Hey there! Long time member, first time in a long time visiting the site!
Very recently, I stumbled onto an old, pre-Mustang/offset, 22" scale Musicmaster for $50. The finish was stripped years ago, the guitar has seen a lot of use and abuse, but all the important parts are there. Original pick guard (albeit cracked and missing pieces), metal shielding sheet underneath, pickup, pots, knobs, tuners. And the neck, from what I can tell. There's no decal left, and no distinguishing marks on the heel, but judging from the neck itself along wtih the rest of the guitar... it's original. Problem is... It's twisting!
There's only 1 of 3 bridge saddles and no nut, so I haven't tried stringing it up, but it looks pretty obviously twisted. There's a chance I could set it up and cut the nut in a way that it'd compensate some for the twist, but there's a pretty good chance that it'll wind up playing horribly. I'm totally geeked out about the guitar though, so I'd really like to figure out a way to make it work.
What necks will fit on this guitar? The neck is tiny and I'd be happy to move up to a 24 or even a 25.5 if possible, but I don't know if it will fit. The heel looks pretty narrow, do mustang or strat necks even fit in these neck pockets? My mustang isn't here right now or else i'd measure and check...
I'd really hate to not use this neck, it's super old looking and has a really cool feel to it, not to mention the years of playwear that's worn into it. It matches the rest of the beat to hell little guitar so well it'd be a shame to replace it with something shiny and new, but if i must, i must. Help me out!
