ShortScale.org

@honeyiscool because I didn't wanna fuck up the flow and quote that whole post (which was well thought out)
This is where I feel the silvertone 1448s really killed it in the student guitar market, cheap, light, super playable, and they sound amazing. You can still snag them for low end Mexican fender prices too. Always the first guitar I think of when I hear "student guitar". Honestly after playing mustangs and duo sonics I feel like they feel like much more professional guitars than the silvertones and supro/airline guitars.
I'd of been stoked as fuck to start out on a silvertone 1448 over a strat that I tweaked too much growing up. Silvertone 1448 is no bullshit with nothing to really tweak besides bridge and pickup height.

HOLY FUCKING SHIT.

its like somehow someone at fender got access to shortscale 2008 and was like SHIT ROBROE KEEPS PUTTING TOGETHER GUITARS THAT ALL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS. LETS DO THIS.


2008

astro wrote:I'm loving the PJ mustang bass as well. But I would like it better if it had the vintage Mustang bass bridge that strings through the body. Not a deal breaker for me though, if I get one I'll just have the original style bridge installed by a luthier.

I like the Mustang Bass bridge aesthetically speaking, but all it does functionally is make it harder to find strings for your bass.

robroe wrote:its like somehow someone at fender got access to shortscale 2008 and was like SHIT ROBROE KEEPS PUTTING TOGETHER GUITARS THAT ALL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS. LETS DO THIS.


2008

Did you spend 2008 putting Strat bridges on all of your guitars?

BearBoy wrote:

robroe wrote:its like somehow someone at fender got access to shortscale 2008 and was like SHIT ROBROE KEEPS PUTTING TOGETHER GUITARS THAT ALL LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THIS. LETS DO THIS.


2008

Did you spend 2008 putting Strat bridges on all of your guitars?

duo casters all had them

But check out the Duo Sonic in this thread:
http://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?t=40503

the pic was apparently from another forum, but it's not there anymore.

It's a '90s Mexican or Chinese Duo Sonic body, but in any case repainted and with a mint replacement 'guard and different neck, and it looks like the new model except for the slanted bridge pickup, rosewood fretboard and different bridge.

I'm pretty sure that orange guitar was put together from old ('60s parts) and belongs to a shortscaler (or did do).

yeah thats a shortscale.org guitar.

its awesome

Two words: Toronado bridge
All what they need

^Agreed, but as a Jagmaster owner/lover, I am OK with a Strat bridge.

Really nice to see, fender haven't forgotten the mustangs and duos. Does anyone have a idea of a pricetag?

According to a bloke on OSG (who had early info re the VM offsets and Squire VIs etc):

They're MIM and are $449. There's also MIM hardtailed Mustangs with different pickup configurations for $449. And a MIM Mustang bass with a PBass Special pickup config for $549.

Orange Duo is my old guitar. I got it from Fran in a trade.

It was a repaired 1965 Mustang neck on a 1970's Musicmaster body. Had a Vista Musicmaster bridge as well.

It was cool but the Low E spacing bugged the hell outta me. Ended up trading it for a CIJ Jaguar.

These will not sell well at all. I'm not speaking to whether they're good or not but I'm pretty sure they won't sell.

Fender should have done a Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonic, that would have sold better than any of these models.

Only the Mustang bass with PJ config seems like it has any staying power as a model configuration.

its going to end up being a case like the fender supersonic reissue.

are you willing to pay 300 extra for it to say fender instead of squeir? I'm not.

fuck they even put it out in lavender sparkle and I still didn't get it. its a 400 guitar not a 700 guitar.

honeyiscool wrote:

astro wrote:I'm loving the PJ mustang bass as well. But I would like it better if it had the vintage Mustang bass bridge that strings through the body. Not a deal breaker for me though, if I get one I'll just have the original style bridge installed by a luthier.

I like the Mustang Bass bridge aesthetically speaking, but all it does functionally is make it harder to find strings for your bass.

I buy my strings online, so that's not a problem for me. I use medium scale bass strings on my mustang, which of course don't exist for sale anywhere other than on the internet.

I do find that string-through-body bridges sound better to my ears, although that could just be a psychological illusion.

And of course the Mustang bass bridge just looks cool...

Anybody know when these will be available for purchase?

chemistforhire wrote:

robroe wrote:http://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=58094A86


YOU FUCKING DO IT

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Like this better for the control plate and mustang pickguard shape.

This is interesting, and I have a vista mm bridge to correct fender's fuck up.

that green duo sonic ii mustang is choice

it'll probably end up being close to $900 canadian when they get here..
so who knows, but i want one.
and i've a 60's duo sonic ii neck on one of my jaguars at the moment.. so a neck swap could end up happening (depending on what spec they use for these new ones)

jcyphe wrote:Fender should have done a Squier Classic Vibe Duo-Sonic, that would have sold better than any of these models.

Again? I don't think those sold well either, although they were very nice guitars (as Gusman has said).