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jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:46 pm

astro wrote:
I don't understand why Fender doesn't want to do Mustangs in its regular custom shop runs... they do Jags, don't they? sometimes I think Fender is hung up on the fact that it's a "student" guitar. If they did a run of "thin skin" mustangs, I'm sure people would snap them up.

I don't think people would pay $1500 at all for a Thin Skin mustang, considering it would have the 9.5 radius and big frets, most Mustang owners would hate that. Also with the exception of the Comp Mustangs, you can still get plenty of vintage mustangs for $1500 or less.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:01 pm

jcyphe wrote:
astro wrote:
I don't understand why Fender doesn't want to do Mustangs in its regular custom shop runs... they do Jags, don't they? sometimes I think Fender is hung up on the fact that it's a "student" guitar. If they did a run of "thin skin" mustangs, I'm sure people would snap them up.
I don't think people would pay $1500 at all for a Thin Skin mustang, considering it would have the 9.5 radius and big frets, most Mustang owners would hate that. Also with the exception of the Comp Mustangs, you can still get plenty of vintage mustangs for $1500 or less.

count me in the most mustang owners would hate that group. the stock neck is like the perfect neck already don't go fucking it up

Post by **Mike** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:04 pm

I'm embarrassed to say I don't know anything about radiusing or fret size. I don't know what the radius or frets are on the Baja Telecaster and Telecaster deluxe necks I love so much for example. The only neck stat I really understand is the Profile Shape.

The Warmoth Mustang neck I ordered is just vintage specs all round, I just selected whatever said vintage next to it, because I didn't understand so I thought I would just be consistent.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:40 pm

Mike wrote:I'm embarrassed to say I don't know anything about radiusing or fret size.

I don't pay any attention to that stuff either. I notice stuff like this fretboard is flatter than this other one, or this neck is wider but I don't sit there with a radius gauge wigging out about it.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:15 pm

I didn't realize Fender changed the specs on the thin skins... I thought they were vintage specs. Why would fender fuck with that? The 7.25" radius was perfect as it is...

ludger · Post by **ludger** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:39 pm

jcyphe wrote:
Mike wrote:I'm embarrassed to say I don't know anything about radiusing or fret size.
I don't pay any attention to that stuff either. I notice stuff like this fretboard is flatter than this other one, or this neck is wider but I don't sit there with a radius gauge wigging out about it.

Me neither. I just play anything.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:05 pm

i'm usually not too concerned with the fretboard radius. i know i've played some strat knock-offs where the fretboard was so flat that i didn't like it. but now that i've been playing classical for a while, i'm used to a flat fretboard.
i think if i had a choice, i'd choose a vintage radius on a fender simply because it'd be true to the original design.