DuoSonic resurrection

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:23 pm

I've been thinking about pulling this mexi-sonic out of the closet and 'doing it up' abit. I know these have been gaining ground for the past year or so but I dont think I want to go back factory on it (the tuners, pickguard and nut really blow on these things).

So in the pictures you can see that its all factory but the pickguard is broke in several places (thank fender for 1 ply) and the paint is very thin... these problems aside everything else makes up a real cool guitar.

My thoughts are these;
70's fender 'f' tuners
3 ply w/b/w (or yellowed pearloid)
Black paint (thicker than factory of course)
p/u's (pearlgates and a duckbucker in neck)

What do you guys and gals think? Would you go dif? Would you leave the factory decals on the headstock? Would you even bother with a build up?

bigger duosonic mim by fenderss80, on Flickr

small duosonic mim by fenderss80, on Flickr

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:19 pm

Green pearl or stealth duo!

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:23 pm

.. i just had visions of a matching black headstock.......

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:26 pm

Haze wrote:Green pearl or stealth duo!

GREEN PEARL!

This meme is really making a comeback lately.

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:30 pm

meme? what is this?

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 7:43 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 8:12 pm

haha gotcha and yeah, ive seen a bunch of these around and their prices are going up. a year or so ago I was seeing these everywhere for 100 bucks and now I see them in shops for between 250 and 400. I know alot of them have been chopped up and discarded as trash after the pickups or neck has been removed, thats why I dont want to just part it out completely.

This is one reason I've really been having to go over the "get it out of the case or not" question... also that for every 10 I see only one is black, mostly see red and blue ones about.

One that subject, does anyone know where you can look up how many of each color of a certain model was made?

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:26 am

The Maple neck & headstock are beggin for an aged yellowed pearloid pickguard. That would work with Green Pearl...or you might consider stripping it to the natural wood and finishing it with Fender Neck Amber from Guitar ReRanch.

Whatever you decide

have fun!

Will · Post by **Will** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:30 am

Why refin? Just to make the finish thicker and plasticy-er?

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:57 am

oh no, see thats the thing. The paint quality suuuuucks that they used on those things (along with everything else fender painted in those years imo), it now looks like plastic.

I hate the fact that the few RI's we have gotten of the duosonics have been just thrown together on a whim. I want to be able to display this one with my other fender guitars and not have it stick out like a sour thumb.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:01 am

I have a pickguard just like yours i could send to you, it isn't chipped like yours BUT it does have an extra hole i drilled for a kill switch

I'd say just keep that one as your power chord rock machine and let it get some honest dings

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:56 am

awesome man.. thanks and pm'd!

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:15 pm

Alrighty so I got the guitar all together (aside from a few pickguard screws - put some in on order for myself and Haze so be in this week) and it sounds great.
The case was put together to not refinish the guitar and Im glad I didnt, looks awesome!

Haze hooked me up with a real cool pickguard that has turned a very nice mint tint
I added a black cover to a texas special I had for the neck position and put a black d-rail in the bridge position
New 1/4 jack, wire and 3 position switch
Got the neck straight and set intonation (which is pretty good with 11's and stock equipment)
The knobs are wonky awesome! Tone knob is a great big old amp knob and volume is a smaller amp knob. I like the action of the knobs, easy to swell with
pinky!

Im still going to get a set of 70's f tuners for the guitar and I might order in a duckbucker for the bridge position.. dont know yet.

Alright, with all that said I got the guitar out and my line 6 amp to do a demo..... my daughter pitched a fit to play and so now all I could was snap a pic of her playing the guitar

my lil girl playing duosonic by fenderss80, on Flickr
I will do a demo of the guitar if she naps early enough...

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:33 pm

holy shit, brostang pickup configuration. it's highly likely that it sounds amazing.

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:35 pm

man it does sound amazing... that neck tone is crazy bro! haha I havent been able to get it back out since lil bit was playing it, been doing the 'slip n slide' outdoors watersports.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:29 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:holy shit, brostang pickup configuration. it's highly likely that it sounds amazing.

my ghost duo also has that pickup configuration

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:23 am

ghost duo?

post a pic

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:25 am

on the right (obviously)

broncobuster80 · Post by **broncobuster80** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:31 am

beautimous! Whats going on with that tasty treat beside it?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:35 am

probably not much for the next bit, as its at my folks and i'm not sure when i'll have time to work on it again.

but you can follow its progress here

http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35643