Tonar finished Jazzmaster complete

[smjenkins]

Here's the thrilling conclusion to a thread started by Greg.  http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=13955.msg200086

First off, here's the concept:

At the last minute (literally 30 minutes before going to the luthier) I decided to go with cream pickup covers.  

The specs are:

Ash Jazzmaster body
Jazzmaster neck and bridge pickup routing
Jazzmaster tremolo routing

Warmoth pro Jazzmaster neck
Maple neck & fretboard
SS6105 frets

Lollar Jazzmaster p/u in the neck
Lollar P90 in the bridge

Standard Jazzmaster wiring

I finished the wiring this afternoon, just in time to get to Guitar Center before the guitar tech left.  Or so I thought.  I got there and Ziko (who works for Parsons http://parsonsguitars.com/) actually did the setup while I was there and let me hang out with him and chat about guitars while he was working.  He ended up leaving two hours later than he was supposed to since he worked on the JM.  Very cool.  I was expecting to get the guitar back on Saturday or Monday, but its done today.

This Jazzmaster has easily become my new favorite.  I've actually never played a Jazzmaster before and I have to say, I love the rythm circuit.  Really adds another sound to the pallate.  The Lollar pickups sound incredible and even the split position sounds good.  The P-90 really has some meat to it and the Jazzmaster neck pickup "sounds like church" according to one of the Guitar Center guys who played it.  Very present but not too bright.  Anyway, here's the pics:

 

[JaySwear]

amazing! looks very very classic. congrats!

 

[Tonar8352]

Mike, it turned out looking great! I think the cream covers were a good choice and the color combinations work perfectly.  :icon_thumright:

 

[erogenousjones17]

Mike, it turned out looking great! I think the cream covers were a good choice and the color combinations work perfectly.  :icon_thumright:

+1 Good call on the cream covers--it looks great!

 

[kboman]

Tastes like mustard!  :icon_biggrin:
I would have stayed with black covers, but this still looks great. 'tis good to see another Jazzmaster in the world.

 

[smjenkins]

Thanks for the kind words.  As far as the pickup cover color, it turns out it's really easy to swap out JM pickup covers, so I may try out the back ones next year.

 

[NLD09]

The white ones look great. Good choice.

 

[exaN]

LOVE it dude, really classy :glasses9:.

 

[SustainerPlayer]

Very retro-looking. Nice.  :glasses9:

 

[jay4321]

Does look great. I think I like the black covers better, but you can't go wrong with either on that guitar

 

[m4rk0]

very classy indeed!!  :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:

 

[tfarny]

Wow, awesome! Brilliant all around.  :icon_thumright:

 

[Jack Michaelson]

Yes, very nice.

 

[Firebird211]

The cream covers are a really classy touch. :rock-on:

 

[elfro89]

ha! only tonar could make a single colour look amazing.  :icon_tongue:  Has he done ANYTHING mediocre?  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[rapfohl09]

Man this is awesome. Every time I see a guitar in these galleries I'm like "That's what my next build will be!!!"


It's making my life really difficult  :laughing7: