Love it. And so do your dogs, apparently. I guess that makes them... Jazzmaster pups. (I know, I know )

Love paisley, hate relicing unless the guitar comes by it honestly.

Oddly, I like these. Except the bottom one has too many knobs.

Depends. What color is it going to be?

I'm still bitter about Fender changing the neck specs on the reissue. Which sucks, because I love orange.

mkt3000 wrote:To be fair though, I get her free beer from my NYC area suppliers. I separate a few cases from our shipments and have them dropped off at her apartment. Maybe I need to send her more beer.

The sooner we all move to a beer-and-guitar-based economy, the better.

mkt3000 wrote:I just asked my younger sister, who lives in NYC, to pick it up for me.

Her response: "I'M NOT SHIPPING YOU ANY MORE FUCKING GUITARS!"

You have no sister.

Normally I think 3 HB guitars are silly, but that is absolutely not. Nice find.

Leave it natural, but maybe get a black or tort guard cut for it instead of the white.

Procrastinating again, but I've got a revise-and-resubmit deadline looming next week, plus I've suddenly gotten a couple of jobs. In the meantime, do I want to go with flat wound or round wound strings?

Thanks for all the advice, guys. What I'm hearing is that this isn't a viable plan for the immediate future, but it could be a second or third act for me if I pay the bills, do my homework, and am utterly serious about it. I'll definitely pick up the Hiscock book and any others you recommend. At som...

Yes to orange. Otherwise, sea foam green.

Not sure whether this thread belongs here or in the pub. Mods can move it if they prefer. I have been quietly obsessed with guitars, on and off, ever since I was 10 years old. Since I joined shortscale, I've gotten a lot less quiet about it, and the modding bug has bitten. Also since then, I've comp...

Comfiest bass I've ever played. I fell in love with the neck and had to have one and make a project of it. You did the right thing by getting rid of the stock pickup immediately; other mods are lower-priority but nice to have. I' m going to get around to refinishing mine one of these weeks. And welc...

I'll try heavier strings this time around. Aaand... possibly stupid questions ahead: What are the pros and cons going to be of flatwound vs. round wound? What kind of results would I see, sustain-wise, from changing the bridge? My inclination would be to go with a top-loading bridge. Based on honeyi...

I actually didn't notice the strat jack at first. I think the Bigsby balances it visually and makes it less obtrusive. However, it leaves the control plate end of the pickguard looking a little naked where the jack is supposed to go. Not sure what to do about that, if anything. I like the looks of e...

The white actually looks pretty sharp on there, and I'm not a white pickguard person. I will never understand tort on sunburst. Never.

Well, the dissertation is defended, deposited, I'm a doctor*, and there's nothing left for me to do now but, er, get a job. ((hide)) And last fall, I promised myself that when I finished the dissertation, I'd refinish the Broncomaster bass. It's still the original Torino red, but I can't stand havin...

Those aren't stock pickups, but buy it anyway!

Amazing work, and a very educational thread. Well done.

I'm small, have small hands, etc. It just hit me, reading this thread and looking around the room, that every guitar I own is either a short scale or a Gibson scale, except for one full-scale bass. I can manage it, but it sure isn't comfy, and I look like a six-year-old holding it. I gravitated towa...