The Andromedary
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:52 pm
Finished this one up a few weeks ago and just got around to taking some decent pictures this afternoon.
The primary design motivators for this build were that I wanted to build a minihum Jag and to replicate a purple sparkle finish I did on a pedal enclosure while back on a guitar.
I started w/ an alder Jag body from Warmoth matched up w/ a 10-16" compound radius roasted maple Jag neck w/ the '59 roundback profile and stainless vintage size frets. The body is on the portly side at 4 lbs. 14 oz. unfinished, but altogether it seems to come in around the same weight as my Johnny Marr so it's not overly fatigue inducing. I'm in looove w/ the roasted maple necks. It's so ridiculously fast and smooth raw that I haven't wanted to screw it up trying to treat or otherwise finish the back or fretboard, Here they are dry assembled:
To keep the strings on and in tune I used an LSR nut and Hipshot open gear locking tuners at the headstock and Mastery bridge and vibrato on the body. I'd really been missing a minihum guitar and had been lusting after a set of the Lollars for a while and figured no time like the present. I've been super impressed w/ this set's range and clarity and they've got great bite and body in this guitar.
The Jag body afforded a whole lot of opportunity to try out more stupid wiring tricks and I couldn't resist going for it. The bells and whistles surprisingly all seem to do something cool and useful and they interact pretty significantly w/ each other. In practice I windup using like 3 combos of settings 90% of the time but it's great to have options:
The finish started w/ a couple of coats of sanding sealer followed by a sanding to 400 grit and a couple coats of grey primer. The base was a couple coats of Testors Purplicious followed by several layers of a few different varieties of Krylon Glitter blast and 12 coats of StewMac clear gloss lacquer. I wetsanded it flat up to 800 grit and then hit it w/ another 10 coats of clear, scuff sanding every few coats. After that I wetsanded up to 1500 grit and got it buffed by my friend who has a nice arbor. Here are some pics of the finished guitar:
The primary design motivators for this build were that I wanted to build a minihum Jag and to replicate a purple sparkle finish I did on a pedal enclosure while back on a guitar.
I started w/ an alder Jag body from Warmoth matched up w/ a 10-16" compound radius roasted maple Jag neck w/ the '59 roundback profile and stainless vintage size frets. The body is on the portly side at 4 lbs. 14 oz. unfinished, but altogether it seems to come in around the same weight as my Johnny Marr so it's not overly fatigue inducing. I'm in looove w/ the roasted maple necks. It's so ridiculously fast and smooth raw that I haven't wanted to screw it up trying to treat or otherwise finish the back or fretboard, Here they are dry assembled:
To keep the strings on and in tune I used an LSR nut and Hipshot open gear locking tuners at the headstock and Mastery bridge and vibrato on the body. I'd really been missing a minihum guitar and had been lusting after a set of the Lollars for a while and figured no time like the present. I've been super impressed w/ this set's range and clarity and they've got great bite and body in this guitar.
The Jag body afforded a whole lot of opportunity to try out more stupid wiring tricks and I couldn't resist going for it. The bells and whistles surprisingly all seem to do something cool and useful and they interact pretty significantly w/ each other. In practice I windup using like 3 combos of settings 90% of the time but it's great to have options:
The finish started w/ a couple of coats of sanding sealer followed by a sanding to 400 grit and a couple coats of grey primer. The base was a couple coats of Testors Purplicious followed by several layers of a few different varieties of Krylon Glitter blast and 12 coats of StewMac clear gloss lacquer. I wetsanded it flat up to 800 grit and then hit it w/ another 10 coats of clear, scuff sanding every few coats. After that I wetsanded up to 1500 grit and got it buffed by my friend who has a nice arbor. Here are some pics of the finished guitar:
