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I'm trying to buy some Hipshot "grip-lock" open staggered tuners like I normally use, but they seem to be out of stock most places or overpriced where in-stock.... hmmm.
Raga's Muffinmaster Korina Jazzmaster MkII
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Thanks Spud! Unfortunately those are for 8.5mm vintage style holes, I ordered my neck with modern holes
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Order status for the neck changed from "in progress" to "pickable", which I think means its getting ready to be shipped 
Or maybe "pickable" just refers to a particularly nice looking nostril...
Or maybe "pickable" just refers to a particularly nice looking nostril...
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Soldered up the fuzz circuit today. Would have been really easy if I hadn't accidentally swapped two of the capacitors, which I then had to desolder and it got a little messy. I don't think I damaged anything though. Now I just have to work on getting it in the guitar.
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Wait a second, those components are so small you can't even see them properly. Thy are surface mounts and you are trying to trick us by waving the soldering iron over them.
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Got it all wired in! This wiring scheme is definitely over the top, maybe I should have simplified it by leaving out the bass cut... Anyways, hope it works!!
Also the neck has shipped! Woot!
Also the neck has shipped! Woot!
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the 3 way only has two wires connected to the center lug. what gives?
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Wibbly wobbly timey wimey things! It goes beyond the scale of our minuscule human intellects!!
But really it looks like that but the black is actually hooked to the ground lug and yellow to the output lug ,which is below the ground lug on this switch (closer to the pickguard) and I haven't wired the pickups yet
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ah, I am just a simple spud and spaced that detail! Failed to notice the "air"pickups.
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The pickup covers that I ordered from Guitar Madness on Ebay don't fit in my pickguard, AND don't fit one of my pickups (the Woody++ has slightly wider pole pieces than normal). I just ordered a new set from Sunday Handwound; they'll fit their pickups and hopefully they'll fit in my guard!
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I have had good luck easing the edges of aluminum guards with emery boards. Just FYI
Or Al-you-minium as MayFly would say.
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The neck has landed! It's a little light on the birdseye on the front of the headstock, but the back of the shaft is very lovely and I'm very happy with it. Now comes a labor intensive but very important section of the build: the fret dressing and polishing, and then burnishing/polishing the shaft.
I'm still waiting on the tuners to arrive, as well as the new pickup covers
I'm still waiting on the tuners to arrive, as well as the new pickup covers
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I never quite understood the difference between a strat neck and a Jazzmaster one? Is the headstock slightly different?The neck has landed! It's a little light on the birdseye on the front of the headstock, but the back of the shaft is very lovely and I'm very happy with it. Now comes a labor intensive but very important section of the build: the fret dressing and polishing, and then burnishing/polishing the shaft.
I'm still waiting on the tuners to arrive, as well as the new pickup covers
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JM headstock is just a liiiittle bit bigger
