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A few years ago I was looking to buy a Squier Duo-Sonic, but for various reasons (the awful color scheme, my dislike for the pickguard and the fact that I bought a Pawn shop series mustang) I never did.

Now however I live in Japan and things are a bit different. First of all here the Duo-Sonic comes in five different colors , and second it only costs half of what it cost back in Sweden.

So no need for refinishing+cheaper price makes it feel like a project I could manage even with somewhat limited financial resources.

The plan is to turn into a Duo-Sonic II i.e mustang controlplate/pickguard and possibly a different bridge.

Does this sound like a do-able project? Is the Duo-Sonic routed like a mustang (so that I can just slip on the mustang controlplate/pickguard without any gaps)? I know the switching is different, but it feels more solve-able than re-routing.

The plan is Daphne blue with a white pearloid pickguard and black pupcovers. I think it will look great with the maple neck.

[img]http://item.shopping.c.yimg.jp/i/j/ikebe_fsr-duo-sonic[/img]

It wouldn't be as simple as just swapping the guard; besides the pickup routes the space between the neck heel and bridge must be different as the Squier CV Duo used a conversion neck, plus even the original Duos weren't 24" scale apart from some Duo IIs (which just looked like hardtailed Mustangs and were available with 22.5" or 24" scale as an option as were Mustangs, though I believe this was also just handled with a differently scaled neck on the same bodies?)
The Duo/Musicmaster body was a different shape to Mustangs as well even though they do look similar at a glance, they are not offset.

You can make anything work if you want it bad enough, but it would require a custom guard at the very least, I'd imagine. The pickup routes may be bucker sized but I can't remember, and the bridge pickup route still starts pretty far from the bridge from pics I've seen where guys have gone with a different placement.

the pickup cavities are humbucker sized. thats a nice project but i think it's not so easy as it looks