Home-made Jazzmaster... or Surfmaster.

[level3]

Very impressive work! Love how you turned the little headstock mishap into a feature.

Have you done anything like this before? Must be great to have all those tools and professional at your disposal when needed.

[ThePearDream]

This turned out great. You should be very proud. Impressive recovery on the headstock tear out. I feel like the ability to overcome those little obstacles, turn flaws into features, and keep moving forward, is what really makes the difference between a poor craftsman and a good one. It's not how you start, it's how you finish, and all that kind of thing. Keep up the great work!

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Very impressive work! Love how you turned the little headstock mishap into a feature.

Have you done anything like this before? Must be great to have all those tools and professional at your disposal when needed.

Thank you very much. I do my own setups and soldering,. Last year I got my first real practice on an old, unplayable German archtop. Replaced the fretboard and refretted it, and also installed a trussrod. Yes the wood shop is great. You pay per daypart + a premium for the machines you use. I think I spent approx 100 euro.

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

This turned out great. You should be very proud. Impressive recovery on the headstock tear out. I feel like the ability to overcome those little obstacles, turn flaws into features, and keep moving forward, is what really makes the difference between a poor craftsman and a good one. It's not how you start, it's how you finish, and all that kind of thing. Keep up the great work!

Thank you for those kind words. It seems I shall be keeping up the good work....

.... as I bought this swamp ash body blank from someone who used to build guitars and is now selling his leftovers. It's beautiful and has been stashed away for 10 years. A steal at 75 euro. My second Jazzmaster body is coming up...!

[Scout]

Really well done for a first time!

[shigginpit]

Looks like a nice piece of ash for a Mary Kay finish, or something else which might display the grain. Will look forward to seeing the next one as well. I also developed much of my skillset for paintwork from owning and maintaining older (mostly 1970's) Datsun, Toyota and VW. There are certainly some parallels between the 2 hobbies.

One parallel is that if you aren't careful, before you know it, you've thrown more money at a project than you ever intended to

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Looks like a nice piece of ash for a Mary Kay finish, or something else which might display the grain. Will look forward to seeing the next one as well. I also developed much of my skillset for paintwork from owning and maintaining older (mostly 1970's) Datsun, Toyota and VW. There are certainly some parallels between the 2 hobbies.

One parallel is that if you aren't careful, before you know it, you've thrown more money at a project than you ever intended to

Agreed on that parallel.

Mine was a 64 Lincoln Continental. Parts prices doubled over the course of the decade. A rebuilt power steering pump now costs as much as a second hand player series Jazzmaster.

[Salfaromeab]

Saw this build on SG101 too, lovely stuff!

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Oops.

[Daitong II]

Amazing work. Bravo

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Thank you.

I found this excellent neck plate online. Party on!

[Fiddy]

Thank you.

I found this excellent neck plate online. Party on!

No way?

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Thank you.

I found this excellent neck plate online. Party on!

No way?

Way!

[DrippyReverbTremolo]

Changed the string trees to Fender Vintera ones. They look nice.

Also fine tuned the neck by taking a little bit of material off the shoulder, bass side between the 1st and 3d fret.

[jdr1014]

Congrats on excellent work and a very striking guitar! Very well done and thanks for sharing

Looking forward to your next build!