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Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 10:08 am
by sal paradise
A few months back Johnny did an amazingly generous thing, giving me a finders fee that he definitely did not owe me. After refused to take the cash back, I agreed to put it towards something fun. And some of you may have noticed the lack of offsets in my collection of late.
There’s a seller on eBay who sells finished Jag bodies left handed & I’d been planning a project for ages. So why the hell not. Unfortunately the guy only does relic finishes; and I shit you not this was me asking for v light wear. It’s ott for me, I’m sure I’ll get used it. Important part is it’s done well & the Alder body is nice & light.
I’ve been slowly stockpiling everything needed, including a factory 2nd jagstang neck, mastery bridge & hot wound Toltec pickups.
Body arrived a few days ago, and today made a start with shielding tape, and fitted a few bits on. Upper control plate looks to have a bit of fitting issue, but other than that looking forward to wiring all up this weekend.
Behold…
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 11:06 am
by Steadyriot.
That’s rad! Relic looks really good too.
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 1:09 pm
by Jan Deal
That looks super cool!
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 4:46 pm
by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou
Wow! That looks amazing!
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 5:15 pm
by BlixaFan
Whoa! That looks awesome! Does he do Jazzmasters too?? Can you send me a link??? Lefty here and desperate for a Jazzmaster
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Sun May 04, 2025 5:43 am
by sal paradise
The colour definitely pops.
@blixa, replied to your pm
I had to ream out the holes between the cavities, and got all the wiring through. Gonna solder shortly. Drilled the holes for pickguard etc, definitely going to be some issues with the rhythm switch fitting. Will worry about that once everything else is sorted.
Annoyingly I’ve misplaced the pickup foam, so can’t finish it all off until I find those
Progress…
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Sun May 04, 2025 6:30 am
by BlixaFan
Thanks so much!! Going to be following this to see it come together!!
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Sun May 04, 2025 7:09 am
by tchshwaah
Love the color! Where did you source the neck from?
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Mon May 05, 2025 5:27 am
by sal paradise
tchshwaah wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 7:09 am
Love the color! Where did you source the neck from?
eBay. Someone in the US seems to get lots of factory second jagstang necks, some in better condition than others. This one looks straight, just had some machine marks on the fretboard - a good oil sorted that out though.
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 4:02 am
by sal paradise
Had to order new foam for the pickups. But all wired up & seems to be working as expected. Managed to gently assuage (aka force) the rhythm circuit into place without any major body modifications, which was a nice surprise.
Progress…
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 5:19 am
by BlixaFan
Love this so much. Can I just come play all your lefties next time I’m in the UK?
Re: Left handed Sherwood Green Jag project
Posted: Tue May 06, 2025 6:35 am
by sal paradise
BlixaFan wrote: ↑Tue May 06, 2025 5:19 am
Love this so much. Can I just come play all your lefties next time I’m in the UK?
Haha, cheers. Of course, lefties always welcome when in London. I regrettably sold most of the interesting/rare ones though.
