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Parts Box Musicmaster with a Mini-Humbucker
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 1:27 am
by cooter
I bought a mini humbucker for cheap a while back and I finally figured out a way to use it. I now present to you my parts box Mini-Hum Musicmaster.
I used a Squier mini strat neck refinished with tinted amber, tru-oil and a geocha decal. This was my first attempt with tru-oil. I had this neck in the parts box and I thought I would do a practice run on it before I refinished the neck on my 1975 Musicmaster project. Well, it turned out way better than I was expecting and I had an extra musicmaster decal I wasn't using at the moment so everything just kinda fell into place.
The body is made from poplar. I had made a template from the 1963 Duo/Musicmater I used to own. I figured it would come in handy one day.
The bridge is from a CV Squier DuoSonic. The tuners are kluson style tuners from bezdez on ebay and I got the pickguard material from bezdez as well. I think I have about $150- $200 bucks in the whole thing and I can't seem to put it down.
This thing plays great. It's a killer little blues/garage guitar.
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:02 am
by Stuart
noice
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:07 am
by DGNR8
Very elegant. I like how the mini matches the shape of the bridge. Well done. I will have to listen for those minis.
The mini-humbucker is a smaller variation of the full size PAF humbucker pickup (used in electric guitars) created by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. It has a thinner, less powerful sound than the full-size version and is frequently used in jazz guitars, mounted under the fingerboard or on the pickguard. The mini-humbucker equipped Gibson Firebird, for example, produces clearer, brighter tones that are quite unlike typical Gibson sounds, and fit well between single coils and full-sized humbuckers in the tonal spectrum.
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:18 am
by robroe
holy shit
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:21 am
by endsjustifymeans
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:41 am
by gaybear
man, that guitar is awesome
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 3:56 am
by Mages
DGNR8 wrote:Very elegant. I like how the mini matches the shape of the bridge. Well done. I will have to listen for those minis.
The mini-humbucker is a smaller variation of the full size PAF humbucker pickup (used in electric guitars) created by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. It has a thinner, less powerful sound than the full-size version and is frequently used in jazz guitars, mounted under the fingerboard or on the pickguard. The mini-humbucker equipped Gibson Firebird, for example, produces clearer, brighter tones that are quite unlike typical Gibson sounds, and fit well between single coils and full-sized humbuckers in the tonal spectrum.
this is not correct. the mini-humbucker was developed by epiphone and gibson acquired it when they bought epiphone. they sound quite different from a PAF humbucker.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:47 am
by cooter
Thanks guys. I'm so happy with the way it turned out I'm thinking I need to do a shell pink duo with a maple neck now.
BTW I love the sound of the mini-humbucker. It comes close to sounding like the single coil in my 75 Musicmaster with just a hint of distortion.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:52 am
by hotrodperlmutter
wow coot, that looks great.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:17 am
by bob the r0bot
awesome
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:54 am
by Thom
Great job.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:58 am
by astro
Wow, gorgeous!
That's some pretty nice flame happening on that neck, quite surprising to see that on a squier sourced neck
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:03 am
by TheBurbz
It looks lovely. Those mini Strat necks are the same as the 22.5" Duo necks?
Re: Parts Box Musicmaster with a Mini-Humbucker
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 7:50 am
by Will
cooterfinger wrote:
HLY SHIT THIS GUITAR IS AMAZING. I WOULD PLAY THIS 25 HOURS A DAY.
Get some chrome-dome tele knobs and you're taking a one-way train to BONERTOWN.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:22 am
by cooter
TheBurbz wrote:It looks lovely. Those mini Strat necks are the same as the 22.5" Duo necks?
Mini strat necks are 22.75" scale. I moved the bridge back a little to compensate and made a pickguard to fit.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:28 am
by benecol
That's lovely - well done.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:16 pm
by Bacchus
Very, very nice.
Re: Parts Box Musicmaster with a Mini-Humbucker
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:45 pm
by stewart
Will wrote:Get some chrome-dome tele knobs and you're taking a one-way train to BONERTOWN.
+1
looks delicious, like a six-stringed cake.
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:55 pm
by cur
really really nice.
Very NIce
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:25 pm
by TexasSwede
cooterfinger wrote:TheBurbz wrote:It looks lovely. Those mini Strat necks are the same as the 22.5" Duo necks?
Mini strat necks are 22.75" scale. I moved the bridge back a little to compensate and made a pickguard to fit.
That's well done. I guess I always assumed the Mini's scale was shorter than my MIM Duo's 22.75".
I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for one now.