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here are my shortscales:
- 1978 Bronco customized
- Late '90s CIJ Jaguar
- '50s/'60s Duo-Sonic

My Swinger, missing the original Candy Apple Red finish. Rubber band because I temporarily put the original pickguard back on to show what it should be like.

I saw it in A1 Music on Oxford Road in Manchester, England in 1974 when I was at University. It was just so unusual - and cheap. They thought it was called an Arrow. The Candy Apple Red finish was chipped and cigarette-burned and it seemed a bit low output. They wanted £80 for it, really cheap for a Fender. I had a Strat (I'd worked in Germany for a couple of months and sold an amp to buy it) that I left as surety and took it home to try. It turned out the pickup was open circuit (there was no cover). I told them I'd buy it if they got the pickup fixed. They got the pickup fixed, overwound to 11.5 Kohms, so I bought it. I stripped the paint off, dug a shallow rout for the pickup in the bridge position and smothered it in wood sealer. The neck varnish was peeling so I peeled that off carefully, losing a fleck of black on the "F" of "Fender", and polyurethaned it. I found a Selmer "croc-skin" short guitar case, probably for a Burns, and adjusted the internal partition to suit the Swinger.

That's pretty much it, except that I cut a pickguard out of black/white/black Traffolite and the knife slipped at one point so it's got a slight wobble in the edge. The original pickguard was just laid in place for that picture. The kids used to use it as a learner guitar but the frets are getting a bit worn and I don't know that they'll stand dressing, so I don't use it as much as I used to. I mentioned it in a guitar shop and the guy got very interested, said it was a Swinger and asked me to email him pictures. I did get a quote to have it refinished a couple of years back but I have an aversion to spending more on the guitar than it cost me.
Interior, including butchery, at >>Wikimedia<<

Bronco Jr

Bronco, Jaguar, and Duo-Sonic:

I just wanted a new picture.

I posted these before the crash, so I will repost them. The pics are a month old and already out of date, go figure. There are 2 more I don't have pictures of.

1969 comp orange (very worn), 1969 comp orange, 1969 comp blue

69' ri comp orange, 69' ri comp blue, custom comp gold top gold

custom m-16 mustang, 1965 mustang, 60's moded musicmaster

project bronco, ri mustang bass, bronco bass

jaguar bass

this is the one i like the best. its fucking unique

if you ever want to part with it, let me know

Oh, shit, I dont have any pics of my bass.

I GUESS THIS VIDEO WILL HAVE TO DO.


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my new HH. It's stock for now, i'm going to put in some SD humbuckers, some real jaguar knobs and do some other stuff to it.
the pictures are from my phone so excuse the terrible quality


Some blood on the pickups from my bands last show, I play a bit aggressivley.

Its being mailed now. I get it this weekend!!!

Richard wrote:What's the guitar on the right?

Guitar I built from parts.
USACG Alder body
USACG single piece maple neck, boat contour, gibson-style frets
Graphtec nut
Fender 52RI Hardware
Fender USA 62RI Jazzmaster neck pickup
Dimarzio BP1 Telecaster bridge pickup
1 Meg Pots

I guess I would call it a Jazzcaster, seeing as it's a Jazz and Tele hybrid. It still needs a little bit of work. I need to get some sort of decal for the headstock, and I'm considering refinishing it in some other color than clear. These pictures have been posted over at offsetguitars, but I figure I'd share them with shortscale too.

2004 Shoreline Gold Jaguar with SD Pearly Gates Humbuckers



2004 Capri Orange Cyclone
I think that color is called Capri Orange

Here is my shit-awful strat knockoff from the 60's.
I got it for free from some guy I barely knew.
It's probably made of plywood. It sounds like it.
It's neat though, in spite of sounding like crap.
It came with a tremolo, but it's not obvious how to put it on, so I haven't.

Anyway, it's a tiny guitar and weighs practically nothing.

This is my new 2004 Mustang RI (*Edit* The dude said it was a '65 reissue but it has the contour. That makes it a '69 right?)

I bought it yesterday from the original owner.
Used, but in mint condition.

I think I'm in love.



That's daphne blue, right?

nah, it's daphne. sonic blue is way lighter:

Hi all, Newbie to board LONG time shortscale fan. My first guitar was a late 60s early 70s Kingston electric which I bought for $25 ( I should have gone with the copper coke bottle silvertone for the same $$ oh well), and I've loved shorties ever since. Here are a couple of photos of my shorties and the one that recently got away. Enjoy, Lloyd


My pawnshop '63 Fender Musicmaster that I've had for 20+ years bought it for $160


a couple of other shorties: late 50s? ALden? Harmony stratotone variant, My MM, late 60s early 70s Kingston


The '78 MM that I just parted company with *sigh*

Every time I post in this thread, the forum goes tits up, so hopefully I'm not jinxing anything by reposting this...

Here are my two mustangs. The walnut/poo coloured one is a 1976, all stock except for strap locks. The custard coloured one is a 2005 '69 CIJ reissue, to which I've added a black pickguard, klusons with white knobs, a blue Lace in the neck, and a red Lace in the bridge. As well, I upgraded all the pots to CTS, the input to Switchcraft, and the tone cap to a Sprague Orange Drop. I love the blue lace, but I'm still undecided if I like the red.

Just got a new Short Scale, a modified 1972 Music Master.