78 Mustang... to the bandsaw or not?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:45 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:so wait, this guitar is supposedly vintage or something? or you know it was made by some jaggoff in his garage...

it's both. looks like a smashed 70s maplestang had that nonsense glued to the top.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:50 pm

you can clearly see the mismatched piece of wood on the top of the guitar.

The necks on those maple stangs are really cool. They really suck when they need their frets replaced, though.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:55 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:so wait, this guitar is supposedly vintage or something? or you know it was made by some jaggoff in his garage... because i refuse to believe that this used to be an actual mustang.

bustang.

It's a smashed up Mustang. Factory stamps inside pickup cavities etc. It just had a bad choice of repair template by who ever repaired the body.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:57 pm

Make sure your template is accurate and aligned properly. Cut and route the corners. Done.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:39 am

stewart wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:so wait, this guitar is supposedly vintage or something? or you know it was made by some jaggoff in his garage...
it's both. looks like a smashed 70s maplestang had that nonsense glued to the top.

dar, i see it now. tis both.

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:31 pm

Mustang sheilding..?

Since I put the thing together years ago, I've recently found out about the brass plates used as sheilding/grounds in thses things.. Are they available anywhere? I ahd a quick look but didnt find owt. (didnt look far)

Or does sticky back copper sheet do ok and solder a line to it, maybe a screw in the body?

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:39 pm

rps-10 wrote:Mustang sheilding..?

Since I put the thing together years ago, I've recently found out about the brass plates used as sheilding/grounds in thses things.. Are they available anywhere? I ahd a quick look but didnt find owt. (didnt look far)

Or does sticky back copper sheet do ok and solder a line to it, maybe a screw in the body?

Can't find it either, but I found Jaguar/Jazzmaster shielding you could modify to fit.

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/elec ... shield.htm

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:42 pm

just buy some brass (hobby shops will have it, as will some hardware stores, do you have an Elliot's up there?) and some tin snips. I used window glazing points to hold it in on The Sonic Kitten

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:05 am

Could never make my mind up, sold to pay the bills..

see http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtop ... c15#892717