Phil O'Keefe wrote:Mustang / Musicmaster or Duo Sonic - all came in 24" neck versions, and all of them would work well for blues and modern rock styles. Heck, if you're on a budget, go try out one of those current Squier Duo Sonics - they're pretty darned nice and dirt cheap, even new... and yes, they have a 24" scale neck too.
Damn,
I thought they had a 22.5" like the Mexis in the 90s. I think the CV Duo would be a nice choice. It'd be cheap to get and upgrade if I wanted to. Thanks.
I think based on price I'll probably go with the CV Duo. I always thought the new remakes had the 22.5" scale also so thats what has kept me away from them. Also, there are never any in stock at the GC I go to .. go figure.
If you're talking about camp fender, I'd consider the 24.75" scale guitars like the cyclone and the tornado to be shortscale guitars. Now the vintage modified squire thinline? Not so much.
"Talk about the original short scale guitars. Mustangs, Duo-Sonics, Musicmasters, Jaguars, Broncos, Jag-stang, Jagmaster, Super-Sonic, Cyclone, and Toronados. "
They're officially short scales
A cyclone would be a cool blues guitar. I don't know about the humbucker but the tex mex in the neck would be a good blues pickup probably.
Any of them will do it with the right pickups I suppose. Maybe a mustang just with a wiring mod to be able to throw the pickups in series?
Well, I decided to grab up on Haze CV Duo so I'll have it sometime next week. Pretty cool that they have 24" scales on those guitars now. I used to have one when I was a young'n and didn't give 2 shits about much. Sold it and still miss it. My Buddy has it "somewhere" and said he'd give it to me if he ever "found it" but never has. Alas, I finally have a Duo again so it'll be nice to reunite but with a more proper scale. I'll bond with it a bit and then decide on how to make it more bluesy in the neck and probably more grungey in the bridge. Thanks for suggestions guys. Now I'm off to bake 3 birthday cakes for my daughter's 3rd birthday. No, not a cake for every year but due to the large size of our mostly Italian family ... 60 people, I think 40 are family, ugh.
I think you'll like it Ian, and IIRC, Haze was letting his CV go dirt cheap, so you got a great deal. The stock pickups in the CV Duo Sonic are pretty darned good - you may find the neck pickup does what you want just fine. If you want something heavier / grungier for the bridge, a stacked humbucker of some sort would be my first suggestion, although IIRC, the body is routed for full sized humbuckers, so if you wanted to go that direction, you'd just need a new pickguard.
Congrats on the new guitar, and happy birthday to your daughter.
Because I know I will...are there any places out there to get CV Duo Replacement parts? I know I'll be changing the Pickguard when I get the Duo from Haze so I might as well start window shopping .
lank81 wrote:I've thought about the Duo too but it seems that once I get up around the 12th-13th fret my fingers get a little too scrunched. My buddy has one .. maybe I'll play with it again but last I remember it was a little too tight. I'm thinking 24" scale is the ticket but not saying 22.5" wouldn't work.
Blues is my music, Ian, so I wanna be helpful if I can. I have an old Mustang and just bought a new Classic Vibe Duo-Sonic. Love em both and find that if I keep my guitar volume all the way up, rely on the amp for the basics and control volume with my attack, I can get just about any bluesy tone I want.
I'm thinkin of rewiring so the pickup selector switch middle position is in series rather than parallel, which is how they were originally made and this should give it a meaner sound. Never done this but someone suggested it's not hard.
However, I have medium-sized hands (6 ft., 180 lbs.) and the frets do get a bit cramped up near the body. It's forcing me to use more precise technique and is not yet a barrier to my development (playin electric 15 months now). But if your fingers are thick or in some way lack flexibility, you may choose to rule out the 24 inch scale.
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The stock pickups in the CV Duo Sonic are pretty darned good - you may find the neck pickup does what you want just fine. If you want something heavier / grungier for the bridge, a stacked humbucker of some sort would be my first suggestion, although IIRC, the body is routed for full sized humbuckers, so if you wanted to go that direction, you'd just need a new pickguard. 
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