Mustang?

Afternoon, gentlemen. Will you guys (or do you guys?) do a Mustang-shape body, do you think? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by mojow

Afternoon, gentlemen. Will you guys (or do you guys?) do a Mustang-shape body, do you think? Thanks.

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Seconded. Mustangs are the

I think we may have had this discussion before. The best you could probably hope for is the body shape. But we are pretty sure the factory won't be machined up for the short scale Mustang necks. (Which will almost certainly leave you with balance issues)

Scale Lengths of most Electric guitars:

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Single Scale[edit]

• 18 in (457.2 mm)
  
  • Ashbory bass

• 20.7 in (527 mm):
  
  • Rickenbacker Electro (student model) Es-16, Rickenbacker 1996, 320 and 325, notably John Lennon's most famous guitar
  • Squier Bullet Mini

• 22.2 in (564 mm)
  
  • Ibanez Mikro GRGM21

• 22.5 in (572 mm), known as "3/4 scale" in Fender sales literature:
  
  • Fender Duosonic
  • Fender Musicmaster
  • Fender Mustang
  • Fender Some Musicmaster II and Duosonic II

• 22.72 in (577 mm):
  
  • Fender Stratocaster Junior

• 22.75 in (578 mm):
  
  • Gibson 3/4 scale Les Paul Junior and Gibson Melody Maker
  • Ibanez Mikro RGM55
  • Squier Mini

• 23.5 in (597 mm):
  
  • Gibson Byrdland
  • Peavey T-15

• 24 in (610 mm), confusingly called "full scale" in Fender sales literature:
  
  • Brian May Red Special
  • DGW (Durango Guitar Works) All models
  • Fender Bronco
  • Fender Jag-Stang
  • Fender Jaguar
  • Fender Mustang most models, including current production
  • Fender Most Musicmaster II and Duosonic II
  • Ibanez ORM1
  • Vox Mark III (Teardrop)

• 24.5 in (622 mm):
  
  • Mosrite guitars
  • Paul Reed Smith 245 series guitars
  • Paul Reed Smith Santana Signature series

• 24.6 in (625 mm):
  
  • Gretsch most electric guitars

• 24.75 in (629 mm):
  
  • Epiphone most electric guitars (including Casino, G-310, G-400)
  • ESP Maverick now it calls ESP MV
  • Fender Cyclone
  • Fender Stratosonic
  • Fender Tele-Sonic
  • Gibson most electric guitars (including Les Paul, most Les Paul Juniors, Flying V, Explorer, SG, Firebird, ES-175, ES-330, ES-335)
  • Gibson ES-150 (original version)
  • Gibson L-20 Acoustic
  • Godin most electric guitars
  • Guild most electric guitars
  • Ibanez Artcore series
  • Rickenbacker most electric guitars (including 330, 340, 350, 360, 370, 380, 620, 650, 660)

• 25 in (635 mm)
  
  • Danelectro guitars
  • Dobro resonator guitars
  • Patrick Eggle most electric guitars
  • Paul Reed Smith most electric guitars

• 25.125 in (638 mm):
  
  • Vox Virage II
  • Vox Virage Series 77, 55, 33, 22

• 25.2 in (640 mm):
  
  • Selmer Maccaferri Grande Bouche Model
  • Rufus Radian, Vector and Axis models

• 25.5 in (648 mm), closest to the classical guitar scale:
  
  • Fender most electric guitars (including Esquire, Telecaster, most Stratocasters, Jazzmaster)
  • Fender Stagemaster 24 Fret Guitars
  • Gibson L-5
  • Gibson Super 400
  • Gibson Johnny Smith Model
  • Gibson J-30
  • Gretsch some models
  • Ibanez most electric guitars
  • Jackson most electric guitars
  • Kramer Striker
  • Schecter 6-string electric guitars
  • Squier most electric guitars
  • Steinberger most electric guitars

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Thos longer than 25.5 in

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• 26.25 in (667 mm):
  
  • Yamaha RGX-TT-D6 Ty Tabor model

• 26.38 in (670 mm):
  
  • Selmer Petit Bouche model and most Mirecourt-era Gypsy Jazz guitars

• 26.5 in (673.2 mm)
  
  • Chapman Guitars ML-7 (both models)
  • Ibanez RGD series, all are 7-strings
  • Jackson Several 7 and 8 string models including DKA7, DKA8, SLATTXMGQ3-7, and SLATFXQMG 3-8
  • Schecter 7-string electric guitars

• 27 in (686 mm)
  
  • Agile All models ending in 27. First number is string count. So 627, 727 .. 1027.
  • Carvin DC7X 7-string and DC800 8-string guitar
  • Epiphone Robb Flynn signature baritone Flying V Love/Death (tuned B-B)
  • ESP/LTD James Hetfield signature baritone Grynch (tuned Drop C)
  • ESP Stephen Carpenter baritone models
  • Fender Jaguar Baritone Special HH (tuned B-B)
  • Fender Sub-Sonic Baritone Stratocaster and Telecaster (tuned B-B)
  • Gibson Buckethead Signature Les Paul (24 fret oversized Les Paul opposed to traditional 22 fret)
  • Ibanez RG XL series 6 and 7 string guitars
  • Ibanez RG2228 8-string guitar (tuned F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E)
  • Jackson B7 7-string and B8 8-string guitars
  • Jim Soloway guitars

• 27.7 in (704 mm)
  
  • PRS SE Mike Mushok Baritone

• 28 in (711 mm)
  
  • Schecter 8-string electric guitars
  • Hagström Viking Baritone
  • Ibanez MMM Mike Mushok model

• 28.5 in (724 mm) or 30.25 in (781 mm)
  
  • Fender Bajo Sexto Telecaster

• 28.625 in (727 mm)
  
  • Agile All models ending in 28. First number is string count. So 628, 728 .. 1028.

• 29.25 in (743 mm)
  
  • Gretsch G6144 Spectra Sonic Baritone

• 29.4 in (749 mm)
  
  • Ibanez Meshuggah signature 8-string guitars M8M and M80M^[2]

• 30 in (762 mm)
  
  • Agile All models ending in 30. First number is string count. So 630, 730 .. 1030.
  • Legator All 9 string models.

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So the Mustang comes in 610mm and 572mm.
If you have a standard Fender 648mm fretboard and you cut off the 'first fret' you will end up with a 611.6mm fretboard....take of the second fret and you have a 577mm fretboard which is probably close enough.

Thanks Gavin, interesting. Yeah ok so it's machining the shorter necks that's the prob, no biggie, got my eye on the Jazzmaster & Mosrite actually :D