Thinking about a new project: Duosonic-Strat

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 9:56 pm

I have an old squier strat body and a sunn mustang neck. Thinking about a sonic blue body with two pickups on a mintgreen pickguard. Where can i get a mintgreen pickguard with two singleholes (europe would be cool)?

I also think about a 5-way-switch with the options neck -- both parallel -- both out-of-phase -- both serial -- bridge. Does someone have a wiring diagram for this?

[pictures will follow]

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:54 pm

Warmoth... not in Europe but that's the most hassle-free bet I take on Strat pickguards nowadays, especially if mint green/funny configs are required.

They made and shipped me this one in one week (I'm in the States but still) and it was $25. You can get either mounting hole pattern, mine is a mis-match because I originally bought this guard for a different body. I'd previously had Warmoth do a 3-pickup one that was otherwise similar.

Also your project reminds me in essence of Parquet Courts's Austin Brown's Bullet Strat

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:41 am

Just a pickguard for $25 costs $28 shipping to germany. Think i will buy a blank and drill the pickupholes myself...

What do you mean - does it make sense to do a 5-way switching? Or is it more useful to use a simple 3-way switch?

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:50 pm

As longer as i look at Austin Brown's strat, as better i think about a standard strat pickguard leaving the middlepickup as a hole...

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:45 pm

That sucks, I figured shipping would be hefty but I guess that really rules it out.... there are surely pickguard makers over there that can do it for you.

I go 3-way switch and vol/tone for two pickup Strats, it's just a Tele scheme. With that in mind you could do the 4-way Tele switch for both series/parallel middle positions if you wanted.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:10 am

Thanks, i think i keep it simple and use a 3way switch...

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:04 pm

Depending where you want the pickups:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stratocaster-Bl ... 1695714171

Personally I hate the bridge pickup on Strats so that looks good.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:03 pm

That's a rad idea!

I'd prefered the combination neck / bridge. But i will think about this reason... Looks very cool and unusual!

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 1:31 pm

I don't know too much about Sunn Mustangs, but you might want to make sure the strat body and you Sunn neck will work together and intonate. What is the scale of the neck and how many frets does it have?

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:23 am

Sunn Mustangs are close Stratcopies from an indian company. They were licensed by Fender (FMIC).
As i know, are they 25,5". I think, there is no problem with intonation.

George · Post by **George** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:59 am

smdh at that guy taking out the middle pickup and leaving a hole.

i like the look of duo sonic strats if done properly, but wouldn't have them myself. the bridge-middle quack position is too good

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Thu Jun 18, 2015 9:45 am

Started:

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:44 am

I think this will be the way it goes...

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jun 28, 2015 3:59 am

Lookin' good!

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:56 pm

I've done some aging to see the sunburst under the sonic blue color. Like it a lot.

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:36 am

I've finished my duosonic.

I really like it. The sunn neck is a pleasure. The pickups are cheap squier ones, and i will swap them in future, but for the moment, they sound not bad.

Here's some pics:

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:50 pm

I dig it. FAHCK those middle pickups.