Deluxe Jazz V Swamp Ash/Zebrawood top. FINISHED!

[Dolando]

I have found a possible issue. I want to use neck bushings rather than a neck plate. This then means that the screws go further into the neck. Not so far that they would go through the fingerboard, but they would go into the back of the finger board.

Does anyone know a way to do this with what I have or will this be ok?

Worst case I suppose I'll have to try buy smaller screws.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[Cagey]

The screws are normally a #8 wood screw, 1 3/4" long. They're common as dirt. SImply buy some 1 1/2" long.

 

[Dolando]

Ah great. It's got a contoured heel so will just get the next size down to those as well.

Might not be able to get black, but my girlfriends dad is a paint technician, he's sprayed hardware for me in the past, will get him to spray the heads for me.

 

[bagman67]

Note that an oval-head screw is the more attractive choice here.

 

[Dolando]

Note that an oval-head screw is the more attractive choice here.

Yea will definitely get an oval headed screw.

http://www.warmoth.com/Neck-Screw-Set-of-22-for-Contoured-Heel-Black-P145C843.aspx

The screws I have a are 1 3/4 and 1 1/2 inch, so I'm going to try get a 1 1/2 and 1 1/4 respectively. And obviously i could use the smaller 1 1/2 screw where the 1 3/4 should have gone. Need to check but this should work.

 

[Dolando]

So far I have drilled the holes for the controls(will post pics soon). Not much else to report, holes for neck bushing are getting done by someone with a pillar drill. I tried and it didn't go so well, so he's re drilling them a little bigger.

Oh and I have the z-poxy waiting to go on.

I'm thinking about making a control cavity out of zebra wood. It would be a out 3mm thick, would zebra wood be stable enough at this thickness?

Thanks.

 

[Dolando]

I managed to find a local luthier that has sold me a cut of zebrano, not only that, he has offered to cut it to size for no charge. What a nice guy.

Once I have this I can start on the Z-poxy then onto the tabacco burst.

Watch this space.

 

[Dolando]

First coat of the Z-Poxy has been applied. I started with the back, I've not done it before, so any mistakes i may make will be hidden, i think it went ok though...

The last photo shows the Amber hue this stuf has and I'm really happy with the first coat, swamp ash really does soak everything up. Will wait for that coat to dry then ill do the front tomorrow, So might have some pics of the front tomorrow.

 

[Dolando]

Sorry it took a while, but here is a couple of pics of the forst coat of Z-poxy on the zebrawood. It still needs to be sanded, should be able to do that soon...i hope! I love the amber hue the amber has, and its easy to use after a little bit of trial and error. Should look nice with a tabacco burst around it.





Adam

 

[Dolando]

I got a wooden control cover back from a local luthier, Jon from Letts Guitars. He's done a top job with it, im very happy with it. I also sent him a picture of the top and he's matched it really well.

 

[tylereot]

I managed to find a local luthier that has sold me a cut of zebrano, not only that, he has offered to cut it to size for no charge. What a nice guy.

Ha.  He probably needs a bass player!

 

[Dolando]

Haha maybe! I did thick he was possibly overly helpful.

 

[Dolando]

Sorry about the lack of posts on this. I have recently moved house and have been spending lots of my time trying to sort the house out rather than build this beautiful bass, but now the house is getting there its back to it!

I have given up on the Z poxy, it looked great but just decided against it. I also decided not to go for a gloss nitro finish and go with a tru oil matt look instead.

I have stripped it all right back to wood again and I have sanded it up to 400 grit. I'm waiting on some nice wet and dry from stewmac to carry on going up to 800 grit, then its on with the tru oil.  so when that arrives, ill be back with updates on how that's going.

Thanks.

 

[Dolando]

About 10 coats of tru oil later and it's all done. Got the nordstrand pickup in today, and shielded the control and pickup cavities. Do you need to connect the control cavity and the pickup cavities with a wire or will the pickups connect them all up?

I'm off to play golf for 3 days then I'm camping in the lakes so won't be able to do much in the next week, but here's a quick one pick of where I'm up. This should come together pretty quick now.

 

[Cagey]

That's looking mighty fine!

Golfing and camping are pretty important, though. Gotta do that when you can.

 

[Dolando]

That's looking mighty fine!

Golfing and camping are pretty important, though. Gotta do that when you can.

Thanks mate!

They are very important. Next weekend is my birthday, so going for a birthday weekend in the Lake District here in England.

 

[fretless]

Killer bass !  :glasses10:

 

[Dolando]

Killer bass !  :glasses10:

Thanks, I'm so happy it's starting to become a bass now.

 

[Dolando]

Been pretty busy trying to get this together.

I've managed to line the cavity with copper foil and get the pickups hooked up and soldered all the electrics. Went to plan really, only got the pickups the wrong way round at first but was an easy fix. I just need a way to hold the battery on its side in the top left corner of the cavity. The only holder like this I can fine seems to be by Warwick, anyone know of any similar that a re a bit easier to get posted?

My only issue is that the ground for the bridge doesn't seem to be drilled properly and the holes have been started at both ends but don't seem to meet in the middle. Anyone had any issues similar to this?

 

[Cagey]

There are a number of ways to mount batteries. If you don't want to route out a cavity in the body for a battery box, you can sometimes fit it into the control cavity cover like this...

Or, there are a couple ways to put clips inside the control cavity. There are clips to mount them by the wide side or the narrow side. Here's a good source for boxes and clips.