Short scale suggestions

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:25 pm

Iâ€™m looking for a decent (and cheap) short scale guitar to generally pull apart and mod. My last one was a â€˜satellite 65-tâ€™ (I should have a pic somewhere Iâ€™ll post it if I find it) which I punted on eBay. So now Iâ€™m looking for my next victim. Any suggestions would be welcomed.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:27 pm

squier duo-sonic?

the olders one and the new classic vibes ones are pretty solid.

Ty · Post by Ty » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:13 pm

Aren't Jagmasters still 249 new? But I think that's more around a mid-priced guitar.

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:55 pm

One of those 24" SX strats if you can find one in the UK, I couldn't.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:03 pm

TheBurbz wrote:One of those 24" SX strats if you can find one in the UK, I couldn't.

If you're looking to pull it apart and mod it, then I definitely second this idea. Though it does seem harder to locate these for you UK folk. People have finally figured out what a great little axe the mid 90's duo re-issues are so they have just about doubled and tripled in price in the last few months, otherwise they are a great basis for a hack job.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:57 pm

TheBurbz wrote:One of those 24" SX strats if you can find one in the UK, I couldn't.

i've had a look on t'internet and can only find SX acoustics, and all the other brands 3/4 size models seem to have a 22 1/2" scale lenth
which is a bit too short for me.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:00 pm

http://www.rondomusic.com/sst6234vwh.html

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:46 am

The new Duo Sonics are sweet. Myself, I wouldn't do a damn thing to them. The Jagmasters (If it has a decent neck) are begging for new electronics and pickups. Those are the sleepers nowadays. I'll have a Musicmaster or two (and there begging for work) up for sale in another month. As soon as winter subsides and I can ship a guitar without the finish self destructing.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:53 am

DaveB wrote:I'll have a Musicmaster or two (and there begging for work) up for sale in another month. As soon as winter subsides and I can ship a guitar without the finish self destructing.

Vintage or Vista?

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:38 am

Vintage or Vista?

'75 and '76.

The '76 is a complete refin. All original parts. Poor body refin, good neck refin, lots of fucked up screws. It needs a loving home. The '75 (blue one) really needs a cleaning, bridge pickup, tone control and ambition. When all said and all's done, they're pretty cool. Bro' pricing will be in effect. You can start talking to me now. I actually have an SD Phat Cat for the blue one. I also have a vintage control plate, new knobs and original saddles ( I put compensated saddles on it). Were talking $300 (red guy)-$450 (blue, including new Phat Cat).

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:31 am

Older (90s) fedner and Squier duosonics too. I has one, well Sublimedo has one these days, and its tits. They're also routed out like a motherfucker so you can drop in just abotu any pickup.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:58 pm

DaveB wrote:
Vintage or Vista?
'75 and '76.

The '76 is a complete refin. All original parts. Poor body refin, good neck refin, lots of fucked up screws. It needs a loving home. The '75 (blue one) really needs a cleaning, bridge pickup, tone control and ambition. When all said and all's done, they're pretty cool. Bro' pricing will be in effect. You can start talking to me now. I actually have an SD Phat Cat for the blue one. I also have a vintage control plate, new knobs and original saddles ( I put compensated saddles on it). Were talking $300 (red guy)-$450 (blue, including new Phat Cat).

What's going on with the control plat on that blue one? are those LED's?

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:51 pm

I have a Cimar Mustang copy if you're interested? Don't want to be whoring in the thread, but it's on the glasgow gumtree sit if you're interested.

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:01 am

That's the way I got it. The flash is blotting out "parallel" and "polarity.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:54 am

ooooh.... I like it.

I have a soft spot for ugly hack jobs. the more switches the better.

Ty · Post by Ty » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:32 am

I'm loving that red musicmaster.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:35 am

for me i like a tight simple guitar more nowadays.
no trem. two pickups one volume one tone one switch.
thats probably why my next guitar will probably be the squier duo or cv tele.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:46 pm

markleton wrote:I have a Cimar Mustang copy if you're interested? Don't want to be whoring in the thread, but it's on the glasgow gumtree sit if you're interested.

had a look: thats too nice a guitar for me to do my first custom job on, and it's a bit too expensive i'm looking for something cheap to do up.

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 9:41 pm

dezb1 wrote:
markleton wrote:I have a Cimar Mustang copy if you're interested? Don't want to be whoring in the thread, but it's on the glasgow gumtree sit if you're interested.

had a look: thats too nice a guitar for me to do my first custom job on, and it's a bit too expensive i'm looking for something cheap to do up.

Fair enough, but it might need a new nut and the switches don't like to point to the bridge. Would let it go for Â£200 though.