Metallic Bound Lilac Jazzmaster Finished Pg. 2

[HNB]

I got this body yesterday and it arrived today! I haven't seen an MJT body like this before. It was sold to me as Metallic Lilac. It is beautiful! I love everything about it. I even had a guard already and most of the parts. I just need a neck really. I got to work right away squaring the tremolo rout and attaching a classic player tremolo and getting the bridge thimbles and strap buttons on. I wired the pickguard. It has the upper switch as a series/parallel switch. I plan on getting some cream covers to better match the binding and knobs, but here is how it looks so far.

IMG_20210309_141812 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20210309_141826 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20210309_141815 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20210309_144820 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20210309_160613 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[s_mcsleazy]

loving the contrast between the pearl/white and the lilac.

[Norrin Radd]

Spectacular! What a cool looking body.

[dinosaurkale->]

damn cant wait to see the end result !

[HNB]

Just need a neck now.

IMG_20210318_114354 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[countertext]

You’re going to have to wear puffy sleeves to play an axe with this much panache. Possibly a velvet vest.

Looks really good.

[HNB]

Two pinkie rings.

[HosaMogami]

This looks great! Your vibrato route adjustment looks very clean. Did you use a chisel?

[HNB]

Yeah. I use a 1 1/2" chisel when I do those corners.

[Scout]

Yeah, never saw a bound top like that, sweet!

[HosaMogami]

Yeah. I use a 1 1/2" chisel when I do those corners.

Thanks! Looks like you did a killer job. Excited to see the finished product. I love the color.

[HNB]

Thanks! It is a super unusual color for me. I haven't ever owned anything that color. I thought it was really beautiful and feminine. (Even though I know colors don't work that way.) It reminded me of my grandmothers and their love of pink things in their house and flower pattern decorations.

[PorkyPrimeCut]

It's a shame you couldn't put a vintage B & B neck on it, one where the blocks are more on the yellower side, like this...



It'd look incredible on that body!

Are you planning on a matching headstock? Matching that finish could be tricky!

[adamrobertt]

Wow. Real purdy. I'm not a huge fan of pearloid guards but I'm interested to see how this ends up.

[HNB]

Thanks! It might get a bound neck. The only thing I am concerned about is the binding not being the same color. I will have to see. I don't plan on matching the headstock because I don't think I would be able to find the right color and also I don't tend to bond well with matching headstocks for whatever reason. I used to do them a lot, but didn't bond with the guitars. No idea why. I think they look cool in pictures, just don't tend to dig them when I have them in hand. I feel like I have owned every competition mustang color aside from orange and I didn't keep any of them. One of my weird quicks I guess. Next month is my neck month for this and the Gibbard Jazzmaster.