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so i got this little beater from duosonicboy



and by little beater, i mean LITTLE....this thing is super tiny, but all in all it's a pretty cool little guitar...perfect for couch jams. the bridge seems to be the weak point at the moment, so i'm considering a duosonic bridge.

i also notice that with just a little bit of modification i can fit a fender neck on it....i'm not really digging it's current headstock.



as you can seen even the shorter scale cyclone neck completely dwarfs the guitar.

would it be feasible to go down to a 22.5" scale neck? since i'm putting a new bridge in, i could relocate it so it's still intonatable...right?

What's the scale of the original neck?

Glad to see you got it alright. Since yr doing a new bridge anyway, scaling down would be pretty easy. Once you get the new neck attached (whatever scale it is), measure from the nut to the 12th fret. Place the bridge so that 12th fret to the high-E saddle is this same distance. Compensate the other saddles as usual and VIOLA! - should intonate perfectly. Going from 24" to 22.5" should only move the bridge forward about 3/4 of an inch.

astro wrote:What's the scale of the original neck?

24"

DuoSonicBoy wrote:Glad to see you got it alright. Since yr doing a new bridge anyway, scaling down would be pretty easy. Once you get the new neck attached (whatever scale it is), measure from the nut to the 12th fret. Place the bridge so that 12th fret to the high-E saddle is this same distance. Compensate the other saddles as usual and VIOLA! - should intonate perfectly. Going from 24" to 22.5" should only move the bridge forward about 3/4 of an inch.

thanks again man, i was amazed at how quickly it got here.


and good to hear that it wouldn't be terribly difficult.


i also have this set of filtertrons i got from shad.....i'm might just put them in there...but their humbucker size, might look a little goofy.

just get a lil tune o matic bridge to set in its place.

that thing needs some tiny 3+3 headstock action. swish deal though.

I love the original headstock.

tribi9 wrote:I love the original headstock.

yea, teiscos are supposed to have goofy looking 60s headstocks. not fender necks.

I would say this guitar is great for a beater/noise jam/mess-around kinda guitar. but it's coolest just how it is.

What's that chrome stuff around the tailpiece? Tremolo? Post a closeup of tailpiece/bridge?

I reckon the reason the Fender neck makes the body look small is because of the isze of the headstock, and it'll do that regardless of the length.