ARE U REAL MAN? SHOW DUOSONIC THEN.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:16 am

bassintom wrote:
So many Duo Sonics makes me want a Duo Sonic
Makes me wish I never sold mine to serfx..

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and i'm digging it!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:24 am

Haze wrote:aah i need to find pickgaurds cheap pickgaurds for these haha
i could do the all black but i still would have a maple neck onnit

yea, like I said in another thread black+black+maple=sex. it sucks it's so hard to find those pickguards. WD Music has them but they're like extortionist prices.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:37 am

i might have to dew it...
i guess i could spend over 30 for a proper black pickgaurd

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:31 am

fuck all you gotta do is send your pickgutard in the mail to robOG and he will make you a copy in black.

or if he don't want to mo can fucking do it. dude needs practice n shit right?

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:18 pm

robroe wrote:fuck all you gotta do is send your pickgutard in the mail to robOG and he will make you a copy in black.

or if he don't want to mo can fucking do it. dude needs practice n shit right?

robroe has the game down.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:22 am

got my black robroes and mustang knobs in the post today
wired in some better [actual alnico] pickups in [instead of ceramic]
will post pics of it all put together shortly
the thing looks SEXY

will keep an eye on a black guard, if nothing comes up i'll buy some blank stuff and dew it myself

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:10 am

squire routes these things to fuck

but damn does it look good

plack guard for 30!

http://guitarpartsresource.com/pickguards_duosonic.htm

must buy

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:14 am

Haze wrote:plack guard for 30!
http://guitarpartsresource.com/pickguards_duosonic.htm

must buy

that's not for the reissue, that's for the vintage. this is for the reissue:
http://www.wdmusic.com/pickguard_dsr_900.html

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:50 pm

I want one...

MMPicker · Post by **MMPicker** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:03 pm

Does this count?

James · Post by **James** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:07 pm

MMPicker wrote:Does this count?

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2161/img0255lw1.jpg

Musicmaster II with added bridge pickup? It sure does.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:24 pm

guitarist for DMBQ

hmm, I was trying to find a newer picture showing how he's modded it...

in the latest issue of spin (the one with M.I.A. on the cover) there is a huge photo splash page where you can see it though.

zenpharaohs · Post by **zenpharaohs** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:24 am

Well allrighty then here's mine:

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:25 am

zenpharaohs wrote:Well allrighty then here's mine:

Good start, looking goood.

zenpharaohs wrote:

WOAH WHAT!?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:36 am

hahaha

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:35 am

Good God, man... Why?

zenpharaohs · Post by **zenpharaohs** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:48 am

laterallateral wrote:Good God, man... Why?

It's an interesting story. I was thinking about getting a custom guitar built - pretty much equivalent of an Anderson Cobra with a short scale, and we did this to see what it might end up sounding like. At the time (about 1996), we used a 1993 MIM Duo Sonic as the starting point because (and I consulted a prominent vintage dealer on this very question) I didn't want to hack up anything that people were going to consider "vintage"...

That being said, the bottom line it this is a killer guitar. It's strung with 12s and it rings like a bell. I haven't been here long enough to know, but I suppose there is a healthy complement of alt-style people here. Other than liking some of Nels Cline's work with Wilco, I'm pretty much an alt- skeptic, if not an outright alt- denialist.

My wife just got another 1993 MIM Duo Sonic for my seven year old son. And, although that one is really nice (although the bridge pickup is dead) it has some of the intonation issues you would expect with the original Duo Sonic bridge.

In the intervening years, I haven't found a custom builder who would do anything in this short a scale. One of the reasons I joined this site when I found out about it is to ask if there are any custom builders who work in short scale.

Eventually, (meaning if I retire soon enough) I will probably try building my own.

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:01 am

Well, that's a good guitar story.
I personally think it doesn't look good but I'm not the one playing it, so who gives a shit, right?

alt-denialist, eh?
That sounds awfully restrictive to me.
Surely you don't mean to say that you make a point of listening to nothing but bland, overplayed, formulaic pop music.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:46 am

zenpharaohs wrote:
In the intervening years, I haven't found a custom builder who would do anything in this short a scale. One of the reasons I joined this site when I found out about it is to ask if there are any custom builders who work in short scale.

Eventually, (meaning if I retire soon enough) I will probably try building my own.

RObert Original!

Will · Post by **Will** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:41 am

I find it awesome
like vista musicmaster
only tuxedo!