FFS *shakes head*

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:30 am

On the one rare occasion you find a vintage Fender short scale neck on UK Ebay it has been butchered by a numbskull.
Wtf though, srsly?

Bronco Neck

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:36 am

i have seen worse, but that is pretty ugly. i guess on the same side tho.
its not the worst thing i have ever seen done to a shortscale neck.
does anyone remember the jag neck that was converted to a 12 string?

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:00 am

i was going to buy for the price, but i know if i did i would hate any guitar i'd put it on.....
For someone with skills making it look like a tele headstock is probably easy, but i don't even like tele headstocks that much. Actually a tele headstock on a stang doesn't seen that bad now that i think about it...

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:05 am

Someone could cut it off and put another piece of wood there to cut it to the proper shape. It would only be suitable for a matching headstock though.

This:

sp3k wrote:For someone with skills making it look like a tele headstock is probably easy, but i don't even like tele headstocks that much. Actually a tele headstock on a stang doesn't seen that bad now that i think about it...

really isn't a bad idea.

clarkbar · Post by **clarkbar** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:35 am

someone should use that neck to tackle the GH5 Jagstang with the tele headstock.
I would so love one

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:55 am

clarkbar wrote:someone should use that neck to tackle the GH5 Jagstang with the tele headstock.
I would so love one

His guitar has neither a strap nor a cable.

MAGIC?

clarkbar · Post by **clarkbar** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:56 am

He Just Must Be THAT EPIC! I mean if he came back from the dead he should be able to make his guitar float. lol

astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:06 am

clarkbar wrote:He Just Must Be THAT EPIC! I mean if he came back from the dead he should be able to make his guitar float. lol

You can totaly tell the Fender Custom shop had been briefed about his magical levitation skills: they never installed the guitar's strap pegs.

clarkbar · Post by **clarkbar** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:15 am

HAHAHA Irony being that GH is sponsored by Gibson...

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:51 am

robert(original) wrote:does anyone remember the jag neck that was converted to a 12 string?

i used to own that:

James · Post by **James** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 4:06 am

Did the 12 string Jaguar headstock ever get fixed? I remember seeing some pictures that looked like the sort of thing pictures of that headstock being fixed would look like, but I can't really remember the details.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:31 am

nah, sold'd to sublimedo. i never got around to fixing it.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:57 am

sub showed it to me, the frets are ok, the nut needs to be tossed, the thing can be re-done and fixed, but..... dare i say.
its not worth it.
the only good parts are the veneer board, the heal stamp and the idea that it was once a really cool jag neck.
i remember that the "volute" area had also been re-shaped, and it felt rather weird.
i think that it would almost be better to complete the idea of a 12 string rather then waste the time and money to make it into what it once was(which it will never be, due to the wood that was removed passed the nut on the back of the neck).

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:19 am

robert(original) wrote: i remember that the "volute" area had also been re-shaped, and it felt rather weird.

that alone would kill it for me
like you said, it WAS a sweet neck but no more

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 9:38 am

It looks like one of them Yamaha pacifca headstocks. Its not all bad IMO. If i had the cash i'd buy it.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:23 am

Im gonna need a short scale neck for my next JS project, i stared long and hard at that Bronco neck last night...

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:29 am

robert(original) wrote:sub showed it to me, the frets are ok, the nut needs to be tossed, the thing can be re-done and fixed, but..... dare i say.
its not worth it.
the only good parts are the veneer board, the heal stamp and the idea that it was once a really cool jag neck.
i remember that the "volute" area had also been re-shaped, and it felt rather weird.
i think that it would almost be better to complete the idea of a 12 string rather then waste the time and money to make it into what it once was(which it will never be, due to the wood that was removed passed the nut on the back of the neck).

WAAAT? Rob, I'm disappointed! not worth it? Its an easy fix and a nut is nothing.Its still a superior neck from 1964. The area behind the headstock kind of sucks but I don't fret there so its fine. Besides its going to work way better than the serviceman neck.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:42 am

Fran wrote:Im gonna need a short scale neck for my next JS project, i stared long and hard at that Bronco neck last night...

Go for it dude. Yes its ugly but as least it'll work.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:01 pm

Noirie. wrote:
Fran wrote:Im gonna need a short scale neck for my next JS project, i stared long and hard at that Bronco neck last night...
Go for it dude. Yes its ugly but as least it'll work.

Nope. Â£95 is still far too much for it in it's current state.

The guy is living in a dreamworld - he says it's a "good example of a 60/70s Fender neck". It's clearly not.
It has been hacked at and also repaired since.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 12:13 pm

I'd say offering Â£60 or so wouldn't be a terrible deal.

It's a shame about the circle part at the end of the headstock. If that was at it was supposed to be it would be an easier fix.

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