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A Jaguar needs one more gauge higher again due to the extra string length behind the bridge.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I have one and they are great
I bought one and yes, they are cheap. However, give them a bit of love and they are great, dead easy to mod and the basics (neck and body) are good, biggest issue with most out of the box are sharp fret ends/rough frets and a shit bridge, both easy fixes, the tolerances on the bridge height ajustment screws is so bad that the saddles on mine adjusted themselves while playing, so replace the saddles with something better, electrics are typical budget stuff but easy to work on...some people complain aboit the tiners not holding tune, I have never ever had a tuner that doesn't...ever... and I've had loads, so I think its stringing technique....
Only about £115 new delivered...bargain...
"it sports a comfortable C-shaped neck with a modern 12"-radius fingerboard"
I have missed the point. The actual Mustang is 9.5, As you were, move along, nothing to see here.....
The Harley Benton Mustang is 14" radius so I might buy one. Replace the nut, locking tuners and string it with .010's and it might be very usable. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ms_60_vw_ltd_edition.htm
https://i.imgur.com/AN1sOwP.jpg
The Musicmaster was strung with 12s and sounded like a fat, powerful Strat neck pickup - the others with 11s. All totally practical. I regret selling them all now.
The only real flaws from a practical point of view were that the Jag and the Mustang/Duo-Sonic are too easy to accidentally turn off if you knock the switches, but that can be fixed with a couple of bits of tape if you want.
Not quite the same thing I know, but I’m now using an original unmodified (apart from replacement knobs!) ‘72 Mustang Bass. No problems with that at all.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
(I've even trimmed the strings now so looks even nicer!).
Stringing though, put the strings in the centre hole of the tuning pegs. Cut the string length three posts longer than the string you're currently stringing. So cut the low E at the G post, A at the B post and so on.
https://www.durangoguitarworks.com/index.html
The new reissues Mustang/Duo Sonics are already appearing 2nd hand for cheap.
Photo taken when it was first put together from old parts got off ebay so strings may have needed neck taking off / very loosened when shimming neck, bridge off and adjusting nut. I think from memory it didn't need that so your advice was still right!