They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by jthomas » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:23 pm

I didn't know that Pete Townsend played Jazzys.

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by JSutter » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:34 pm

Talk about heavy relic. You'll have a great story to go with that guitar when it's completed. I love these threads!

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Rgand » Fri Jun 28, 2019 3:46 pm

Fender Addiction wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:46 pm
s_mcsleazy wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:04 pm
Fender Addiction wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:02 pm


Definitely the most logical scenario... damage to the neck or headstock somewhere!
CSI: Offset
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by ChristheRat » Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:17 pm

Haha a real whodunnit
Things are more like they are now, then they ever have been.

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by ChristheRat » Fri Jun 28, 2019 4:19 pm

Haha a real whodunnit.
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Maggieo » Sat Jun 29, 2019 1:56 pm

jthomas wrote:
Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:23 pm
I didn't know that Pete Townsend played Jazzys.
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by jthomas » Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:49 pm

Great photo, Maggieo. Is that really Townsend?

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:09 pm

jthomas wrote:
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Great photo, Maggieo. Is that really Townsend?
Yep.

That couple in the crowd are hilarious!
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Fender Addiction » Sun Jun 30, 2019 8:58 am

Maggieo wrote:
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According to the website The Who Dot Net:
27 May 1967, Grand Marquee, Oxford, with Fender Jazzmaster, vibrato bar removed. After this gig, the Jazzmaster was stolen.
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by jthomas » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:29 am

Isn't that a young Donald Trump, up front and to the left?

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Maggieo » Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:30 am

jthomas wrote:
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Isn't that a young Donald Trump, up front and to the left?
He only goes to the UK to build golf courses and whinge about windmills.
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Fender Addiction » Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:37 pm

Latest updates: I have sanded, and sanded and sanded some more... even sanded a little bit of a divot into the back of the body trying to blend the seam. Not too bad, but I think it will be obvious when the final coat is applied and the light hits it just right. Anyhow.. I finally got it about as smooth as it could be, then followed with sanding sealer. Sanded the sealer smooth, and applied 2 coats of primer.

I went ahead and took some pictures to post because, while I plan on putting 2 more coats of primer, I don't think a point and shoot camera will pick up the nuanced differences.

So here it is in it's current state:

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Danley » Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:58 pm

Freaking great - odd request, do you have the DC measurement of the orig. stacked humbuckers by chance?
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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by 601210 » Tue Jul 02, 2019 1:24 am

This is so cool that I'm sad I don't have a smashed up jazzmaster to resurrect.

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Re: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, OR, Don't Call It A Comeback, It Never Left

Post by Fender Addiction » Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:22 am

Danley wrote:
Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:58 pm
Freaking great - odd request, do you have the DC measurement of the orig. stacked humbuckers by chance?
Thanks! And, about the resistance of the pickups, since I never removed them from the pickguard assembly, I measured from the jack, using the switch and pots to dial in each pickup. I found the neck to have 13.3kΩ, the bridge to have 15.5kΩ, and combined 7.2kΩ.
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