pictures of your shortscales

James · Post by **James** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:25 am

Fran wrote:
honeyiscool wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the Bronco maple neck is much better than Musicmaster or Mustang necks?
Better than a maple Mustang neck?
I've had all three with rosewood fretboards and i think the Bronco is the thinnest, lovely neck, all of them.

Having played a load of Mustang necks from the same year, I would say that there isn't enough consistency to even get close to saying 'musicmaster', 'mustang' or 'bronco' necks. I would bet that if you played enough of them you'd find one of each that was near identical to play and several that were so far away from what seemed to be the general consensus you wouldn't believe they were made by the same company let alone in the same year.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:10 am

Fran wrote:
honeyiscool wrote:Am I the only one who thinks the Bronco maple neck is much better than Musicmaster or Mustang necks?
Better than a maple Mustang neck?
I've had all three with rosewood fretboards and i think the Bronco is the thinnest, lovely neck, all of them.

I meant as in bass. Did they even make a Bronco neck in maple?

I'd love to try a maple Mustang guitar neck. With an Olympic white body, it would be stunning.

Really, though, as much as I like maple, in a guitar, I can't tell the difference and I prefer rosewood because it looks nicer with a matching headstock and matching headstocks look nice with competition stripes and competition stripes make your guitar play faster.

desertan · Post by **desertan** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:29 pm

Here's a few of my Fender shorties:

MIM '94(?) DS with long-neck...well, it's a shorty body, anyway...Lace active harness and pickups from a Strat, Floyd the Barber, handmade everything, Sherwood Green, abalone markers...yeah, I gotta lower the pups, for sure:

June '56 DS with April '56 22.5" neck from the very first run of short-scale necks. Fiesta Red:

MIJ 2004 Sunburst Mustang:

MIJ 2004 Jags, CAR and pigeon poop Antigua:

More in process...

avj · Post by **avj** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:34 pm

desertan wrote:MIM '94(?) DS with long-neck...well, it's a shorty body, anyway...Lace active harness and pickups from a Strat, Floyd the Barber, handmade everything, Sherwood Green, abalone markers...yeah, I gotta lower the pups, for sure:

Wow, awesome. Is that a clear guard that's painted on the second surface? I'd love to see more photos of that guitar.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:35 pm

avj wrote:
desertan wrote:MIM '94(?) DS with long-neck...well, it's a shorty body, anyway...Lace active harness and pickups from a Strat, Floyd the Barber, handmade everything, Sherwood Green, abalone markers...yeah, I gotta lower the pups, for sure:

Wow, awesome. Is that a clear guard that's painted on the second surface? I'd love to see more photos of that guitar.

me too. it's a neat idea

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:58 pm

i'm more curious as to how the painted fretboard feels.

that 'burst RI mustang is gorgeous.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:00 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i'm more curious as to how the painted fretboard feels.

that 'burst RI mustang is gorgeous.

prolly like a maple neck. i assume the color is clear coated a lot like maple neck would be. maybe it feels different.

desertan · Post by **desertan** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:10 pm

The guitar was built on a dare...it's got a really cheap licensed Strat neck with terrible grain so the whole darned neck was treated to a color job, once the abalone markers were put in. I play lots of Ricks so the slick neck feels all right to me.

The guard is second-surface, made from .125" cast acrylic and edges were routed and polished with a nice clean bevel.

More pics:

avj · Post by **avj** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:14 pm

desertan wrote:The guitar was built on a dare...it's got a really cheap licensed Strat neck with terrible grain so the whole darned neck was treated to a color job, once the abalone markers were put in. I play lots of Ricks so the slick neck feels all right to me.

The guard is second-surface, made from .125" cast acrylic and edges were routed and polished with a nice clean bevel.

More pics:

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Very cool all around. Somehow the gold just works.

I love the guard because it just appears to be a clear guard laying atop the body, yet no routes or wires are visible. It took my brain a second to process what was going on when I first had a look.

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:14 pm

desertan wrote:Here's a few of my Fender shorties:

MIM '94(?) DS with long-neck...well, it's a shorty body, anyway...Lace active harness and pickups from a Strat, Floyd the Barber, handmade everything, Sherwood Green, abalone markers...yeah, I gotta lower the pups, for sure:

Does it intonate properly with the short body and long neck? Looks very very cool.

desertan · Post by **desertan** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:20 pm

Yes, it was constructed with both scale length and compensation taken into account.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:02 am

holy cow that DS is too cool.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:23 am

That green guitar is hot.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:26 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:i'm more curious as to how the painted fretboard feels.

that 'burst RI mustang is gorgeous.

+1.

That is the first Sunburst mustang I have seen that I actually think looks sexy.

I like the pigeon poop Antigua finish. I would rock it.

ykyk69 · Post by **ykyk69** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:00 am

my warmoth/fender jaguar

my 78 bronco

desertan · Post by **desertan** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:53 pm

I've got a pair of sandals just like that...

rps-10 · Post by **rps-10** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:43 pm

desertan wrote:The guitar was built on a dare...it's got a really cheap licensed Strat neck with terrible grain so the whole darned neck was treated to a color job, once the abalone markers were put in. I play lots of Ricks so the slick neck feels all right to me.

The guard is second-surface, made from .125" cast acrylic and edges were routed and polished with a nice clean bevel.

More pics:

Awesomeness

plus a Mustang body with a recessed FR trem.. wouldnt have thought it deep enough

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:18 pm

mustang body = offset body

duo sonic body = non-offset

that is not a mustnag body

Richard · Post by **Richard** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:30 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:mustang body = offset body

Original duo sonic body = non-offset

Duo-Sonic II body= offset

that is not a mustnag body

desertan · Post by **desertan** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:50 pm

That's a Mexican DS body, from the early '90s.

The original DS like my avatar--it's my '59--was offset, though not radically. Still, the waist is not parallel to the ground plane, nor is it perpendicular to the strings. Therefore, offset.