Discussion of newer designs, copies and reissue offset-waist instruments.
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Stephen_42
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by Stephen_42 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:09 am
SAVEStheDAY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:35 am
I routed mine for humbuckers and put a Mustang bridge on it. I like a lot. That's probably not your aesthetic, and it's definitely more than your $50 budget, but I think the important thing to note is that whatever you do to yours, it's a surprisingly good guitar out of the box and it takes mods really well. I'm sure you'll be happy with it whatever you end up doing.
Picture?
Sounds good
routing is a no-no as I only want to make reversable changes (and I can't exactly do that in a flat anyway!)
£50ish budget was just for the bridge - I'm happy to spend £100+ on pickups
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SAVEStheDAY
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by SAVEStheDAY » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:35 am
Stephen_42 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:09 am
Picture?
Sounds good
routing is a no-no as I only want to make reversable changes (and I can't exactly do that in a flat anyway!)
£50ish budget was just for the bridge - I'm happy to spend £100+ on pickups
Sure, here's mine:
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Stephen_42
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by Stephen_42 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:42 am
SAVEStheDAY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:35 am
Stephen_42 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 11:09 am
Picture?
Sounds good
routing is a no-no as I only want to make reversable changes (and I can't exactly do that in a flat anyway!)
£50ish budget was just for the bridge - I'm happy to spend £100+ on pickups
Looks good - definitely prefer the tortoiseshell to white!
Sure, here's mine:
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Acidhouse
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by Acidhouse » Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:40 pm
I basically built mine from the bottom up. A few years ago, I found a person selling a stripped VM Jag. It only came with the neck, body and trem. Everything else I had to source. Wilkinson tuners, Fender Control plates, wiring harness from eyeguitarparts, cream knobs, Magic Dragon pickups from Rose, mustang bridge, and a white pearl pickguard. I painted the metal wheels white to go with the all white theme. I’m still working out a couple of wiring issues but I’m pretty happy with it.
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soul1
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by soul1 » Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:04 pm
SAVEStheDAY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:35 am
I routed mine for humbuckers and put a Mustang bridge on it. I like a lot.
Which Mustang bridge did you use?
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SAVEStheDAY
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by SAVEStheDAY » Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:26 pm
soul1 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 10:04 pm
SAVEStheDAY wrote: ↑Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:35 am
I routed mine for humbuckers and put a Mustang bridge on it. I like a lot.
Which Mustang bridge did you use?
Just the normal big-barrel one. This was a cheap build for me since I had almost all the parts on hand already. I normally use the Warmoth modified bridge in my offsets, but this was in my parts bin and works just fine.
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Stephen_42
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by Stephen_42 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:42 pm
Update: I've just pulled the trigger on the Sonic 60s.
Now we play the waiting game...
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Stephen_42
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by Stephen_42 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:45 pm
...ah, waiting game sucks.
Let's play hungry hungry hippos!
