![]() Again, no big deal, and you will find this issue with many new guitars. You might need to have the slots filed a little to stop the strings from grabbing. ![]() I would bet that Fender is on top of this issue by now. This is an easy and cheap part to replace, so no big deal. I have owned 4 Duo Sonics, and 2 had bad switches. Run 11s or 12s if you want more twang.ĭuo-Sonics have one or two problem spots, however. Basically, elevens feel like tens, and tens feel like nines. On the DuoSonic, I can wrap my thumb over the top of the fretboard easily, and a 5 fret reach is no trouble at all. The 24” Duo-Sonic neck seems like the Goldilocks solution: it allows easy access for small or medium sized hands, yet still has good twang and intonation. 012s I think, and the strings were still all over the place when I played. I have experienced this on the Mini Strat which has a scale length of 22.75. When strings get much shorter that 24 inches you start to get intonation problems, and you have to run very heavy strings to get normal levels of string tension. Most importantly to me, the 24 inch neck is short, but not *too short*. Both the bodies and necks are machined so well that you can just swap them around without need of shimming the neck. All this adds up to one thing: IMHO the new Mexican Duo-Sonics are the best lightweight short scale guitars around.ĭuo-Sonic necks and bodies are top quality, and the pickups sound excellent. While the new Duo-Sonic necks are not especially narrow, they are not in any way fat and the short scale length helps with reach, especially on the first 5 frets. My fingers are a bit short, which led me to search for shorter scale lengths ands narrow necks. The Duo-Sonic may have a shorter scale and smaller size (and smaller price tag), but its distinctive tones that fall in between the best of a Strat and Tele are absolutely massive.I have a bad back, which led me to search for light guitars. The Duo-Sonic single coil pickups are wired in a reverse wind/reverse polarity configuration to provide true humbucking performance when both pickups are selected. ![]() 014s, so it can produce fatter, meatier tone without sacrificing playability. The slinkier tension facilitates string bends even when using. What I like best about the Duo-Sonic is how the shorter scale allows players to use much heavier gauge strings than they’d normally use. When strumming clean rhythms, the tone has a wonderful metallic clang with jangly bite and funky midrange punch-no wonder Byrne favored this model. Modern upgrades include a string-thru-body Strat hardtail bridge with bent steel saddles, 22 medium jumbo frets (instead of 21), a C-shaped profile, Fender standard tuners with metal tuner buttons and a cool selection of finishes-Arctic White, Capri Orange and Torino Red.įorget the Duo-Sonic’s “starter” guitar reputation-this is a compact pit bull that can deliver super-aggressive bridge and neck tones that are the ideal hybrid of Tele twang and Strat squall. Like the mid-Sixties version, it has a slightly larger offset body shape, reverse wind/reverse polarity circuit for true humbucking performance when both pickups are selected and a bolt-on neck with 24-inch scale (compared to the 22.5-inch scale of earlier versions, which was also an option during the mid Sixties). ![]()
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