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Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:14 pm**

so i posted about this before the board died .. and i haven't really done much with it since then.
except get a control plate and a tail piece

and my neck showed up last week
i'm still short a humbucker...
but then again, theseglossyeyes is hooking me up with one
so.. yeah on to the pictures

Body

it sat like this for many months

i moved, stuff happened
then i got my control plate and my neck

i kind of have this desire to sand it down, spray it red, and decal it

its from a early 90's duo sonic

also i'm thinking comp stripes, but i'd have to say good bye to my "eat your own" sticker
anyways...
here it is with my panda looking on

and before i attach the neck i had to make sure that the scale would work

now i just need a white single coil cover for the neck pup (diMarzio class of 55)

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:02 pm**

it's so ugly. please don't change it.

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:23 pm**

bubbles_horwitz wrote:it's so ugly. please don't change it.

it will be a christmas guitar
but i'll never play it in december

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:53 pm**

dew it...

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:54 pm**

Haze wrote:dew it...

+ 1. Beautiful.

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:59 pm**

Is the neck from a MIM duosonic?

I love maple boards on Mustangs!

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:19 pm**

Just say NO to humbuckers.

Posted: **Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:58 pm**

astro wrote:Is the neck from a MIM duosonic?

I love maple boards on Mustangs!

i believe so
neck info i grabbed it off of ebay for next to nothing

Posted: **Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:05 pm**

Good price. It will be super short scale if MIM Duo.

Posted: **Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:38 pm**

yup 22.5" measured out, the intonation should be perfect

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:09 pm**

i opted to do a colour matched head stock.
and ended up with comp stripes.. due to This Thread of awesomeness
plus i've always wanted a comp strip mustang..
scale is 22.5
just need to get some cloth wire and i'll be good. but now my issue is do i do the humbucker.. or opt for this beautiful twang king in the bridge position..
pick guard has already been mauled. so it goes.
massive picture update

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Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:50 pm**

Dude, that's not going to intonnate. MIM Duo necks are 22.7". Your tape shows 11-5/16" at the 12th fret, and 22-1/2" at the bridge. That should be a little more than half way between 22-5/8" and 22-3/4" to intonnate correctly.

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:51 pm**

haha, it's so zaney!

I cannot help with the question of pups - I like my singles and I likes my buckers...

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:54 pm**

Here's where you should be.

Posted: **Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:00 pm**

yeah taht measurement was done before i bolted it on, i corrected it after getting the neck on, wired up appears ok, i won't really know until i get the pups in and a set of 11's on it
since i just tossed on whatever i had for unused strings around to test it with.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:11 am**

alright she is finished!

decided to say fuck it on the humbucker.
who wants a humbucker anyways

neck pup is a DiMarzio class of `55
bridge pup is from the squier Bronco Bass

its got balls and twang.

the neck is from a 90's duo sonic II (22.7" scale)
i matched the head stock, since the green wasn't working for me
after about the 15th fret the intonation goes a little off, but i can live with that.

so.. now onto the pics.

so now i ask..
mustang

or bronco knobs?

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:29 am**

How about one of each?

No?

Bronco, then.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:32 am**

stang knobs FTW

that thing looks great.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:41 am**

that is ridiculously awesome.

Fucking stupendous job man.

Posted: **Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:48 am**

it's so...words cannot describe, should have sent a poet.......
side note, where do you get those decals like the ones that say "devo made me do it" and so on?

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