reworking: 1974 Mustang Project.

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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reworking: 1974 Mustang Project.

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so i posted about this before the board died .. and i haven't really done much with it since then.
except get a control plate and a tail piece

and my neck showed up last week
i'm still short a humbucker...
but then again, theseglossyeyes is hooking me up with one
so.. yeah on to the pictures

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it sat like this for many months
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i moved, stuff happened
then i got my control plate and my neck
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i kind of have this desire to sand it down, spray it red, and decal it
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its from a early 90's duo sonic
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also i'm thinking comp stripes, but i'd have to say good bye to my "eat your own" sticker
anyways...
here it is with my panda looking on
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and before i attach the neck i had to make sure that the scale would work
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now i just need a white single coil cover for the neck pup (diMarzio class of 55)
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it's so ugly. please don't change it.
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bubbles_horwitz wrote:it's so ugly. please don't change it.
it will be a christmas guitar
but i'll never play it in december
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dew it...
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Haze wrote:dew it...
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Post by astro »

Is the neck from a MIM duosonic?

I love maple boards on Mustangs!
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Just say NO to humbuckers.
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astro wrote:Is the neck from a MIM duosonic?

I love maple boards on Mustangs!
i believe so
neck info i grabbed it off of ebay for next to nothing
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Good price. It will be super short scale if MIM Duo.
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yup 22.5" measured out, the intonation should be perfect
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i opted to do a colour matched head stock.
and ended up with comp stripes.. due to This Thread of awesomeness
plus i've always wanted a comp strip mustang..
scale is 22.5
just need to get some cloth wire and i'll be good. but now my issue is do i do the humbucker.. or opt for this beautiful twang king in the bridge position..
pick guard has already been mauled. so it goes.
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Dude, that's not going to intonnate. MIM Duo necks are 22.7". Your tape shows 11-5/16" at the 12th fret, and 22-1/2" at the bridge. That should be a little more than half way between 22-5/8" and 22-3/4" to intonnate correctly.
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haha, it's so zaney!

I cannot help with the question of pups - I like my singles and I likes my buckers...
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yeah taht measurement was done before i bolted it on, i corrected it after getting the neck on, wired up appears ok, i won't really know until i get the pups in and a set of 11's on it
since i just tossed on whatever i had for unused strings around to test it with.
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alright she is finished!

decided to say fuck it on the humbucker.
who wants a humbucker anyways

neck pup is a DiMarzio class of `55
bridge pup is from the squier Bronco Bass

its got balls and twang.

the neck is from a 90's duo sonic II (22.7" scale)
i matched the head stock, since the green wasn't working for me
after about the 15th fret the intonation goes a little off, but i can live with that.

so.. now onto the pics.

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so now i ask..
mustang
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or bronco knobs?
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How about one of each?

No?

Bronco, then.
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stang knobs FTW

that thing looks great.
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that is ridiculously awesome.

Fucking stupendous job man.
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it's so...words cannot describe, should have sent a poet.......
side note, where do you get those decals like the ones that say "devo made me do it" and so on?
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