Lace Stencil Project Dano Inspired Jazzmaster Finished Pg. 5

[HNB]

Thanks!! I am excited to see it come together. Hoping to do a black guard, black pickups, black strat knobs, Fender tremolo, mastery bridge. I will finish the neck in my usual fashion. Hopefully that helps with the picturing of it until more parts arrive and I can do a mock up.

This looks great!
(just emailed about the guard )

Thanks so much!!

[HNB]

Here is a mock up of sorts. I have a black aluminum guard coming for it and a mastery tremolo. Black covers, switch, and knobs.

IMG_20201225_201301 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

IMG_20201225_201304 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Trial and error. I was marking the holes for the tremolo using masking tape as usual and when I pulled the tape off the Minwax clear pulled off of the color layer....

I used the masking tape and was able to pull the clear off the entire body. I started over with Deft nitro clear which I have used in the past. I have tried to stay away from nitro because it reacts to my stands and stuff, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do... LOL I finished clear and just wetsanded and polished. It looks pretty good. Not perfect, but in spite of all these issues, good.

[HNB]

Oh going to let it cure more before I start adding parts and doing the shielding paint. Nitro takes a good amount of time to cure and I don't want to make any more finish issues. LOL

[HNB]

Still letting it hang for the most part, but got the tremolo, strap buttons, and one thimble on while I worked on shielding paint.

2021-01-12_11-43-50 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[HNB]

Got the tuners on the neck and the neck mounted. Also got the pickguard mounted. I just need the pickup screws to be ready for strings. The pickups are Sunday Hand Wound Charlie Christian-style Jazzmaster pickups I got from StevenO. Excited to hear them. I did the series switch and no roller pots on this one. One meg pots in the volume and tone spot.

2021-02-19_02-06-50 by Christopher Louck, on Flickr

[marqueemoon]

Nice. I was eyeing those pickups...

[Fiddy]

Nice. I was eyeing those pickups...

If you look closely at the picture, it looks like they are eyeing you right back.

[ohm-men]

Wow! Looks fantastic! Exellent work.
I really dig this a lot. And the Jazzmaster body really has the right shape for the lace stencil

[dc]

that's looking GREAT, definitely one of your best-best

[Amon 7.L]

It's a total stunner.
Well done, Chris. It's definitely one of your top ones.

Thanks for sharing.

[HNB]

Thanks!!

[antisymmetric]

How did I miss this? Well done!!

[CROSS_guitars]

I've been wanting to do one of these lace finishes.
Haven't found the right lace yet.

looks cool.

[HNB]

I found mine by going to the fabric store. They had several patterns and I just picked the one I thought was most interesting.