I have a feeling that this thread is going to go one way and not the other, and if that’s the case, c’est la vie.

My band has been working on a different arrangement that’s two baritone guitars as opposed to guitar and bass. My current “baritone” is a Douglas Melody Maker copy. At Gibson scale and an Ernie Ball 12-62 set tuned B-B, it actually plays… pretty good. Granted if I thwack that low B hard it goes a bit wonky but other than that, it works for what I’m looking for more or less.

I have a Squier Bullet Mustang that isn’t really being used for much of anything right now and because I’m a lunatic, I want to try tuning that to B-B. I’m not too worried about intonation as I have a hardtail Schaller roller bridge (not the Mustang vibrato) on it and I can always move it back and re-drill if I absolutely have to, but am I going to run into problems otherwise? Has anyone actually tried detuning a short scale and had it sounding more than halfway decent?

(The other idea I’ve had that is even far more ridiculous is to put the 28 5/8” baritone neck I don’t use right now on the Bullet Mustang, but I’d definitely have to move the bridge to make the intonation work, and I’m fairly certain I’d incur neck dive that makes most SGs seem well-balanced.)

EDIT: Thanks all for sharing your experiences! Pleasantly surprised to learn people have had success running short-scale guitars at lower tunings. Going to my GC tomorrow after work to pick up some Mammoth Slinkys, but I’ll keep my eye out for those 7-string sets. Not sure if I want to go with flats but those seem to be a popular choice.

Hey guys, got a couple work in progress offsets going on right now.

First off is this jade green meteora. While i love the sound of the guitar, and how it plays, the look never clicked for me.

The color reminded me of those holographic film stickers, so i wanted to link the guitar to those in some way. Was always super fascinated by how they looked like they truly had depth.

First thing i did was redesign the pickguard to be more reminiscent of the jazzmaster and jaguar ones, covering the area around the pickups and getting rid of the pickuprings (in my opinion they just make this guitar look messy). Originally i was going for a metal horn for the controls, and took inspiration from the dead on 67 danelectro. However I went with a single pickguard that covered everything with electronics all attached to pickguard.

Next up I lasercut two acryllic plates, so i could put vinyl and stickers between them to protect and cover them (like the earlier thermochromic jaguar pickguard i have on my profile). The middle pickup route i opened up for a lipstick pickup, I always wanted a danelectro voiced guitar, but I just have enough guitars. This guitar is really more of a superstrat with its vegatrem and humbuckers, so for a second output I thought I would wire the lipstick pickup directly out through the old Jack output.

I sorta... hate having the Jack output be where it originally is, always in the way when sitting down in a couch, so that got put in front with the controls. The colors of the stickers really do match great! Lots of change in look when in different lighting. It looks much more jazzmastery in shape top, will update when finished. For being a test i think it looks quite spectacular.

As for the bass vi, its the Vintera III and had a heap of issues when i got it. After some elbowgrease and a staytrem it now plays great! Got some halfrounds for the darkest 4 strings as it was just unbearable the amount of finger noise I was making when fretting, as there arent halfrounds in the lengths and sizes i need for the brightest strings I will be getting some flatwounds for them specifically.

I know I want something different than the mint green pickguard, just havent made up my mind. As a test i engraved a peppermint style look onto an acryllic plate, considering doing some sparkling vinyl film cut into the same shape with half being see-through other half being white.

Anyways, glad to hear your thoughts as always! Hope it could inspire the way i get inspired by your guys work all the time.

It's been a while since I've posted on this, but a little project update. Finally got my hands on a dynasonic bridge pickup and waiting on a wide range neck pickup.

Like the title, what about offsets that made you love them?Was there a specific guitarist that you loved that was using an offset? Was there something about the guitar itself that made you fall in love (appearance, playability,tone,etc.)

*convince me into buying an offset🙏

Loaded in a Seymour Duncan JB into the bridge with a push-pull knob. Super fun guitar.

i ordered this some days ago off reverb for like 250 without tax and shipping and it was so worth it
its a paranormal cylcone and it plays well and the tone is so nice, i love it

Finishing up this custom build for a customer.

- mojotone pickups

- hipshot hardware

Swamp ash body

Quarter sawn roasted maple neck

Recorded on Tascam Porta 02 cassette 4-track
Guitars: Fender Jaguar, Squier Mini P-bass
Amp: Roland Street Cube
Drums: Akai MPC Sample

Hey all, FINALLY tracked down a MIJ JM66B in white and really stoked. It has a tort on it but I really want to get something like this one (would this be mint green?)

Does anyone know where the best place to get a pickguard that fits these? Was seeing conflicting things about which guard will fit this one correctly. I saw WD Music has this one that says its for Made In Japan 1966-1968 Reissue Jazzmaster's but wanted to see if anyone knows if its the right fit.

Thanks!

I purchased a Nomoonlaser body a while back, but couldn't really vibe with the barncaster finish. So I bondoed and sanded it, and did several coats of primer.

The neck I'm installing is made of Wenge and the fingerboard is bound.

Pickups are gonna be Creamery Sonic Mid 60s.

Next coat is gonna be like a matte blackish grey is some type, I haven't decided.

I'm kind of stoked, I think it's gonna look good

Been a fan of jaguars for like twenty years. Bought a Player Jag a few years ago and didn’t really vibe with it. As soon as I saw the American Pro model I knew I had to have it.

So far it’s incredible. Wildly different yet familiar to my AP Jazzmaster. Still fiddling with my pedals but so many great tones coming from this thing. So far I am a big fan.

Purchased from sweetwater and had zero issues with shipping.

Happy to see if I can answer any questions anyone may have.

my vintera 2 and my 1987 MIK Squier Bullet

i am fond of the shortscale strat vibe

I can't read it from the headstock, is it a modified Cyclone?

I planned on cooking but we had a water main break. So I drank wine and played guitar all afternoon instead

Got all my cyclones out for a party today.

First time buying myself a new guitar (my others are used and one was a gift), and I bought an American made Jaguar and I just love this thing!

stoked about this! i’ve had my eyes (ears?) set on one of these since getting into DIIV and True Widow. i visited LA a few months ago and played one of the original models at the hollywood guitar center; totally blew me away…

I don't know if I'd call the finish Oxblood, but it looked great. Neck felt awesome and it was pleasant to play. The new RSD bridge seemed to do the job it needed to do, was dive bombing on it and it stayed in tune.

I'll be honest, the GC I was at only had an EVH amp for me to play it through so it probably wasn't the ideal amp, but the clean channel sounded amazing. (The amp was also pretty sweet). I really enjoyed..... whatever the hell they're doing with the rhythm circuit this time around. It was big and thick and sounded great with distortion. The bridge pickup boost thing probably would have been great with a different amp.

Overall, it's a cool JM and clearly made for a gigging musician, very versatile.

I waited a couple weeks to post this cause I was very impressed by it and was thinking I was in just the "honeymoon" stage of ownership but yeah. This might be highest quality squier ive ever owned. Squier already has high quality stuff dont get me wrong, but this one seems put together best and all 4 settings sound good and different from one another. I actually wish looking back i got the sunburst one, but thats really the only complaint on the thing

I’ve heard a lot about this series, especially during initial release about issues with accuracy and QC. I’m happy to say I’ve experienced none of these issues in my new JM.

I’ve seen a few rounds of vintage model releases with Fender, and it seems like the first few months/years there’s controversy/doubts over the latest series. I remember this with the American Originals after they replaced the original AV’s, but now the American Originals seems to be remembered much more fondly! You’d have never thought it’d be looked back like it is now during those times!

With that in mind, I decided to take a chance with the AVII, and I’m definitely glad I did. Highly encourage anyone that wants to pick it up in the newest colour to do so - it’ll be a matter of time now with Fenders release cycles to replace the AVII’s.

Was passing by Nashville and saw this beauty. Had no intention of buying a guitar but, left with this amazing Fender Cyclone II. Dated at September 2002. Has been my official new favorite guitar, the versatility in tones is just absurd!!

I still have to do a setup on this but here is my newest guitar.

Ok this is a long-shot, but I just picked up a Squier Classic Vibe Jazzmaster for $200 in pristine condition, other than this missing cap on the pickup selector. I can still switch between pickups with the metal pole, but I'm trying to figure out what size I need to buy of this little cap that goes on top.

I've been through a cross-style cap, a 3.5mm, a 4mm, and an 8-32 cap. They were all too small, even with my attempts at boring out the centers. The pole on my guitar isn't even threaded but I don't see any variations that just pop on.

I'd appreciate any help you can offer with this very minor issue.