So like many of you on here i love my Stang and even thought i have les pauls, strats, teles, an SG, and a PRS 513 - its the Stang i enjoy the most!!
But like all of you on here i see the JS as much of a prototype - and i am now in a position to change, upgrade, and personalise it to my own needs!
So after time thinking about it ive finally come up with my project outline which i thought i would share with you and invite comments, thoughts,advice and opinions??
Im starting out with totally mint stock fiesta red JS.
The first thing im doing is changing the pick-ups. Im dropping a seymour duncan sh-4 bucker in the bridge, and seymour ducan cool rails in the neck.
I will also upgrade the pots to 500k with an orange drop .022 cap on the tone.
Next is the switching. I plan to make the switch closest to the bridge a simple 3 way selector, and the switch further forward to have all of the out of phase and coil tap trickery
I am planning to fit an distressed aged smoked chrome adjusto-matic bridge, and a stop tail piece - like les paul.
I will shim the neck at the same time to make that configuration work.
I will do a body contour on the back like a mustang, and possibly might do a fore arm contour on the front like a strat - but im undecided about that currently.
Im going to replace the nut with a bone nut, and look to replace the tuners with either a locking set,like on my PRS, or just a decent set of gothos.
Im going to finish the stang by having a respray in black or very dark grey, so when it chips and dings the red will show through, and i will put a smoked black chrome scratch plate on it, and replace the bit of metal with the volume and tone knobs for a matching smoked chrome finish to match the scratch plate.
I will have the top frets from about 17 onwards slightly scalloped for lead playing.
Finally some strap locks will keep it on me at all times!
As and when this projects enters each stage i will upload pictures for you all to see....and then share photo's of the finished article!!
Ok lets open the flood gates...anyone got any thoughts on any of the above?
