Mustang neck on 3/4 Squier Strat body - possible?

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Mustang neck on 3/4 Squier Strat body - possible?

Post by Black Cat Bone » Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:01 am

Could I out a mustang neck on a 3/4 size squire Strat body and still have it intonate?  The usual scale lengeth for mini strat is 22.5"......

There's a guy at Jagstang.com who put a Jag-Stang neck on a 1970's Warmoth 7/8 size Strat body here:
http://www.jag-stang.com/News/2007/10/2 ... d-mustang/

And i like that - small handed weakling that I am  ;)
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Re: Mustang neck on 3/4 Squier Strat body - possible?

Post by rickenmetal » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:01 am

Maybe, and if not you might be able to move the bridge. It would be easier to move the bridge away from the pickguard than closer in, in which case you would have to cut off part of the pickguard. In a worst case scenario the bridge would have to go where the lead pickup is, which would complicate things, I kind of doubt that's the case though.

Do you have a 3/4 Squier Strat? If you do, can you measure the distance from the end of the neck to the beginning of the bridge?
I can measure the distance from the same points on my Mustang if you want.

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Re: Mustang neck on 3/4 Squier Strat body - possible?

Post by rickenmetal » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:39 am

Anyways, it's 6 1/16" or 154 mm on the Mustang

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Re: Mustang neck on 3/4 Squier Strat body - possible?

Post by Black Cat Bone » Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:19 am

Hi thanks for the info - I don't have a mini strat however I will keep my eye out for a bargain at my local car boot sale!.

I suppose the other option is a warmoth-style conversion neck for a standard strat giving it a shorter Gibson scale...but i digress into non offset territory here of course.
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