Recent content by el_duberino

Oh yeah, it was a serious pain in the ass. I effed up the first one and had to order another sheet of material and make a new template. FYI, Guitar Fetish had the best prices I found on pickguard material.

I just made one for mine. Inspired by '69 Tele Thinline. If anybody wants I can send a PDF and/or vector file so you can adjust the shape.

Just to update now that I've spent some time cutting pickguards. I cut myself a trem cover, as well as a pickguard inspired by the '69 Tele Thinline. I really like how it turned out!

Yeah, my first build was definitely not simple, although I still think it turned out to be elegant. Here's the sisters together. The SG is now 5 years old!

Well, I'm nearing completion on my swamp ash velocity. I picked up the body during the Screaming Deals sale earlier this year, and have been slowly laboring away at it ever since. The stain is Minwax, but I wish I'd been patient enough to order dye. Oh well. The color is fine, but I think it...

Well, I'm in for one. I got a swamp ash flat top which I'll give a natural oil finish and pair with my rosewood/mahogany Gibson-correct 24.75" conversion neck (SRV profile). She'll have a single humbucker and no switches, and maybe I'll figure out some sort of tortoise pickguard ala Les Paul...

Well crap. That looks great. I'm thinking of either going for the Shoreline Gold with a cream pickguard or getting bare swamp ash and going for a dye and tru-oil finish (tortoise pickguard). I've already got a mahogany 24.75" conversion neck that's crying out to be installed in a body.

Anyone ever put a pickguard on one of these Velocity bodies? I'm thinking about the flat top version with a single bridge humbucker and then some sort of pickguard, similar to a LP Jr. Thoughts? Pics?

That's right. I've also seen some discussion of some folks putting jazzmaster necks on strat bodies, so I think that helps support the conclusion that they are the same dimensions. Thanks! My thinking is that I might get a Squier JM and upgrade the neck, or get a loaded body that's missing a...

I saw a thread somewhat related to this question, but it was from 2012 and it was really a different question. My question is simple: Can I buy a Warmoth neck (not tele) and install it on an official Jazzmaster body from Fender?

Thanks for the fantastic, detailed reply (and to all the others who have replied)! This is exactly the type of info I wanted to get here!

Awesome, thanks for the tips. My plan was to at least leave it raw for a few weeks anyway and get some playing time in.

Ah the wiring. I scratched my head for a long time before building it to figure out exactly how I wanted to organize things. This new setup eschews a middle volume in favor of a mini-toggle. So the main toggle controls the neck and bridge, standard SG wiring. However, the middle pup and the...

I just put a new neck on my Warmoth SG, so now I've got this Gibson-headstock neck just sitting around. I've been lusting after a semi-hollowbody for years, so I'm thinking of getting a Mooncaster body to pair up with the 24.75" conversion neck. The neck is mahogany, and I'm thinking a...

With the recent blowout sale on Regal necks, I decided it was time to try something new on my SG. The guitar is a massive slab of mahogany with 3 P90 pickups. Previous neck was rosewood on mahogany, clear gloss, 24.75" conversion scale, SRV contour, 6230 frets, pearl dot inlays. I found this...