"Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Discussion of vintage Jazzmasters, Jaguars, Bass VIs, Electric XIIs and any other offset-waist instruments.
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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Post by will » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:22 pm

Nah.

The Squier body was just keeping the neck occupied while I worked on the Dobro Disaster body. Like a lot of mods I've seen over the years, it looked better in photos than in person. Lots of gaps and glue and a pile of dowels.

I found a donor body that reeked of cigarettes and had a thick finish that would stick to anything that got too close. When it arrived in the mail, it was covered in circles imprinted from the bubble wrap.

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Then I carefully removed the top from the Marlboro body, and got rid of the wrecked top from the early Coronado, being careful not to bust the binding. I needed to use some paint stripper to remove the glue from the inside of the body.

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I sprayed the top black, since I think it looks nice with the black headstock of the neck. Plus I knew I wouldn't be able to match the original sunburst without a ton of sunburst practice. It still needs polishing and assembly.

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Post by Danley » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:37 pm

Cool; is the donor body useable at all still? I’m figuring these were laminate tops - maybe carve one solid as a project? :)
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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Post by will » Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:13 pm

Danley wrote:
Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:37 pm
Cool; is the donor body useable at all still? I’m figuring these were laminate tops - maybe carve one solid as a project? :)
The donor is getting strummed by a dead Marlboro Man in guitar heaven - it kinda got wrecked removing the top without losing any wood.

The top, back, and sides are all ply. The only solid wood is at the neck block, tail block, and a block under the bridge between the top and back.

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Post by 601210 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:02 am

https://reverb.com/item/27077379-relic- ... er-pickups

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So this is the complete opposite of vintage anyways but ffs dragging your $150 guitar behind your truck and adding $20 pickups to it doesn't make it a $420 guitar.

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Post by ThePearDream » Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:18 am

601210 wrote:
Tue Aug 20, 2019 6:02 am
https://reverb.com/item/27077379-relic- ... er-pickups

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So this is the complete opposite of vintage anyways but ffs dragging your $150 guitar behind your truck and adding $20 pickups to it doesn't make it a $420 guitar.
But it has an Orange Drop cap - "the magic ingredient for vintage old school tone"!

What is it with dudes from Georgia and charging crazy amounts for Squiers they've fucked up?
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Post by JVG » Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:58 pm

Imagine how great it would sound with TWO orange drop caps, or maybe swapping the string tree for an orange drop.

It’s not the worst relic job i’ve seen, but not the greatest either.

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Post by Danley » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:33 pm

I love how people think you can charge extra for that; when it comes time to sell it resale value is tanked; the market just sees it as ‘poor condition’ no matter how good your story is about the ‘pro luthier’ who did the job. Even people who want that look know it’s not worth any premium to obtain (apart from the most obsessive 0.001% of people.)

*Just sold a ‘reliced’ American Deluxe Strat for peanuts, good thing was still more than I bought it for.
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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Post by 601210 » Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:12 pm

JVG wrote:
Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:58 pm
Imagine how great it would sound with TWO orange drop caps, or maybe swapping the string tree for an orange drop.

It’s not the worst relic job i’ve seen, but not the greatest either.

J.
Now hear me out here:

Orange drop caps... aged in pure, fresh-squeezed orange juice.

I'm looking for 2 million dollars for 5 percent of my company.

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Post by Axolotl » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:02 am

Cruella de Vil's Dalmaster:

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Post by surfin_bird » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:10 am

I'm weird but I love vintage offsets with animal print. I just how much effort someone has done to create something so tacky.
I only own a '64 jag with a homemade silver goldburst and I just can't bring myself to have it removed. :whistle: The original owner bought his jag together with his brother who painted it yellow with jaguar spots.

Is this jazzmaster for sale? Asking for a friend :? :whistle:

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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Post by Axolotl » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:56 am

surfin_bird wrote:
Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:10 am
Is this jazzmaster for sale? Asking for a friend :? :whistle:
As a matter of fact, it is! (and it's a 63)

https://ebay.to/2KXXNCK

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Post by leokula » Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:06 am

601210 wrote:
Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:12 pm
Now hear me out here:

Orange drop caps... aged in pure, fresh-squeezed orange juice.

I'm looking for 2 million dollars for 5 percent of my company.
You sound like you def know what you're talking about when it comes to orange drop caps and for that reason I'm out.
Jaguar > Jazzmaster :)

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Post by Axolotl » Fri Aug 23, 2019 11:45 am

Once a 1954 Telecaster. What's with the scales? :fp:

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Post by jthomas » Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:21 pm

Looks like the cross hatching you see on a gun stock. There's probably some specific name for the pattern.

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Re: "Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

Post by countertext » Fri Aug 23, 2019 10:45 pm

I would still rock that Tele, though.

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