Jazzmaster “Purple Beauty”

[Highland89]

Warmoth Jazzmaster

9.7 lbs

Body

Jazzmaster

Mahogany body

Flamed maple top

Purple satin finish with cream binding

Natural unpainted back

Body stained/finished in Tru oil

Contoured heel with offset neck plate

Hipshot bridge

Fishman Fluence classic humbuckers (direct mounted)

Neck

Stratocaster

Modern construction (double action truss rod)

Roasted maple shaft

Rosewood fretboard

Cream side dot inlays

Tiltback Stratocaster headstock with rosewood veneer

Standard thin neck profile

25.5 scale length

1-11/16” (43mm) nut width

10”-16” compound radius

6150 (med. jumbo wide) stainless steel frets

Earvana compensated nut

Hipshot locking tuners

 

[ThePhilosopher]

That's a stunner for sure.

 

[Hodgo]

You installed the Fishman battery pack I see - Id love to see inside the control cavity. Beautiful build.

 

[Highland89]

You installed the Fishman battery pack I see - Id love to see inside the control cavity. Beautiful build.

Thanks, next time I’m at the studio I’ll try to remember to take a picture of the cavity.

 

[SuperJazz]

How did you select the Earvana nut with the tiltback headstock option? I want to do this but doesn't let me configure...

 

[stratamania]

How did you select the Earvana nut with the tiltback headstock option? I want to do this but doesn't let me configure...

By the looks of it he is most likely using an Earvana Gibson style nut which you can buy from Earvana.

Gibson Style Shelf Nut

1-5/8" (1.658") E-E 1.340" Fits 12" to 14" radius 1-11/16" (1.689") E-E 1.395" Fits 12" to 14"radius Gibson and Acoustic style shelf nuts 1-11/16" are 3/16" thick at the base and 1/4" tall from the bottom of the nut to the top of the fret board.

earvana.com

 

[SuperJazz]

By the looks of it he is most likely using an Earvana Gibson style nut which you can buy from Earvana.

Gibson Style Shelf Nut

1-5/8" (1.658") E-E 1.340" Fits 12" to 14" radius 1-11/16" (1.689") E-E 1.395" Fits 12" to 14"radius Gibson and Acoustic style shelf nuts 1-11/16" are 3/16" thick at the base and 1/4" tall from the bottom of the nut to the top of the fret board.

earvana.com

In this case, wouldn't the scale length be off (as Gibson one would be intonated for a shorter scale length)?

 

[Highland89]

How did you select the Earvana nut with the tiltback headstock option? I want to do this but doesn't let me configure...

I bought this guitar second hand from the person who put it together. It’s a Fender scale length. I know Warmoth doesn’t offer the nut with a tiltback so I’m sure he just installed it himself.

 

[stratamania]

In this case, wouldn't the scale length be off (as Gibson one would be intonated for a shorter scale length)?

It is a compensated nut based on where the 0 fret or leading edge of a nut would be. It does not alter the scale length but compensates the relative position of the nut slots compared to a theoretical 0 fret. Note the nut is sold as a Gibson style referring to the nut shelf it fits on rather than it being for a scale length.