems mighty tricksome..

benecol wrote:LASER cut

HARNESS TEH POWER OF TEH VECTOR FILE DOOGLAS.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 7:26 pm

benecol wrote:soapbar.

My brother in law visited on Friday & had some. I had an instant Proustian moment from a time past

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 9:43 pm

Just got back from my evening cycle ride, which takes me past many of my teenage bongo-smoking haunts. Nice to ride past crap Corsas as the kids of today hit the crappy flatpress and get spooked trying to work out if I'm a copper.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:18 pm

Do you still have your Aerodyne, Paul?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:24 pm

Yep.

Well, sort of. It's with all my other stuff back in Ireland. I only have access to an acoustic these days.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:14 am

just buy this.

you get J Mascus neck instead of that bloddy spinter factory on the stagg.

new pickguard and you are all set

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:43 am

Unless he likes the neck P-90 instead of a Jazzmaster pickup.

When those Squiers came out I thought they were really cool cause I've always wanted to do that combo...but the more I look at it the neck pickups just look weird and huge set inside a tele pickguard like that.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:57 am

A new neck and set of saddles for the Stagg may ultimately be the most no-nonsense and wallet-friendly route, and have the added benefit of not giving you a weird guitar full of extra pickguard holes, exposed neck pocket divots and superfluous bucker routing showing afterward like a CV/VM Squier or MIM Fender body would if adapted to this style.

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Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 10:21 am

Bacchus wrote:As I understand it, the Aerodyne series was a bit more extended in Japan where they came in different colours and such. I think the only ones that were exported were the tele and a HSS strat, also without pick guard and with a carved top. There were basses too but I don't know if they were exported or not.

The original Aerodynes were all black with cream binding and were just the Jazz Bass, Telecaster and Stratocaster (I have the JB&Tele), a couple years later the other colours, and the Precision Bass came along.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:13 pm

what is with the neck pocket divits? who's running that shit?

Post by **Doog** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 1:54 pm

benecol wrote:
Doog wrote:Seems mighty tricksome..

benecol wrote:LASER cut
HARNESS TEH POWER OF TEH VECTOR FILE DOOGLAS.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:04 pm

robroe wrote:just buy this.

you get J Mascus neck instead of that bloddy spinter factory on the stagg.

new pickguard and you are all set

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Dang, I did not know about these. I guess a new bridge AND a scratchplate is not too big a deal, specially since it's already a string-thru (do not want toploader)

paul_ wrote:A new neck and set of saddles for the Stagg may ultimately be the most no-nonsense and wallet-friendly route, and have the added benefit of not giving you a weird guitar full of extra pickguard holes, exposed neck pocket divots and superfluous bucker routing showing afterward like a CV/VM Squier or MIM Fender body would if adapted to this style.

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I think I could definitely vibe with the weird microswitch and neck route holes for da tswiss cheese steez. Not sure about the new pup route route..

Nick wrote:Unless he likes the neck P-90 instead of a Jazzmaster pickup.

When those Squiers came out I thought they were really cool cause I've always wanted to do that combo...but the more I look at it the neck pickups just look weird and huge set inside a tele pickguard like that.

Yeah, that's kinda my thinking.. P90s are just about the right side of 'huge' in this context, the JMs look kinda goofy.. I'm gonna some kisekae action tonight and see if it works at all.

Thanks for all the science y'all have dropped guys, much appreciated.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Nov 03, 2014 2:23 pm

If I could stick a Tele bridge into a Squier Cabronita Mit Bigsby, that'd also be rad.

SO MANY CHOICES, GUYS

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