Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

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Acoasma
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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by Acoasma » Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:20 am

The first big problem.

As a novice with zero experiences I had planned to give the body to profesionalist's hands for adjusting neck pocket,because the neck doesn't fit. After returning from the veterinary I smoked couple of joints and had understood that give up adjusting your neck pocket is for motherfuckers.
So I get 320 sanding paper, straigtht piece of wood and started to sand. (and actually started destroying not cheap body)
Everything had to been fine, until I realised it's too much.
Down side is ok.
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But on the upper side I had to sand circa 1mm more(like a finger nail hole). :k :fp:
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Important thing is that the hole isn't going at the bottom of the heel (is the "heel" correct word?). I just pushed too much on the upper side of sander. Here is photo:
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So, what next??? Should I have to continue or obtain wider neck, or fil the gap with the glue and tiny wood sticks and resand? Please, give me an advice. Thank you.
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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by Acoasma » Wed Jun 06, 2018 12:41 pm

Update.

Neck is on the place, but I accidentally routed 2 holes with bigger drill, so I must go to obtain some wider screws tomorrow. Vintage tuners are on its place too,no problem.
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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by JVG » Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:40 pm

The perils of sanding stoned!

I would wait until you have the neck properly attached (and strings on the guitar) until you worry about filling the gap. At that time you can make some thin wedges of wood to glue into the slot.

J.

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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by armyofbees » Mon Jun 25, 2018 3:26 pm

nice work here - can't wait to see the finished guitar. left on!!

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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by Acoasma » Fri Jun 29, 2018 3:39 am

Dekuju aob! Thank you!
Just waitin for pickups and bridge.
I decided to buy hosco tremolo, coz I found one really cheap and it really looks like the fender japaneese one... I also wired the pickguard, but there's still some bugs and I am still waitin for 33 cap. There no quality 33 caps aroud here. 22, 01, 47.... Yes. 33? No. Weird. But over all, with vintage style bridge the guitar plays and stay in tune. There s some problem with octaves but I will solve this problem after final bridge instalation and proper neck adjustment.
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Ho estly with bridge I could buy?
I want staytren but there some original fender one, very near to me for almost half price and it the same seller where I will have to buy pickups. So is the really really really big differences between the fender and staytrem?

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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by Acoasma » Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:27 am

New photos
Without pickguard with hosco tremolo and fender mij vintage bridge
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Pickguard front side
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Pickguard back side
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I had to tried wire the pickguard. How the hell are the left handed pot wired? They are turning in wrong direction.

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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by MrFingers » Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:52 am

They are wired mirrored. The left lug becomes the right lug, and vice-versa.

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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by Acoasma » Mon Jul 02, 2018 4:24 am

MrFingers wrote:
Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:52 am
They are wired mirrored. The left lug becomes the right lug, and vice-versa.
MrFingers wrote:
Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:52 am
They are wired mirrored. The left lug becomes the right lug, and vice-versa.
Thank you MrFingers!

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Re: Left handed Jazzmaster from parts

Post by Acoasma » Thu Jul 12, 2018 2:55 am

Guitar is almost finished.
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