Flake Finish Jazzmaster

[bagman67]

SNAZZY.

 

[Rick]

@ scabbie Actually Mayfly was proposing a build and that stimulated my thoughts about pearloid Binding with gloss flake.

 

[Ma77]

Looks great

 

[Rick]

Some progress pics. Tonight I start the neck. Then electronics and pickguard.

 

[Rick]

 

[Rick]

 

[mayfly]

ooooo shiny thing!

 

[Rick]

I hope it sounds as good as it looks because it's so shiny when I play out it will bling eyeballs.

 

[mayfly]

Maybe because of that it won't matter

 

[Rick]

LOL I'll just stand there and waive my guitar around!

 

[Rick]

Progress. Put on the tuning buttons, then attached the tuners.

Next made sure the neck was flat. Used a straight metal ruler and a magnifying glass. When I could see no light across all frets tops, I knew it was flat. Found no frets that were too high or low. This time took, less than 15 minutes.

Before attaching the neck and body together I wanted to get the pup routs set up, so I got this high tech tool called an emery board and sanded. Got the neck rout done. I think on the other pup holes I'll wrap a piece of sand paper around the emery board. Use 120 Grit.

The reason I'm expanding the pup routs is that while north to south the dimarzio minihum is the same as the gibson, east to west it's about 1/16 wider, so it needs to be widen by about 1/32, plus a skootch more on either side. If you go at it gently, doesn't seem to be a problem.

I had to ream out a little paint that fell into the tuner holes. You can see my high tech reaming tool (screw driver with sandpaper).

That 1/4 sawn headstock looks great! I love the flakes in the wood.

 

[Rick]

Attached neck. Next will be the pickguard and figuring out which hole to put the miniswitch.

 

[Rick]

Installing the pups in the pickguard. Note the high tech spring retention device. Also for minihums the north south Orientation doesn't make a difference

 

[Rick]

This seemed to be a logical placement for the miniswitch. Any reason why it shouldn't go there? Also, mounted the Freeway 10 way switch.

 

[Rick]

Oh yeah.. I used mini O rings to center the mini switch in the first tone hole. Also a flatter larger nut to hold it on.

 

[teleme01]

Thats a nice build

 

[Spud]

Looking sweet Rick.

 

[Spud]

Installing the pups in the pickguard. Note the high tech spring retention device. Also for minihums the north south Orientation doesn't make a difference
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yep alligator clips is how I do it too!

 

[Rick]

After years of chasing springs across the floor and not finding them one day it dawned on me I could use an alligator clip. Unfortunately my brain is not like Elon musks, he's thinking about AI brain implants in terminally ill monkeys to fly unmanned robot space planes into skylink orbit with tesla batteries, and I'm thinking about things a million people have already figured out. Though at the moment I felt pretty smart.

Someone else is going to have to find a cure for cancer, it won't be me.

 

[Rick]

Next stop is to the wizard for soldering, it's too complicated for me. New 3/32 bit. Just drilled the pickguard holes free hand, with the pickguard on.