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In another thread I mentioned that Pyramid strings didn't really suit my spruce-top, fretless U Bass and I speculated they'd be much better on a solid body. As SUBs are relatively expensive for a "this'll work better" idea I wondered about all those half-sized acoustic guitar conversions...
As a cheap, half-sized solid-body 6-string guitar (ironically tuned to a Uke-friendly A-D-G-C-E-A) can be had for £40 to £50 it might make an interesting project. (Scale lengths seem to float around 19" to 22" from what I've seen.)
Assuming the starting point is a classic, faux-stratocaster (slight nod to a P-Bass) I'm thinking I would need to do the following:
Apart from the bridge - especially placement for correct intonation - it sounds like a trivial job
I would hope someone might be so kind as to point out the pitfalls in my cunning plan
As a cheap, half-sized solid-body 6-string guitar (ironically tuned to a Uke-friendly A-D-G-C-E-A) can be had for £40 to £50 it might make an interesting project. (Scale lengths seem to float around 19" to 22" from what I've seen.)
Assuming the starting point is a classic, faux-stratocaster (slight nod to a P-Bass) I'm thinking I would need to do the following:
- Replace 6-string tuners with some nice, Hipshot bass ones
- Replace nut
- Dump scratch plate, pick-ups and electronics, replace with bass pick-ups, etc. and cut new scratch plate.
- Replace bridge (hmm, many options here that make a big difference, worrying)
Apart from the bridge - especially placement for correct intonation - it sounds like a trivial job
I would hope someone might be so kind as to point out the pitfalls in my cunning plan