Competition Jag on the go. Rob(Og)

cooter · Post by **cooter** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:28 am

I'm needing a set of p90s.
I've got a new matched set of alnico single coils with white robroe covers from MyRareGuitars that have never been installed. Not sure how those sound. I've also got a matched set of ceramics from a 1984 Squier Bullet 1. They have black strat covers. They have a real decent sound and output. I'm not sure what brand or how expensive your p90s are but I'm just looking for a cheap set of creme colored p90s for a tele project.
If your interested I'll take some pics and get you some output readings.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:38 am

A matched headstock....

I sacrificed the Jagstang neck I had (Which by the way is nicer than the nicest Mustang neck I've ever played). She now has a color headstock. I'll be putting a Jaguar decal (Since I decided to make 99 % Jag) There were some extra holes drilled in it cuz somebody had put different tuners on it before I got it, I filled those with grain filler. I also wetsanded the whole back with #220 and then #800 (I know big jump, but that's all I had handy)

I put a bit of stain on an old shirt and slightly applied 1 very light coat on the back except the heel area. The serial # and the made in Japan were left intact. There is no color difference with the sanded part and the non sanded part. (There was before I stained it, very faint but you could see it).

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:49 am

Lookin' GREAT!

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:49 am

Lookin' GREAT!

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:56 am

Not as nice as your projects Fuller, but working towards it!

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:10 am

Dont know how I double posted but... that Jag does look fantastic!

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:16 am

Beautiful. Can't wait to see this finished.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:19 am

Thank you,

I't probably wont be done for another month.

I've yet to buy the freaking rhythm plate, switches and pots, paint needs to cure, decal.

Damn you Fullerplast, I kinda want shielding plates like yours now!

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:15 pm

Those plates are really cheap at ACE Hardware, couple of bucks... and they're easy to cut.

Is that an original body? It looks ash... very rare on a Jag until the mid 70s. They only used ash on blonde finishes, not many Jags had it.

Post by **Mike** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:20 pm

The middle stripe being too fat kind of upsets me, but aside from that it's looking fantastic

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:25 pm

Mike wrote:The middle stripe being too fat kind of upsets me, but aside from that it's looking fantastic

Nah, I think it sort of has to be a bit bigger because it's on a different body. I notied it being thicker, but I think it works because it looks a bit beefier, like, if that makes sense.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 6:59 pm

fullerplast wrote:Those plates are really cheap at ACE Hardware, couple of bucks... and they're easy to cut.

Is that an original body? It looks ash... very rare on a Jag until the mid 70s. They only used ash on blonde finishes, not many Jags had it.

It's a Rob(original) body

and yes it is ash.

I think the stripes do need to be proportionately thicker than the standard Mustang's stripes because of the bigger body shape on a Jag. (Not that I even thought about it, I just went with what I had available for masking tape)

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:03 pm

cooterfinger wrote:That's a negative on sanding color coats. I try not to even touch the color coats if it's a metallic color because your taking some of the flakes off each time you do. I put a can and a half of clear on it then hang it up for a month. For wetsanding I use baby oil and 800, 1000 and 2000 grit paper. I used to wetsand with soapy water but it seems like the baby oil works much better and a couple of drops will go a long way.

That's only on the top coat, right? Surely baby oil would prevent paint from sticking if you tried to paint over it?

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:07 pm

tribi9 wrote:I also wetsanded the whole back with #220 and then #800 (I know big jump, but that's all I had handy)

Did you go through the poly, or just knock the gloss off it?

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:48 am

MatthewK wrote:
tribi9 wrote:I also wetsanded the whole back with #220 and then #800 (I know big jump, but that's all I had handy)
Did you go through the poly, or just knock the gloss off it?

I got the body stained from ROb(og) No Poly was removed.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:08 am

Sorry - snipped too much, I was actually referring to the neck from the Jagstang.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:02 am

Oh, no problem. I went right to the wood with the neck. It sanded off really easy.

Are you working on a neck right now Matthew?

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:05 am

I had an idea to refinish my old junk Strat copy for my six-year-old - she wants "fire" painted on it. I had contemplated taking the poly off the neck, but it's painted black and I am afraid of what might appear if I did!

Just wondered if knocking the gloss off might make it a bit more playable. It's a piece of rubbish but with some care it might make a fun thrasher.

tribi9 · Post by **tribi9** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:13 pm

Well I got the decal from Cooterfinger. I find these are slightly nicer than Jodedcal's. Here is decal freshly put on.

Also I think Rob(Og) is right and the body might be cursed. I had put a couple of coats of clear, but needed to touch up to touch up the back so I did 2 coats of color again. (I was out of clear at the time, so I put the guitar away) When the clear came in, (A week later) I had forgotten I had touched up the back, so I went heavy on the first coat but since the back had been touched up the paint started cracking.

The front was fine since it already had clear, however I went way too heavy on the back and it sort of dripped around to the front. So you see those 2 -3 spots now on the front.

I'm out of paint and each can is $25 bones, so I think Im just going to keep clearcoating it like that. (This shit was sanded down so it feels smooth to the touch)

And most of the parts are here, having a hard time buying the roller switches, so I'll probably wire it without one. The white guard I got didn't fit, but I git this tort one, I got as a trade. I got one Jag PU, the ones I got from cooterfinger are too small.

Ninja Mike 808 · Post by **Ninja Mike 808** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:14 pm

Lookin' good.