"I was given a 60's Jazzmaster in pieces...."

[zhivago]

I was given a 60's Jazzmaster in pieces, body stripped and refinished in a black stain that had turned green. I put it back together and usd it for a while like that, but I hated the bridge pickup. Then someone gave me a DiMarzio SDHP, which I put it in the bridge position, and loved it. Then, I found a Gibson creme colored P90 on clearance (brand new)for $15. I chiseled out the block of wood between the two pickup routs, and mounted the P90 in the middle position. I used a blend pot between it and the bridge pickup. That was one smokin' guitar! I ended up selling it to a guy who said he wanted to restore it, but I saw it a few months later hanging in a music store. I still kinda mis it...

http://www.musicplayer.com/cgi-bin/ulti ... 013423;p=0

[Soiouz]

I wonder if this one will have a better future!

http://flickr.com/photos/patrickhenault/95200594/

...sure hope so!

[enormous]

Man's inhumanity to guitars .  I am in the process of getting a stripped '64 body up and running.  I don't have a vintage neck, so I am going to use an AVRI.  It's going to be black with an anodized guard.  I just want to do my part to give poor, broken-down, old Jazzmasters a good home.

[fullerplast]

I chiseled out the block of wood between the two pickup routs

Hey! I think I bought a few guitars from this dude!

BTW - A screwdriver works too, if you use a big enough hammer...

[i love sharin foo]

I chiseled out the block of wood between the two pickup routs

Hey! I think I bought a few guitars from this dude!

BTW - A screwdriver works too, if you use a big enough hammer...

Unfortunately, I've owned a few of his pieces too      ...or should it be    I could almost not feel too badly about having a nice machine made route under a guard, but a chewed up, gouged out one always bothers me.

Justin

[mynameisjonas]

BTW - A screwdriver works too, if you use a big enough hammer...

yes it does! you should see the inside of my squier... 

[zhivago]

the thing that kinda pisses me off witht he particular story, is that he destroyed the guitar, and then sold it.

if someone said to me "hey man, I love this guitar, I wanna mod it to this so I will play it until the day I die" I'd be more understanding.

but to ruin a perfectly good guitar and then selling it off!