Re: my 2nd offset: 1966 jazzmaster

gregovertone · Post by **gregovertone** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:28 pm

ha. you'd be 4th. i'll keep you posted

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:32 pm

gregovertone wrote: ha. you'd be 4th. i'll keep you posted

Too funny - people are pretty quick to move on this board!

gregovertone · Post by **gregovertone** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:41 am

been playing it for about an hour this morning.....

outside of the basic things it needs (about a $20 order from GPR, still can't find the foam though)......

i don't think i can wage a fair decision on it until it has had a pro setup.

- get the intonation perfect
- bring the action down a hair
- stop the bridge buzzing (that zing/ping sound i can't pin down!)

it honestly has the frets/radius of an older les paul. thats what it reminds me of.

TheMilford · Post by **TheMilford** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:06 am

I used some foam weather-stripping. I found stuff that was close in size and it works fine.

Soiouz · Post by **Soiouz** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:08 am

TheMilford wrote: I used some foam weather-stripping. I found stuff that was close in size and it works fine.

+1 It's the closest you can get to the actual stuff used by Fender. It's also very useful for the mutes. It's what I used on my Mustang Bass mute and it works perfectly.

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:36 am

...okay - here is a suggestion. You should clean that up and make it look like this:
index.php?topic=612.0

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:40 am

still can't find the foam though

If you look in the Bass section of GPR the stuff that is used to mount Jazz and Precision pickups is the same foam.... just get that if they don't list the Jag/JM stuff.

gregovertone · Post by **gregovertone** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:22 pm

ha. i scoured the site for the bass section......didn't realize it was on the main page. smart guy.

i've got a call into my tech to get it setup.

gregovertone · Post by **gregovertone** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:36 am

i just went shopping. time to put in a work bench.

it's small.....but it will do.

home depot
- brasso
- microfiber cloth
- razor blades
- 000 steel wool

Target
- more cloth
- table (to be used as a bench).

i looked everywhere, i couldn't find any naptha. to make it worse, i couldn't even find any typical lighter fluid.

what's best, 2 parts fluid, 1 part water?

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:48 am

gregovertone wrote: i just went shopping. time to put in a work bench.

it's small.....but it will do.

home depot
- brasso
- microfiber cloth
- razor blades
- 000 steel wool

Target
- more cloth
- table (to be used as a bench).

i looked everywhere, i couldn't find any naptha. to make it worse, i couldn't even find any typical lighter fluid.

what's best, 2 parts fluid, 1 part water?

Are you sure Home Dept didn't have Naptha? Its in the paint section next to all the strippers - acetone, aircraft remover, etc. They always carry the stuff in the blue can - not sure of the brand, but it has all kinds of stripping products in a similar blue can.

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:05 am

glimmertwin wrote: aircraft remover

Ugh, removing aircrafts are the worst!

gregovertone · Post by **gregovertone** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:31 pm

i placed an order from GPR on thursday morning....

it arrived today, in full. not bad. i was worried about ordering........i'm glad i took the risk.

- foam
- aged plastic
- tone pot
- rhythm circuit slider

Sullivan · Post by **Sullivan** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:04 am

I'm putting my order in tomorrow, I suppose. Here's hoping it goes as smoothly as yours...

gregovertone · Post by **gregovertone** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:37 am

good luck man. i was shocked.
i was fully prepared for the worst.

i rewired everything just now. first time in a jazzmaster. still had all the cloth wiring.

amazingly enough....despite it being me working on it........IT WORKS!

so much better.

i'm pumped. i want to solder everything!

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