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Just out of interest. See, my MM's scratchplate has been routed for a bridge pickup, but I don't know where to put the pickup selector...

It may depend on which MM you are referring to. And which Mustang, for that matter.
I think I've read somewhere that the screw holes do not exactly line up on Japanese vs. American made guitars.

I can tell you that the pickguard for a vintage USA Mustang does fit a mid-60s MMII.
If that's the guitar you have, you can easily fit Mustang switches, the body is already routed for them, as well as for the second pickup.

I have one, but when I wanted to add a pickup I did some reading, and it seemed like many players were not too keen on the Mustang switches. So I had the body routed and had a toggle switch put in the lower horn, like the early 60s DS. Just make sure to put it far out on the horn so you won't accidentally hit the switch with your strumming hand. I kept the same MMII pickguard, just had a hole put in it for the toggle. But this was a good number of years ago. If I was doing it today I would probably buy a second pickguard. Or buy a USA Mustang pickguard and find some other use for the slider switches (since it comes with the slots for them already drilled in ).

MMPicker wrote:It may depend on which MM you are referring to. And which Mustang, for that matter.
I think I've read somewhere that the screw holes do not exactly line up on Japanese vs. American made guitars.

I can tell you that the pickguard for a vintage USA Mustang does fit a mid-60s MMII.
If that's the guitar you have, you can easily fit Mustang switches, the body is already routed for them, as well as for the second pickup.

I have one, but when I wanted to add a pickup I did some reading, and it seemed like many players were not too keen on the Mustang switches. So I had the body routed and had a toggle switch put in the lower horn, like the early 60s DS. Just make sure to put it far out on the horn so you won't accidentally hit the switch with your strumming hand. I kept the same MMII pickguard, just had a hole put in it for the toggle. But this was a good number of years ago. If I was doing it today I would probably buy a second pickguard. Or buy a USA Mustang pickguard and find some other use for the slider switches (since it comes with the slots for them already drilled in ).

I don't really want to mess with the body. I guess I could get the plate routed for a mustang switch.

MrJamesBrown wrote: I don't really want to mess with the body. I guess I could get the plate routed for a mustang switch.

Not "switch", but "switches", there are two of them.

But you can certainly do it that way. Alternatively, you could buy a Mustang pickguard, they are readily available and are already routed for those switches. That way you don't have to worry about whether the routing will come out right, without cracking the 'guard. Plus, that way you would still have the original plate to put back on when you want to sell the guitar. Or, if you don't want to keep the original plate, you could then sell it.

But on second look:
If your pickguard is already routed for a second pickup, but does not have routing for any switches, then I don't know what the heck you've got there. Probably not worth keeping at all. In that case, If you can rout it for the switches cheaply and safely, go for it. Otherwise just get the Mustang 'guard. IMO.

MMPicker wrote:

MrJamesBrown wrote: I don't really want to mess with the body. I guess I could get the plate routed for a mustang switch.

Not "switch", but "switches", there are two of them.

But you can certainly do it that way. Alternatively, you could buy a Mustang pickguard, they are readily available and are already routed for those switches. That way you don't have to worry about whether the routing will come out right, without cracking the 'guard. Plus, that way you would still have the original plate to put back on when you want to sell the guitar. Or, if you don't want to keep the original plate, you could then sell it.

But on second look:
If your pickguard is already routed for a second pickup, but does not have routing for any switches, then I don't know what the heck you've got there. Probably not worth keeping at all. In that case, If you can rout it for the switches cheaply and safely, go for it. Otherwise just get the Mustang 'guard. IMO.

I meant that I'd only add 1 Mustang switch- aren't they 3-way? In which case I'd just use one as a pickup selector. Probably wrong though.

As it stands, I'm probably just gonna keep it as it is- just using a dummy pickup in the bridge for aesthetic purposes.

I wanted to put a gold foil in the bridge on my mustang, so I got a music master guard cut only for the neck pickup. I had my guitar guy mount the gold foil directly to the pickguard like the bobkat pickups were mounted, and he used push pull pots for switching. The neck pickup is a lollar strat bridge pickup that reads close to the gold foil. To turn off a pickup, just pull up on the respective push pull:

I guess the point is you could use push pull pots for switching.