Duo Sonic project - not 100% vintage correct, again!! DONE !

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Duo Sonic project - not 100% vintage correct, again!! DONE !

Post by raphaël » Thu Dec 24, 2015 3:46 am

Hey all,

Now that I have received my neck, I can strat a thread!!

I loved to have a Mustang but never ever used the trem, I have just decided to build a Duo Sonic...long before building a new Jaguar, but the Jag body popped up and I couldn't resist :fp: .

So, this is my other project...and again, it won't be 100% vintage correct, because of this:

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I've always been fascinated by this scene, since I was a kid, and it's my philosophy with guitars right now :D !!!

I bought this perfect '65 body from Paul (PJazzmaster (Thanks again!!!)):

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And I will put that '77 MM neck on this body:
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The '77 MM neck I will put on my Jaguar project is my favorite neck of all time...I've decided to buy one from the same year, and so far so good!!!
Seems to be a perfect clone of my first one!!!!
I can't wait to play it.

Both of my project involve a '65 body and a '77 neck...
:D :D :D !!!

Anyway,
I am really happy with this build as well.

Happy Christmas to everyone,
raph
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Post by PixMix » Thu Dec 24, 2015 8:13 am

Beautiful parts! I am looking forward to seeing how it will look finished.

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Post by mothershipzeta » Fri Dec 25, 2015 6:48 am

Niiice. I've been eyeing that body, and hoped that in time someone will do it justice.
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Re: Duo Sonic project - not 100% vintage correct, again!!

Post by raphaël » Wed Dec 30, 2015 1:45 am

New Pickguard day!!!

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I really didn't know what to do about the pickguard with a red guitar...as I really dislike red with white and red with black.
I went the "boring" way and chose a tort one, to make a red on red guitar...
And I'm actually super happy with it!!!
It looks excellent to me:

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Post by frelonvert » Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:47 am

Yes this pickguard looks great! where did you find this very red tort pickguard ?
Take care the skons is evrywhere !

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Post by raphaël » Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:16 am

hangwire sold it to me ;)
It is very red indeed, exactly what I expected!!!!
I'm very pleased :D

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Re: Duo Sonic project - not 100% vintage correct, again!!

Post by raphaël » Tue Jan 05, 2016 6:58 am

Some small update here.

Some not 100% vintage correct,
A new Fender neck plate (because I will never spend 150 euros or so in a piece of steel when I can have it for 10 euros):

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A minor update I know, but it gave me the tremendous joy to see the guitar in one piece:

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I'm ecstatic :w00t: , to me it's a major update :D :D

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Re: Duo Sonic project - not 100% vintage correct, again!!

Post by raphaël » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:01 am

I received this two days ago,
It's a '66:
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Check the misaligned extra holes!!
Those holes allowed me to have the plate for quite cheap.
Plus I couldn't resist, it's a touch of elegance (to me) and it's like saving a piece of history and use it again, even if (especially!!) it had been butchered :D...
(and it gave me ideas for a XII project)

Then I got this string tree.
It comes from a '65 Tele (i guess). A friend of mine had this in his spare box.
It's completely rusted, I really like it:
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Post by mcjt » Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:11 pm

c'est une jolie guitare! :)

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Post by Tantalus » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:39 am

I'm surprised at how good that red on red looks.
What pickups are you planning on putting in?

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Post by raphaël » Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:15 am

mcjt wrote:c'est une jolie guitare!
Merci, je trouve aussi :D !!
Tantalus wrote:I'm surprised at how good that red on red looks.
What pickups are you planning on putting in?
I have to admit I'm surprised too...it actually looks more dark (or bloody??) in real life, and I can't catch it on pics.
That's too bad because it's divine.

As for the pickups I've considered a lot of builders, but I will order a set of Mustang pups from MojoPickups.
I will order them tomorrow actually :w00t: !!!
I'm really happy with the set of MojoPickups I have in my Part Jag, so...

And I will receive all the parts I need within the two next weeks...soon to be completed!!!

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Re: Duo Sonic project - not 100% vintage correct, again!!

Post by raphaël » Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:18 am

3 packages in the mail box today :w00t: :w00t: !!!

What was frightened me before the Jaguar project seems to excite me now,
All I need to wire things...with white switches:
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Then I got this '66 control plate in quite poor shape.
I think I might have seen that plate in the for sale section a couple of months ago, I don't how I ended up with it but I'm very happy.
It looks very good in person and I really like how it looks on the guitar too...it's very less shiny than usual chrome plates and it suits me :D :
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And finally a set of perfect '69 Mustang tuners, with originals bushings and screws.
They look very white on the pic, I don't know why...they are actually a bit more yellow, or aged white.
A lot less "new" as they seem to be on the pic.
Anyway,
I'm very happy, they are perfect (and it was a very good deal ;) ):
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I've also ordered my pichups to Marc at MojoPickups yesterday...just 3 weeks to wait now :'( .

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Post by Steadyriot. » Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:27 am

This is shaping up to be one badass guitar! 8)
I never really like 'red on red' but this one really pulls it off! Most of the parts really pull together that 'not so pristine' look. I like it!

Those pristine white tuners have me thinking how some tort buttons would look.
Maybe even some of those tort topped tele / strat knobs. Tort galore! ;D
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Post by rustywire » Thu Feb 04, 2016 10:55 am

This one is going to be so fun to play. Enjoy your journey on the way 8)
The hunt is on, and on and on...

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Post by will » Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:21 pm

raphaël wrote: Then I got this '66 control plate in quite poor shape.
I think I might have seen that plate in the for sale section a couple of months ago, I don't how I ended up with it but I'm very happy.
It looks very good in person and I really like how it looks on the guitar too...it's very less shiny than usual chrome plates and it suits me :
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That was one of the parts I was selling - nice to see that it has found a home!!

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