NGD plus question...

[Lucius Paisley]

I picked this up yesterday.

The modder in me wants to do the obvious thing...


Fan service aside, there's probably no good reason to do this to an already perfectly working guitar. Apart from the "to not have to spend far too much money" thing, I guess.

Thoughts?

[ehdwuld]

Do you plan on masking off the stripes and repainting it darker?

[Lucius Paisley]

Do you plan on masking off the stripes and repainting it darker?

I'd probably strip the original paint back and redo the body with the stripes. I was considering replacing the neck with the one from my Squier (for the large headstock) and painting the headstock to match. It wouldn't be exact but the Squier only has 21 frets and I don't know what effect it would have on the tuning stability.

[beaubrummels]

Looks like if you just tape over the stripe area and overpaint the body with a darker color, you'd have the Fender. Can't advise on the neck, because to keep the logo you'd have to find a decal and put one back on there.

[Lucius Paisley]

Looks like if you just tape over the stripe area and overpaint the body with a darker color, you'd have the Fender. Can't advise on the neck, because to keep the logo you'd have to find a decal and put one back on there.

I'd probably paint the headstock and leave it at that. Placing a decal for another brand seems dishonest, even if it's only putting Fender over Squier.

[ehdwuld]

I would do a negative of the image

With the seafoam body as is
Just stripe it with the darker green

But I'm partial to the seafoam

Still darker headstock

The Mustang has a 24 inch scale doesn't it?

Use a tape measure
Nut to 12th fret
See if it's the same

[Lucius Paisley]

The Mustang has a 24 inch scale doesn't it?

At the moment, 24" is the scale. If I change to the Squier neck, it will be 25.5" (really? .5 of an inch? Who am I?), but the internet tells me that a 25.5" scale Mustang was/is a thing, but I'm still left with the 21 frets conundrum. That would just be wrong.

[ehdwuld]

the difference between 24 inches and 25.5 inches is 1.5 inches , not .5 inches

just to be pedantic

[GuitarDoc]

Whether your neck has 21 or 22 frets won't affect "tuning stability".

[Lucius Paisley]

the difference between 24 inches and 25.5 inches is 1.5 inches , not .5 inches

just to be pedantic

I'm questioning the rationality of using decimals when referring to inches, not the distance between the lengths.

[Lucius Paisley]

Whether your neck has 21 or 22 frets won't affect "tuning stability".

For the record, THIS ^ is being pedantic.

[ehdwuld]

I'm questioning the rationality of using decimals when referring to inches, not the distance between the lengths.

Fine

Whatever

One and a half inches is the thickness of a standard 2x4
or Telecaster

Half an inch is one third of that

Or three times smaller

16 eels wide

One fish width

Three snails

What unit of measure comes across as vastly different

Which is what I am trying to convey to you

But that doesn't sway you fromthat inconsequential fret thing
that makes no difference in the playablity of the guitar at all

Unless you want a 22nd fret and don't have one

That's like sayin

I can't eat cookies because I have too many cookies

ridiculous

But hey

It's yours
Do what you want
I'm out

[GuitarDoc]

For the record, THIS ^ is being pedantic.

How so?!
In your post #3 you said..." I don't know what effect it would have on the tuning stability". I'm just affirming to you that you don't need to worry about that.
And then there's your response to Ehdwuld in your post #10 when he pointed out your gross error in math (the difference between 24 and 25.5 is indeed correct at 1.5", not .5" as you said). And I'm not sure (or should I say...I haven't got a clue) what the heck you were even saying..."I'm questioning the rationality of using decimals when referring to inches, not the distance between the lengths". I can only conclude from your 2 responses that you were either drunk or high and didn't even know yourself what you were saying, because neither of them make any sense.
So the real question is...What's your problem!?!
Sober up and get a life.

[GuitarDoc]

For the record, THIS ^ is being pedantic.

Besides, do you even know the meaning of "pedantic"?

[Chistopher]