Seems like a fairly simple mod. A hardtail Mustang or Duo Sonic and just get a new pickguard with neck pickup only and voila. Perhaps a 3 saddle old style bridge too if it's a direct replacement.
My question being, is the Squier bullet Mustang worth a look at here?
I had a bullet strat before which I modded. It was as light as a feather though, but played reasonably well for the price. I also think these bullets have enough space under the stock pickguard where a single coil and a new pickguard could work easily.
Are they worth a punt, or worth holding out for a used duo sonic or player series Mustang?
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@Funkfingers I never thought of the screw placement issue
If you are committed to the costs of changing at least one pickup and the pickguard, it might be more affordable to simply change the pickups to humbucker-sized single coils.
Alegree offers his Conflagration neck position.
Eastwood Airline VVSC pickups are single coils under a humbucker cover. The neck/Rhythm unit does smooth 'n' chimy. The bridge/Treble unit is all sorts of nasty - instant Jack White.
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Obvious question. Where did you get the white and pearlescent blue 'plates?
The blue one came from Scratch-it
The white one form earlpilanz on ebay of you message him he will do custom stuff my bullet Mustang ( work in progress) currently has 3 full size humbuckers...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/earlpilanz
edit, they both came from the above ebay seller
@Creed_Clicks I have the white scratchplate going spare if you would like it...it fits the Bullet Mustang with Standard bridge...(which with a small amount of fettling is fine)
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Current state of play with my clunker...very much work in progress...
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Easiest option is to mod the original bridge plate, source 3 saddles, drill three intonation screw holes in between the original 6, job done.....works well....Wilkinson Tele saddles work well...
My Bullet Mustang has had several interations, so much so Ive had to dowel the scratchplate screw holes as repeated removing and refitting saw the holes strip and the screw wouldnt hold, feel free to ask what works and what doesnt....Ive always kept them top loading....
No idea what pickup would work well in the neck. Something by Iron Gear etc?
Any reasonable quality single coil will work ok, Iron Gear are ok...
Standard tuners are ok and do the job, but I replaced mine with lockers from Axetec, just cos I can and enjoy modding...
Loads of great mod threads for these all over the internet.
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This is your fault!
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Waiting for the postie to drop new scratchplate screws through the door..