All started when i picked up a '78 Musicmaster neck locally for $50. I knew i had to have it and that I would be making a whole guitar out of it some day
The body and pickguard are coming from Stewart [shortscale]. It is a '78, perfect match for my neck!
here is the current state of the body, it was previously routed as usual but stewart has done a pretty good job of cleaning it up, already primered and ready for paint it looks like
I was initially going to buy the black pickguard from him as well until i found this:
Its a loaded '78/9 Musicmaster pickguard! could my luck be any better
I also found a great price on a bridge from the same shop:
It was listed on his website as a Musicmaster Bass bridge but its a guitar bridge. Maybe why it has gone unnoticed and priced low
All thats really left is a neck plate and tuners. The tuning keys will be re-issue F tuners, and i'll keep an eye out for a proper F neck plate but in the mean time any old one will do.
Really excited to see this come together from the right parts!
. But no matter, its going back to sunny California and I'll be recieving the guitar bridge before too long. While i've got it i figured i'd document it as such. I suppose i'll do measurements on things like string spacing, mounting hole placement, length of intonation screws.... yeah :roll: 
