Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Finished Pg. 2

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Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Finished Pg. 2

Post by HNB » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:15 pm

I was eyeing this body online. I have two other bodies pzorito has made. When I was able to pick up a loaded WRHB pickguard, I needed a body and grabbed this up. It wasn't without a problem though. One of the tremolo screws had snapped off at the head. I have removed broken screws before, so I wasn't worried. I was going to drill around it, but the copper tube I got wasn't straight enough so I did the "drill a hole next to it so you can wiggle it out" method. That didn't really work either, so I chiseled from the tremolo cavity until I got to the screw. Turns out it was curved and broken and that is why I couldn't pull it out. I drilled the hole out to make it round so I could glue a dowel in. Got that glued in and then used my chisel to square it off. First problem was fixed. I wanted to rout the pickup cavities deeper to work with the WRHB. To do this, I needed to take the bridge thimbles out. Problem number two.... those were super stuck in. I tried head and pliers and couldn't get them off. The top ring actually ripped off of one. I decided to drill them out instead. I found a bit that was a tiny bit bigger than the inside of the bridge thimble and used the drill press. It pulled both of them up pretty quickly. After that, I was able to rout the cavities deeper. When trying to install the new thimbles, I figured out the bridge wire hole didn't go all the way to the cup. I found a hole from the tremolo cavity I could use, but I don't like having wires in the tremolo cavity since it has moving parts, so I drilled a hole to the thimble instead and it is all ready to wire. I was able to do one coat of shielding paint also. I need to do two more. Here are pics. :)

The thimble remains and that cruddy broken screw.

Image20181012_165350 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

The screw hole drilled out.

Image20181012_154054 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Dowel added and sanded flat.

Image20181012_154358 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Image20181012_155311 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Squared off.

Image20181012_161150 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Cavities routed.

Image20181012_165424 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Image20181012_165453 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

Loaded guard sitting in the body.

Image20181012_165557 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

New thimbles loaded in. (I painted the plug dowel blue.)

Image2018-10-12_08-02-08 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Sat Oct 13, 2018 2:41 pm

I got the pickguard shielded and wired up. I need more shielding paint before I attach it to the body. :)

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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by TeenageShutdown! » Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:21 am

Nice work & awesome body/ project!
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:40 am

Thanks! I kind of enjoy problem solving. This had some of that for sure. :D
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by fever606 » Mon Oct 15, 2018 11:24 am

Wooo! Can't wait to see this one come together!
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Thu Oct 18, 2018 5:01 pm

My totally pro drying station. Big headstock is for this one, the small is for Slimer. ;)

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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by sirspens » Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:24 pm

This is absolutely beautiful. Great project. I am watching with much interest!
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:26 pm

Thanks! I am excited to see how it comes together. :D
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by Steadyriot. » Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:03 am

Next time you're in a fight with bridge timbles; try heating it with a soldering iron and they should slide up quite easily.
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:55 am

I used the soldering iron. Didn't budge. :)

I got the second coat of shielding done. Also took the tape off the headstock. I will clean up the edge before I start putting some clear on.

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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:45 pm

Looking great!

What shielding spray do you use? I've seen some epic stuff a few guys in the UK used (military grade), but most of the stuff I've seen here in the US isn't all that great.
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:23 pm

I used this stuff. :D

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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 5:37 am

Thanks for the link!
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by s_mcsleazy » Sat Oct 20, 2018 9:09 am

im digging the vibe on this one man.
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Re: Blue pzorito Jazzblaster Project

Post by HNB » Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:56 am

Thanks! I cleaned up the paint edge on my two black headstock necks. :)

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Put together a decal. (Based off of Ana's Song.)

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