VMJM rides again, XII conversion
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:58 am
Back when I first started posting here I modified a VMJM by swapping the neck out for an Offset Special neck with a maple fretboard, white button Klusons, black pickup covers, Staytrem Bridge and arm and an MIJ vibrato. This was my main guitar for a few years, but through further acquisitions gradually fell by the wayside until it was just sat on a stand. I never really played it anymore but couldn't really bear to part with it either.
So I put a Paranormal Jazzmaster XII neck on it. It's a pretty basic conversion, apart from the neck all I did was slap the original JM bridge back on it to account for double the strings. It's even still got the vibrato (which actually works quite well and is a lot more stable than I was expecting). I've been having a lot of fun with it the last few days.
The XII neck was actually somehow a little bit narrower than the Offset Special neck at the heel, so there is a little gap in the pocket, but other than that it all went together pretty smoothly and actually sounds really great, I'm excited to write with it.
The Paranormal XII got the original VMJM neck and actually looks pretty sharp. It'll probably want normal saddles at some point, but it's getting a new home with a friend of mine so I'm gonna let that be her problem haha
I kept the Offset Special neck in case I ever wanted to change it back. Really happy with it at the moment but could probably stand to get some new tuners on it, and maybe a black pickguard at some point...
So I put a Paranormal Jazzmaster XII neck on it. It's a pretty basic conversion, apart from the neck all I did was slap the original JM bridge back on it to account for double the strings. It's even still got the vibrato (which actually works quite well and is a lot more stable than I was expecting). I've been having a lot of fun with it the last few days.
The XII neck was actually somehow a little bit narrower than the Offset Special neck at the heel, so there is a little gap in the pocket, but other than that it all went together pretty smoothly and actually sounds really great, I'm excited to write with it.
The Paranormal XII got the original VMJM neck and actually looks pretty sharp. It'll probably want normal saddles at some point, but it's getting a new home with a friend of mine so I'm gonna let that be her problem haha
I kept the Offset Special neck in case I ever wanted to change it back. Really happy with it at the moment but could probably stand to get some new tuners on it, and maybe a black pickguard at some point...
