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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:21 pm
by honeyiscool
I don't know why the Jagmaster and Duo Sonic necks are the way they are, but I really don't think they were made that way to save money because as I said before, they're not true conversion necks in my mind.
They have different bolt patterns and measurement from neck heel to bridge than a normal 25.5" neck. I really don't see how any of that saves money.
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:23 am
by serfx
honeyiscool wrote:I don't know why the Jagmaster and Duo Sonic necks are the way they are, but I really don't think they were made that way to save money because as I said before, they're not true conversion necks in my mind.
They have different bolt patterns and measurement from neck heel to bridge than a normal 25.5" neck. I really don't see how any of that saves money.
probably didn't want to flood the market with cheap replacements that work for vinatage mustangs and jaguars
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:53 am
by honeyiscool
But now we have the VM Jaguar. The plot thickens!
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:41 pm
by mezzio13
Nick wrote:This reminds me of Brandon Anix all over again.
Until you get to the level where you have half the guitar playing internet sending you emails asking about your guitar collection, just shut up about your custom guitars. It takes all the fun out of speculating when we see a picture of a guitar being played with weird mods, and it makes you sound like a tool.
I really did like that grey Jag, without the stripe though. Plus you tore him an asshole, which was funny shit.
Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:31 pm
by Ankhanu
honeyiscool wrote:Conversion necks aren't hard to make. I think the problem is probably with making one that looks normal and not like a conversion neck.
More to the point, the problem is making one and making enough money off of the design to make it worth while. There aren't a lot of people looking to make their shortscale guitars longscale, if for no other reason than the fact that there aren't a lot of shortscale guitars out there.
Simply, there's no commercial demand for a 24 to 25.5" conversion neck design.
... and Mickie already hit on this
mickie08 wrote:It's all marketing/demand. There are alot fewer short scale options to buy so they came up with a short scale conversion to make it easier to put together a shortscale. It probably also allowed Fender to save some money verses desinging, etc with a true shortscale neck. At least I would guess that.
As far as the opposite, you can find almost anything you want in a full scale style guitar so there is not as large of a market for upsizing shortscale. Also, most shortscales are pretty small guitars (Jaguar excluded) and would probably neck heavy/dive happy wiht a 25.5 scale.