Thanks. I was almost leaning toward buying a neck and body separate and just putting it together with some new pickups.
Sorry for reanimation of that old thread.
What I just recognized is the odd body shape of the Musicmasters, especially that turquois one. There is sooooo much guitar left behind the bridge. This might be due to the shorter scale, but I don’t know. Does that make a difference when playing one of these?
I’ve been meaning to measure that but I keep forgetting. The blue one is a Mustang and I think it might have more space behind the bridge than older Duo-Sonics and Musicmasters that did not have a bridge with a tailpiece. The two guitars are definitely subtly different to play, because of the tailpiece bridge and also the body forearm contour which is only present on the later models. Both of these allow for different arm positions on each guitar. One is not really better or worse though.
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