After months of mulling it over, I decided to take the plunge and pick up that 71' Musicmaster body and Neck that has been at Tommy's for a long time (the one that cropped up after I got the 66' Mustang).
So I've got some ideas, but it'll be a bit before I decide, I figued, do like I did with the Jazzmaster and let people post their thoughts. I'll start accumulating the parts BEFOREHAND this time and then posting videos of the guitar's assembly and repair.
#1 - Restore the guitar to what it was originally - It was originally a Red 71' Musicmaster. Which means single neck pickup, 2 250K pots, pickguard, control plate, vintage 3-saddle bridge, and use conversion bushings on the headstock as the tuner holes have been drilled for larger diameter holes.
#2 - Same color as my 66' Mustang, but with pearloid, and white EMG Active pickups, and wiring like my Jag-Stang. This could be pretty cool.
#3 - A Kurtified version - SD JbJr in the bridge under a Mustang cover, stock Mustang wiring, 6 saddle Duo-Sonic style bridge, red pearloid pickguard.
#4 - The most ambitious (and expensive) - The "Stealth-Sonic" - Basically, I crossed the idea between a Maurauder and a Duo-Sonic together and came up with this crazy idea. Instead, I would have LARGE bobbins that take up the whole pickup cavities under the pickguard, and stick some high power Ferrite magnets in there (like Peavey and G&L used in the 80's). Around those magnets I would wind a HUGE sum of super thin pickup wire to drive them up to Metal-Style Humbucker output levels (think 10-20K Ohms resistance, if possible), and do a possible boost with a preamp or miniscule on-board (if needed). It would mean purchasing one of those Winding Machines from Stew Mac, but I'm more than confident that I could do it, I did wind my first Single Coil when I was 15......by HAND (took 3 days off and on)..so winding by machine will be a breeze.
