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Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 5:49 am
by fullerplast
I've already got a request in to him for a better pic.
Some people have been stamping numbers on the blank RI F-plates and I want to make sure this one is OK before I would plunk down anything on it. Not that I have any reason to mistrust this guy personally, you never know where he might have got it from!
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 6:38 am
by zhivago
totally!
you gotta be so carefull nowadays!!
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 8:13 am
by i love sharin foo
That does look really nice Doug. I like dots and binding, but I think I slightly prefer blocks. At any rate, it does look perfect as is
Justin
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:03 am
by fullerplast
Thanks!
I'm rather pleased with it myself!
Although I might be routing it for hambackers soon...
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:01 pm
by Amber
fullerplast wrote:
Thanks!
I'm rather pleased with it myself!
Although I might be routing it for hambackers soon...
er...
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:24 pm
by fullerplast
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:32 pm
by Amber
I'd put a Floyd Rose and locking nut in there as well Doug, Jazzmasters never stay in tune!
Re: "PROJECT '65" Finis!
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:00 am
by fullerplast
Yesterday I made some time to pick through the last of my vintage bridge parts stash. I selected the best of what was left and built was is probably the last really good bridge I could make. It came out better than I thought!
After that I completed the setup, to include the trem-loc (using both Mel's and Tom's excellent websites as a guide).
I can now declare this project OVER, at least until I score some vintage pickups. I'm really happy with it and think it will be my main player. I don't even feel bad that it turned out to be a '66 instead of the '65 that sparked the project.
Total cost = $2200
And I still need some vintage pups and a case.
Was is a bargain? Probably not. Was it fun? Most definitely. Will I do it again?
Yep.
Re: "PROJECT '65" Finis!
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 7:05 am
by mjet
fullerplast wrote:
I can now declare this project OVER, at least until I score some vintage pickups.
And some real vintage knobs. Too bad nobody's got the real ones anymore.
Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 4:21 pm
by zhivago
great stuff!
it's one KILLER looking guitar!!
Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 5:02 pm
by StevenO
I love this guitar, man. Lucky duck, you.
Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 5:30 pm
by burker
fullerplast wrote:
Thought I'd drop this one in here too...
Niiiiiice, the unmatching headstock actually looks really cool. Dig the 60's style strap aswell!
Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:27 pm
by ~*blissedandgone*~
Muy bueno!!
It is a dreamy looking guitar.
Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:45 am
by fullerplast
The more I play it.... heck, the more I even just LOOK at it, the more I like it.
Not bad for just a pile of parts....
Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 4:01 pm
by mcjt
they're both beauts!
félicitations!