pictures of your guitars here

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:11 pm

Mike wrote:Holy crap that's pretty

i couldn't of put it better myself

ProcessedMeatMan · Post by **ProcessedMeatMan** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:19 pm

Very nice

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 2:08 pm

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments. Kinda got sick of the sight of it so put it away for a few days and now loving it again.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:04 pm

Mike wrote:Holy crap that's pretty

This.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:06 pm

Got this old girl back from the guy I sold her to

Devlin Imposter

moob · Post by **moob** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:27 pm

Mike wrote:Holy crap that's pretty

I concur with this.

Dannymec · Post by **Dannymec** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:59 pm

mkt3000 wrote:Got this old girl back from the guy I sold her to Devlin Imposter

THIS IS SO COOL!

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:14 am

Thanks! You can find them once in a while on ebay for $200-250. I highly recommend them. The only mod I've done to mine is swap the bridge pickup for a GFS Dream 90, and soon gonna put new knobs on her.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:23 am

Gibson Custom Thin Neck 339

spirograph · Post by **spirograph** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:39 am

man that imposter thingy is fookin sweet! why have i never seen one of them before? why has no-one famous/successful used one yet?
also, tasty gibson, serf!

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:46 am

spirograph wrote:man that imposter thingy is fookin sweet! why have i never seen one of them before? why has no-one famous/successful used one yet?

Rare as fuck, they were only made for a year or two. I think it might be getting some studio use by Davila 666 (PR's only successful garage band, google them) after their bass player asked me earlier today if he could borrow it for some recordings.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:52 am

othomas2 wrote:Nice collection. I like your Jazzblaster the most !!

Thanks! That one was a fun project. It is a Blacktop with locking tuners added, and adjusto-matic added, routing for WRHB, custom pickguard, and a 1meg volume with a toggle.

Mike wrote:Absolutely amazing collection of guitars there HNB

Thanks! It is always changing. I tend to be a project junkie. I keep the ones I bond with and end up selling the others to pay for the next project. I am actually trying to sell the Black Jazzblaster. I can't go in to that here too much though because I am not at the post count yet.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:20 am

HNB wrote:
othomas2 wrote:Nice collection. I like your Jazzblaster the most !!
Thanks! That one was a fun project. It is a Blacktop with locking tuners added, and adjusto-matic added, routing for WRHB, custom pickguard, and a 1meg volume with a toggle.

Very nice, i've often thought about routing the bridge for a WRHB as i've one that i bought for a project, but it's not currently in use.. (that project is taking me forever).
those BT jazzmasters are a fantastic mod platform to go to a Jazzblaster, or anything else really..
also dig the Black on Black.. it's like a stealth jazzblaster..

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:24 am

serfx wrote:Very nice, i've often thought about routing the bridge for a WRHB as i've one that i bought for a project, but it's not currently in use.. (that project is taking me forever).
those BT jazzmasters are a fantastic mod platform to go to a Jazzblaster, or anything else really..
also dig the Black on Black.. it's like a stealth jazzblaster..

I have modded three Blacktops so far. The black one, the sunburst one in the big photo that looks like a Cobain Jaguar, and one that I routed for normal Jazzy pickups and rhythm rollers. I added a strangle switch to the pickguard on that one. They are great fun to mod.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:28 am

Here is that blacktop. It had one volume and two tones also with an added side jack.

DSC01004 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:31 am

The Cobain one is swish - any more pics of that one?

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:30 pm

Mike wrote:The Cobain one is swish - any more pics of that one?

Sure!

IMG_1884 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_1883 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC03240 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC03231 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

DSC03196 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 3:37 pm

Pretty darn swish.

HNB · Post by **HNB** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:17 pm

Mike wrote:Pretty darn swish.

Thanks!

The trem placement is the new modern one, but that actually works very well with the TOM, so I think it is all good. The rhythm area is just screwed in to the wood with electrical tape under it. Since Kurt didn't use that area, I thought it would be fine not to bother with that. He didn't normally use tremolo, so I didn't see a need to worry about that. I had fun adding the extra strap knob to it.

Tuners aren't accurate, but they work fine. Decal isn't a match, but it isn't a Jaguar, so I did more of a hybrid. The tort was made for me by Tony at pickguardian. Great stuff. I just had to make a drawing for him. He nailed my drawing template.

Concretebadger · Post by **Concretebadger** » Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:26 pm

I've yet to try out a Jag but I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that one day I'm going to buy one and there's nothing I'd be able to do to stop myself when it happens. I think it was seeing a Kurt sig model for the first time that clinched it.

Very nice Jazzstang BTW. It looks odd at first glance, but the more you look at it the more 'right' it seems. So unique but looks lovely (I never thought I'd ever say that about a green guitar, either. It really does look stunning).