fretman's mustang build

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I've been waiting to see the progress of this. Nice! Whats written in the neck area?
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weijie wrote:I've been waiting to see the progress of this. Nice! Whats written in the neck area?
the neck is for dave's swionco...I just used it to drill the neck pocket screws and forgot to remove it for the pic. But, to answer your question, it's a Bronco neck.
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Aug wrote:
weijie wrote:I've been waiting to see the progress of this. Nice! Whats written in the neck area?
the neck is for dave's swionco...I just used it to drill the neck pocket screws and forgot to remove it for the pic. But, to answer your question, it's a Bronco neck.
Er, his question was "Whats [sic] written in the neck area?". There's clearly something written in the neck pocket.
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bah! I read the post wrong...

it's just the build date, my name and location.
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Looks GREAT! can you take a pick with the black pickgaurd to show everybody?
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SUPER HOT!

What type of tunamatic is that? How big are the holes for the bridge posts (vs. the tailpiece)?
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Aug wrote:UPDATE.

As with every guitar build, there are issues and anomolies [sp?], so, to make up for them, I installed custom shielding. (don't worry, everything looks great and it will play wonderfully.) ((aug))

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SWEET! Looks fantastic, Aug. I'm not sure what anomolies you had to deal with, but you sure can't see 'em - and thanks for the shielding! Can't wait to put this baby together.
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dodgedartdave wrote: Looks GREAT! can you take a pick with the black pickgaurd to show everybody?
The pickguard's gonna be white!
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Look! Fender is using Deserted Sands again. I wonder if Reranch ever re-opens if they might issue some.

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DGNR8 wrote:SUPER HOT!

What type of tunamatic is that? How big are the holes for the bridge posts (vs. the tailpiece)?
The tailpiece is from an 80's Gibson Melody Maker. The bridge is an Allparts, Nashville style I believe.
Aug will have to tell about the holes.
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DGNR8 wrote:Look! Fender is using Deserted Sands again. I wonder if Reranch ever re-opens if they might issue some.
Fender's probably taking cues from SS, and copping Aug's sh!t!
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fretman wrote:
DGNR8 wrote:Look! Fender is using Deserted Sands again. I wonder if Reranch ever re-opens if they might issue some.
Fender's probably taking cues from SS, and copping Aug's sh!t!
FUCKING FENDER! :x
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T-O-M bridge? Yucko.
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Mike wrote:T-O-M bridge? Yucko.
-1. To each his own.
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Mike wrote:T-O-M bridge? Yucko.
I like em. They're very acurate. (even if my spelling is not)
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Mike wrote:T-O-M bridge? Yucko.

Will it even intonate correctly straight like that? Shouldn't it be slanted?
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theshadowofseattle wrote:
Mike wrote:T-O-M bridge? Yucko.

Will it even intonate correctly straight like that? Shouldn't it be slanted?
Ya always gotta take the stem outa somebody's sails, don't ya. it should intonate fine. They're not that much slanted. I have trust in Thad....
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dodgedartdave wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:
Mike wrote:T-O-M bridge? Yucko.

Will it even intonate correctly straight like that? Shouldn't it be slanted?
Ya always gotta take the stem outa somebody's sails, don't ya. it should intonate fine. They're not that much slanted. I have trust in Thad....
I wasn't being a negative nancy. I just had my SGuar in my lap and noticed that the bridge is slanted on it.
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theshadowofseattle wrote:
dodgedartdave wrote:
theshadowofseattle wrote:
Will it even intonate correctly straight like that? Shouldn't it be slanted?
Ya always gotta take the stem outa somebody's sails, don't ya. it should intonate fine. They're not that much slanted. I have trust in Thad....
I wasn't being a negative nancy. I just had my SGuar in my lap and noticed that the bridge is slanted on it.
How much? What degree? Can ya give us a page on that?