Black Limba HH Jazzmaster Custom Build

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 1:35 pm

I found a seller (headguitar) on ebay who does Jazzmasters in different woods and the listing says that he takes custom requests. I messaged him ahead of time asking if he could do HH with a hardtail sort of like the new Affinity Jazzmaster and he said no problem. (I asked him to set it up so I could use one of the US Fender hardtail bridges vs the Squire one and he also said no problem.) One really nice thing he did was call me to measure where the pickups sat so he could get the routs in the right place. That was really nice and unexpected. Made it so I didn't have to buy a custom guard. Since I hadn't heard of black limba and it looked pretty interesting, I asked him to use that. These are the first pictures he sent me.

unnamed by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

unnamed2 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

When it arrived the treble side of the pickup routs needed a little bit removed to get the humbuckers to sit right.

20170705_131851 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Through this guitar I found out the pickups in the Affinity Jazzmaster are a little thicker than normal humbuckers. They were bottoming out in the routs but other normal humbuckers I had sat in the routs fine. Here is how it looked with the Affinity loaded guard on it. (Minus the toggle because the rout doesn't accommodate that kind of toggle. Needs to be the typical Jazzy toggle to fit right.)

20170705_130823 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

The Affinity Jazzy neck I got here fit it perfect. Very unusual for me to find a custom body where I didn't have to sand the pocket a little to get the neck to fit right.

20170705_132631 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20170705_132639 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

It needed a little final finish sanding. Nothing major. Here it is before I rubbed some tung oil on it.

20170705_135927 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

After tung oil. (Just the first coat, but the colors are popping a bit more and the color warmed up a bit.)

20170705_140959 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

He saved the CNC file under my name for me in case I wanted to do another one in a different wood or something. He also adjusted the file with the pickup rout adjustments I did with a chisel so next time it would less adjustment needed. The cost was pretty cheap and the product fits pretty much perfect. Very happy with the body.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:23 pm

The back with one coat of tung oil. Not as crazy as the front, but still pretty wood.

20170705_191247 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Nice precise ferrule holes.

20170705_191255 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

countertext · Post by **countertext** » Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:31 pm

Nice. That ought to look amazing after a few coats.

danp3man · Post by **danp3man** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:19 am

HNB wrote:I found a seller (headguitar) on ebay who does Jazzmasters in different woods and the listing says that he takes custom requests. I messaged him ahead of time asking if he could do HH with a hardtail sort of like the new Affinity Jazzmaster and he said no problem. (I asked him to set it up so I could use one of the US Fender hardtail bridges vs the Squire one and he also said no problem.) One really nice thing he did was call me to measure where the pickups sat so he could get the routs in the right place. That was really nice and unexpected. Made it so I didn't have to buy a custom guard. Since I hadn't heard of black limba and it looked pretty interesting, I asked him to use that. These are the first pictures he sent me.

unnamed by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

When it arrived the treble side of the pickup routs needed a little bit removed to get the humbuckers to sit right.

Through this guitar I found out the pickups in the Affinity Jazzmaster are a little thicker than normal humbuckers. They were bottoming out in the routs but other normal humbuckers I had sat in the routs fine. Here is how it looked with the Affinity loaded guard on it. (Minus the toggle because the rout doesn't accommodate that kind of toggle. Needs to be the typical Jazzy toggle to fit right.)

The Affinity Jazzy neck I got here fit it perfect. Very unusual for me to find a custom body where I didn't have to sand the pocket a little to get the neck to fit right.
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It needed a little final finish sanding. Nothing major. Here it is before I rubbed some tung oil on it.

After tung oil. (Just the first coat, but the colors are popping a bit more and the color warmed up a bit.)

He saved the CNC file under my name for me in case I wanted to do another one in a different wood or something. He also adjusted the file with the pickup rout adjustments I did with a chisel so next time it would less adjustment needed. The cost was pretty cheap and the product fits pretty much perfect. Very happy with the body.

Really nice choice on the wood for the body- will be anxious to see the finished guitar!

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:59 am

Thanks! Did a second coat on the front.

2017-07-06_10-33-05 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:48 am

Sanded the Squire logo off so I could do my own custom decal.

IMG_20170706_122819 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_20170706_124201 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 3:01 pm

Decal went on well.

IMG_20170707_085720 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Body is looking good. I will probably do four or five more coats.

IMG_20170708_103043 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Tue Jul 11, 2017 10:39 am

The back is all done.

Just need to do the front.

20170711_100348 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

20170711_100355 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:30 pm

Progress

Just need knobs.....

20170722_180141_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170722_180148_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170722_180159_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170722_180130 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

20170722_180119_HDR by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

dylanafghjkl · Post by **dylanafghjkl** » Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:41 pm

Wonderful!!! I'm loving all the NGE referencing offsets

rank · Post by **rank** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 5:00 am

I love reading about the Jazzmaster builds everyone does but am disappointed every time they don't have a Jazzmaster trem. It is beautiful though.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:18 am

I don't normally use a tremolo. I have a couple Jazzys and Jags with the usual tremolo.

I like hardtails for whatever reason.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:24 am

dylanafghjkl wrote:Wonderful!!! I'm loving all the NGE referencing offsets

I really like that Anime a lot and I think Lilith is my favorite. I really enjoy using the mask and name. The mask is offset, so I should earn some points here, right?