DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
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All finished! I used two Stew Mac shims to make sure the neck worked with the thicker humbucker pickups. I am really happy with how it worked out. The 52mm bridge is really nice!
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
What bridge?
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
The American Pro ones. I was lucky and got two for $70 each. They are 9.5 radius and 52mm.
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They often go used for almost $150......
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
Looks great! What brand of mint guard is that? I like that it doesn't look neon green, some of them are WAY too green. Looks right on this colour combo.
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I am pretty sure it is Allparts.
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
Looks really good. I’ve got a sonic blue Strat in parts, this makes me think I need to put it back together.
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Not sure if you can tell in the picture above, but the mint guard was crooked. I took off screws to get it right and just couldn't get that right side to look right. I decided to pull the MIM neck and tremolo for my Bloody Jazzmaster and use an AVRI tremolo coming in and an Allparts neck on it I am finishing. I brought down some of my guards and a tort one fit the shape much better. No idea why, but it is what it is. I like it. Just need to finish the neck for it and the tremolo to arrive and get it back together. I am also going to order a 1.5 degree shim from stewmac because of the humbucker pickups being a little higher than Jazzy ones.
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
I love my sonic blue tex mex Strat. best neck shape of any Strat I've ever played. I'd love to find another from that series.countertext wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:08 pmLooks really good. I’ve got a sonic blue Strat in parts, this makes me think I need to put it back together.
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
looks lovely with tort, but I'm biased. had a sonic blue Squier Jazzmaster I put tort on, now I've got a Daphne JM with tort. Also, Rei is my favorite. The tortoise guitar hints at her red eyes a little better.HNB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:09 pmNot sure if you can tell in the picture above, but the mint guard was crooked. I took off screws to get it right and just couldn't get that right side to look right. I decided to pull the MIM neck and tremolo for my Bloody Jazzmaster and use an AVRI tremolo coming in and an Allparts neck on it I am finishing. I brought down some of my guards and a tort one fit the shape much better. No idea why, but it is what it is. I like it. Just need to finish the neck for it and the tremolo to arrive and get it back together. I am also going to order a 1.5 degree shim from stewmac because of the humbucker pickups being a little higher than Jazzy ones.
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
coincidently, I broke a screw like this on my Jaguar when mounting the Mute assembly. I opted to use a 1/4 plug bit to cut out a plug of alder, as I was worried about screwing into the end grain of a dowel. End grain isn't an issue for your vibrato plate screw, but the mute screw will be countering a bit of upward force. I have THIS THREAD to thank for the idea.HNB wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 3:18 pmI got this body from horseblanket. He also included a MIM Jazzy neck. The only issue it had was a broken screw in the tremolo area. I ordered an extractor bit and it only took like five minutes to get the screw out. I will glue in a piece of 1/4" dowel and it will be all good.
Did you seal or paint or anything over your dowel, or did you just glue it in flush with the body surface?
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I just glued it flush. I didn't paint over it since the tremolo will sit over it anyways.
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Re: DBL MJT Jazzy Project Finished pg. 2
Little change up. Because the neck pickup sits a little too high I decided to put a normal Jazzy pickup there and keep the bridge humbucker. (I will use the neck humbucker in the bridge position of a different guitar. ) I decided to use black covers since I had no hole black covers I could drill out to work with the humbucker. I just taped the sides to hold them in place and used the original holes as pilot holes for the new cover. Worked great!
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AVRI tremolo added and black plastics.
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