jazzmaster 62 LPB project

[teensupertiger]

it's been a while i've been posting here; meantime i've got a new jazzmaster.
i made several parts guitars since a decade or more, but i'm not so good with the painting job, so i wanted to test a local luthier, not expensive. He is called Jacobson (Lille, France) : he's his website: https://vintagefguitares.blogspot.com/
the thing was to made a repro of a 1962 lake placid blue jazzmaster.

the specs:
- guitarbuild UK body that he reshape a bit, he curves a bit more the contours
- allparts neck, he puts clay dots on it
- LPB paint with checking and a light relic
- MS Tornade pickups, a french brand that is really good, i prefer it to the Curtis Novak, more bite and warm but still really close repro to vintage
- classic vintage correct wiring, except 500k pots
- avri hardware reliced

the pics:














I change the pickguard, but i'm not sure about it:





Some action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1M48DN_7CE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S60taBSQIA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q68qsHvwZHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0cNcm4Dyg

[kdanie]

It looks & sounds great, I think I prefer the white guard.

ken

[teensupertiger]

It looks & sounds great, I think I prefer the white guard.

ken

thanks Kdanie
or maybe a better looking red tort guard

[casper]

The color almost appears Ocean Turquoise in certain shots, but more LPB up close. I suppose that is part of the relic, but is that what you've found or does it look more blue in person?

[teensupertiger]

The color almost appears Ocean Turquoise in certain shots, but more LPB up close. I suppose that is part of the relic, but is that what you've found or does it look more blue in person?

it depends of the light;
it's very blue with sun light and can goes until green with artificial light.

on the right is OTM (naturally yellowed in its life), middle this LPB, left squier sonic blue:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bln3JitlbNZ/

[casper]

The color almost appears Ocean Turquoise in certain shots, but more LPB up close. I suppose that is part of the relic, but is that what you've found or does it look more blue in person?

it depends of the light;
it's very blue with sun light and can goes until green with artificial light.

on the right is OTM (naturally yellowed in its life), middle this LPB, left squier sonic blue:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bln3JitlbNZ/

Very cool! I think I like the LPB the best though with the matching headstock.

[shambeko]

Wow, that looks amazing. I'm looking at putting together a JM build just not sure of the colour yet. LPB is one of the front runners.

[JazzmanLDG]

Absolutely gorgeous I prefer the white guard. A friend goes weak at the knees for the tort.
I'm in the process of my own LPB build at the moment. Yours is very inspiring. Congrats !!

[Unicorn Warrior]

Yes. As others have said..it's much more convincing with that white guard. Beautiful job

[fenderjeff]

Tiens !
Salut Seb
J'aurais fait une 66, et je préfère avec le pickguard tortoise.

[PJazzmaster]

cool one, I'd go for a mint guard with a 60 degree bevel.

[teensupertiger]

Tiens !
Salut Seb
J'aurais fait une 66, et je préfère avec le pickguard tortoise.

ah ah les avis sont partagés
je suis moins fan du binding et des blocks sur le manche. question de goût

[teensupertiger]

yep, i think more and more to put back the aged white pickguard. Also the color has aged a bit since this summer (the shots are from), i will do an update when i will change the PG.

[teensupertiger]

i put back the original pickguard like you suggest. Yes it's better.






and here a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYzMqWG070

[Rgand]

Looks and sounds great. Yes, the white pickguard is the best look. Nice guitar.