Recent content by Hodgo

I decided to go with a deal on a new in box Mastery bridge and trem. Although I like the appearance of the Staytrem more I am thinking of a slightly flatter radius (10 or 12) for the fretboard. Just need some pickups, a wiring setup, and a neck.

Got me a nice anodized pickguard from Herad guitars. I am thinking of spraying a few coats of clear nitro to make this more vintage accurate, maybe a quick coat of shellac first to help it bind.

Sold - 3.5lbs with a charming little knot. Thanks for the heads up!

Ive decided on Sherwood Green metallic. Found a body over at Bloomdoom - 3lbs 10oz of alder! So next question is: trem and bridge. Mastery certainly gets a lot of praise, as does Staytrem. Seems like Mastery is the choice of bridge, but trem doesn’t seem to be as big of a deal. I was thinking...

Get a room you two

That’s one of those “$200 for the supplies, $1800 for the expertise” type of quotes.

Yknow in the early 60s Fender experimented with some mahogany bodied, transparent red guitars. That might be a fun “Time Machine” project

I never even wanted one then you had to go and build your Mustang. Yeah, big Gretsch vibes from the champagne. Matching headstock… maybe. Then we have to talk binding and blocks and that’s a little too much visual drama I have two other sparkles - a Chartreuse sparkle Tele and a ruby sparkle...

Ive ordered a gold anodized pickguard, so choice one is locked in. Finishes are killing me, here’s what I’m considering: Sherwood Green: Sonic Blue: Yellowed Variants of Sonic Blue / Daphne Blue / Surf Green: Burgundy Mist: Champagne Flake:

That’s how I’m leaning - JM-Historics 58s or 62s Yeah… know my personal preference here pretty well at this point. 59 Roundback or 66 Oval C Strat, 9.5” or higher radius, preferably raw and oiled over lacquer. Won’t stick to Leo’s vintage recipe for this build. Cant be as bad as a Firebird! I...

JM pickups are low, flat, wide single coils. I’m not likely to go with humbuckers. Man… I don’t like the JagStang body but I love this modified version a poster over on OffSetGuitars came up with

I have literally never played a Jag, Mustang, or Jazzmaster. While I could go play one, I kind of want to just build a “holy grail” example from parts - buy once cry once. I’ve done my own research and listened to clips and am pretty settled on something in the 58-64 JM style, with maybe a few...

Correction Middle aged Hodgo has a crush on Mike Adams

If you haven’t checked out puisheen on YouTube he’s a huge advocate for the Mustang trem and offers some great tips on setting them up:

Warmoths roasting (or whoever their supplier is if they do it upstream) seems to be ridiculously consistent compared to some other brands… IYKYK.