Jack's Excellent $100 Build - "Jack White Special"
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erogenousjones17
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jay4321 said:
Staples? It's hard to get more ghetto than what he's got already... :laughing7:
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ErogenousJones said:
Might do that eventually; don't have a lot of time to work on this right now; work is a bitch until around the end of Oct.
This weekend I have to try to shoot sanding sealer lightly enough as not to make that undiluted black dye concentrate melt/run all over the place, need to get at least a few coats on so I can mount the tuners/neck and see how ridiculous the action is going to be and if I need to do any neck pocket surgery.
CrackedPepper
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Awesome - the dye on the neck looks like you took a black sharpie and colored it in by hand...
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CrackedPepper said:
Under normal circumstances, this would be a bad thing; in this particular case, however: awesome. :laughing7:
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OzziePete
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Oh Jack, this is a freaking classic!
I bet this will sound like a dog's fart after a meal of chilli beans......(plenty of snarling displeasure)
I bet this will sound like a dog's fart after a meal of chilli beans......(plenty of snarling displeasure)
jackthehack
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It's ALIVE....... I had to put 9 quarters under the bridge to get the action up playable, does that $2.25 count against the total? Just shot 4 coats of Deft Satin on the neck over the dye and called it good enough for a $100 guitar...
Sounds pretty bad ass, but those $12 tuners truly suck.
Sounds pretty bad ass, but those $12 tuners truly suck.
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The most rough guitar ever! 
jackthehack
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Sound sux, as it's iPhone video, but you get the idea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYdHd8BuKBw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYdHd8BuKBw
Patrick from Davis
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The Ceiling fan seems to be causing a hum. Turn that off, and it is golden.
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Since I had to use the quarters on the bridge, decided to wrap some black electrical tape around it, continues the unintended "Frankenstein" theme and may help the body from further cracking... :headbang1: I may replace that piece of pickguard with one of those clear green school protractor deals that has the different sized holes in them.
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Id say keep the pickguard, think the protractor, although would give even more of a frankenstein theme to it i guess, just think keeping the pickguard keeps the "could've been a good looking guitar eons ago" to me, which this guitar seems to give off to me to be honest.
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OzziePete
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Without the tape on the body, the guitar would have a habit of blending in with the decking floor...... :icon_biggrin:
Doesn't sound half bad tho. :icon_thumright:
Doesn't sound half bad tho. :icon_thumright:
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Final cost basis, near as I can figure (did I use a 1/4 can of Deft Satin lacquer on the neck?) is $91.25, that includes the quarters shimmying up the bridge.
