Recycling a Squier Bullet Mustang neck

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Recycling a Squier Bullet Mustang neck

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Recently picked up a used Squier Bullet Mustang neck, in my opinion they can be quite nice necks, but the decal lets it down, so as in my previous Mustang modding I sanded the decal off to get replaced as before, however, once sanded I decided to paint the headstock in the same colour as intended for the body

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Meanwhile I ordered a custom Mustang body from Guitarbuild in the UK 2 piece Swamp Ash, no bridge or trem rout and also started sourcing other parts, locking tuners, scratchplate, Toronado bridge, control plate etc.....

For the decal police, the original made in Indonesia etc info is still on the rear of the headstock....
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The body arrived and all the parts were fitted before painting

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Then paint was applied...

Cheeky mockup after a coule of coats, note the bridge has been converted to 3 saddles, the original intonation screw holes are now the string retainers...

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Wired the thing up, rear switch selects pickups, front switch does nothing, paint is now finished, cut back and polished, pickups are Bare Knuckle Sinner at the bridge and a Creamery Strat size P90 at the neck, 250k solid shaft pots, .047cap, treble bleed, Jazz Bass knobs.
The paint went straight onto the bare wood, no primer or grain filler, so the paint sinks into the grain.....it an effect I like...
Still to do, volume pot is intermittent, prob a bad joint, I will probably rewire the whole thing to proper Mustang spec with the phase switch, needs strap buttons amd I don't like the current bridge saddles so they will be replaced.....

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Pickups were liberated from my other Bullet Mustang which now looks like this......which needs a clean!

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I have spare White Tort scratchplate so might mod it to take the bridge humbucker with a neck single coil like the Cobain model......I have a Duncan JB........not sure yet
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I like that a lot.

I'm half expecting to get a kit guitar for Christmas and I'm thinking about a bright orange or pink stain and tru oil finish. This has somewhat whet my appetite for it.
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This orange bullet is classy. Great work!
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Thanks for the comploments folks, it is my best build yet......well pleased...
Bacchus wrote:I like that a lot.

I'm half expecting to get a kit guitar for Christmas and I'm thinking about a bright orange or pink stain and tru oil finish. This has somewhat whet my appetite for it.
The bare Swamp Ash on this body really should have been stained, but I had my heart set on a very orange solid colour...
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looks awesome!

what kind of paint did you use?
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onefiftythree wrote:looks awesome!

what kind of paint did you use?
Thanks!

Rattle can Cellulose, which I buy from our local Auto paint supplier, really good quality, good paint to solvent ratio...no grain filler, no primer...
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