Glad to help. Yeah, things cost but so often the bargain basement stuff isn't worth dealing with.Chiediazanna wrote: Thanks a lot Rgand. Nothing is cheap in this world! First step for me will be to route my 72 deluxe (aftermarket body) to allow jazzmaster pickups and a matching pickguard. I'll take it slow, still have some guitars to sell before. Again, thanks for the support.
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Wise. It is a very specific bridge, hard to find in used in europe.Rgand wrote:Glad to help. Yeah, things cost but so often the bargain basement stuff isn't worth dealing with.Chiediazanna wrote: Thanks a lot Rgand. Nothing is cheap in this world! First step for me will be to route my 72 deluxe (aftermarket body) to allow jazzmaster pickups and a matching pickguard. I'll take it slow, still have some guitars to sell before. Again, thanks for the support.
Off topic: is there a specific section in this forum dedicated to selling and swapping threads?
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I haven't seen one, but I'm new here so there may be one. Maybe one of the other forum members will chime in on that.Chiediazanna wrote:Off topic: is there a specific section in this forum dedicated to selling and swapping threads?
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Paint and assembly by Bob Logan is done!
With its Squier little brother:
Middle pickup still on the way, and I'll twist those wires running to the rhythm circuit and solder on the ground wire when I add the middle pickup.
I'm in love with this guitar. Tons of sustain with the Mastery. The Novak Wide Range sounds great.
With its Squier little brother:
Middle pickup still on the way, and I'll twist those wires running to the rhythm circuit and solder on the ground wire when I add the middle pickup.
I'm in love with this guitar. Tons of sustain with the Mastery. The Novak Wide Range sounds great.
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Beautiful! I really love that subtle / faded burst. With the tort and that darker neck it's just enough different to be interesting, but just enough the same to look really classic. Congrats
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I've had a couple of Warmoth's necks made in woods which do not require finishing. I would recommend it to anyone, there's something very satisfying about playing a piece of raw wood.mathias wrote:This is Warmoth's "roasted maple" which they say doesn't need a finish, so we'll see how it does raw.
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100% agree. This is a very well executed and classy project.Deed_Poll wrote:...With the tort and that darker neck it's just enough different to be interesting, but just enough the same to look really classic...
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The tort will probably look even better when I tear off the protective film I was just in a hurry to play it!
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So sick! Really dig the faded sunburst, super unique. Almost reminds me of antigua.
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The painter and I exchanged photos of vintage Fender bursts and I told him I didn't want as much orange in the amber as Fender/Squier uses now -- hence the fade! It is really unique but it feels good to stick with classic lines and aesthetics. The third pickup is also going to be a little extra nod to individuality, when it is installed
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(It's my thread so I'll doublepost if I want to.. )
I didn't realize it all the time that I had this neck in a box, but the back profile is definitely thinner (Warmoth Standard Thin, I think?) than the neck on my Squier VM JM. I wonder if I am partial to chunkier necks, or if I just need to get used to this. I played an SG for a long time, and that was definitely a thinner neck.. I should use some calipers and see how everything measures up.
Not complaining. This guitar continues to be amazing, even though it needs a few more tweaks.
Has anyone used Gabriel Tenorio String Company offset strings? I know M&M Guitar Bar blog posts talk about them a lot. I'm partial to coated strings because they last so much longer, and I dislike the feeling of worn/corroded strings.. but that probably means I should just replace non-coated strings more often. Thinking about getting those Offset Strings, but wanted to hear whether others thought they were worth the premium?
I didn't realize it all the time that I had this neck in a box, but the back profile is definitely thinner (Warmoth Standard Thin, I think?) than the neck on my Squier VM JM. I wonder if I am partial to chunkier necks, or if I just need to get used to this. I played an SG for a long time, and that was definitely a thinner neck.. I should use some calipers and see how everything measures up.
Not complaining. This guitar continues to be amazing, even though it needs a few more tweaks.
Has anyone used Gabriel Tenorio String Company offset strings? I know M&M Guitar Bar blog posts talk about them a lot. I'm partial to coated strings because they last so much longer, and I dislike the feeling of worn/corroded strings.. but that probably means I should just replace non-coated strings more often. Thinking about getting those Offset Strings, but wanted to hear whether others thought they were worth the premium?
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The lipstick pickup should be here soon! I spent some time with alligator clips and my digital multimeter trying to confirm that I knew how the Mustang slider switch would work, and it turns out I don't. I thought maybe it'd be wired like a humbucker coil selector (both coils, only first coil, only second coil) but that didn't seem right either. ( I was going off of viewtopic.php?f=7&t=43919#p659048" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
I was going to use a mini toggle but the 3 position toggles I could find online were ON-OFF-ON and what I'd really like is ON-ON-ON. I guess I'll have to keep looking.
With a SPDT mini toggle, which I have a lot of, I could solo the middle pickup OR have it switch regularly for the Jazzmaster pickups / switches but never have all of them on at once. There's something appealing about a "middle middle" position where I've got everything on all at once.
Advice? Thoughts?
I was going to use a mini toggle but the 3 position toggles I could find online were ON-OFF-ON and what I'd really like is ON-ON-ON. I guess I'll have to keep looking.
With a SPDT mini toggle, which I have a lot of, I could solo the middle pickup OR have it switch regularly for the Jazzmaster pickups / switches but never have all of them on at once. There's something appealing about a "middle middle" position where I've got everything on all at once.
Advice? Thoughts?
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Nice build. Are you still loving it?
Whatever happened to the lipstick pickup?
Whatever happened to the lipstick pickup?