"PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
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Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
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!
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!
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Re: "PROJECT '65" Update! Pics!
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
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Thanks!
I'm rather pleased with it myself!
Although I might be routing it for hambackers soon...
I'm rather pleased with it myself!
Although I might be routing it for hambackers soon...
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er...fullerplast wrote: Thanks!
I'm rather pleased with it myself!
Although I might be routing it for hambackers soon...
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I'd put a Floyd Rose and locking nut in there as well Doug, Jazzmasters never stay in tune!
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Re: "PROJECT '65" Finis!
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.
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.
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Re: "PROJECT '65" Finis!
And some real vintage knobs. Too bad nobody's got the real ones anymore.fullerplast wrote:
I can now declare this project OVER, at least until I score some vintage pickups.
"You eventually learn that true priorities are like arms; if you think you have more than a couple, you're either lying or crazy."
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Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
I love this guitar, man. Lucky duck, you.
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Niiiiiice, the unmatching headstock actually looks really cool. Dig the 60's style strap aswell!fullerplast wrote:
Thought I'd drop this one in here too...
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Re: "PROJECT '65" ~ FINIS! ~
Muy bueno!!
It is a dreamy looking guitar.
It is a dreamy looking guitar.
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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....
Not bad for just a pile of parts....
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