Stealth Jag

[James]

They seem like a decent company but pricey is a good word. I emailed them about doing binding on a no inlay neck while back, shortly after I made the image actually, and got this back...

I don't really offer it James but for $190.00 I can pull it off as I am not really setup to do it but can do it on occasion for people. Thanks for the inquiry and have a good one! Tommy.

[stewart]

They seem like a decent company but pricey is a good word. I emailed them about doing binding on a no inlay neck while back, shortly after I made the image actually, and got this back...

I don't really offer it James but for $190.00 I can pull it off as I am not really setup to do it but can do it on occasion for people. Thanks for the inquiry and have a good one! Tommy.

that price doesn't seem too bad to me. if it was for a dream project or something i'd pay it.

[James]

$190 is quite a lot to put some plastic around the edge of a neck. I realise it's quite a lot of work from a building point of view if you're not set up for it, but for something purely visual it seems like a fair bit of money to spend.

[stewart]

$190 is quite a lot to put some plastic around the edge of a neck. I realise it's quite a lot of work from a building point of view if you're not set up for it, but for something purely visual it seems like a fair bit of money to spend.

ah, so that's just for the binding? i thought it was him making the neck from scratch etc.

[James]

$190 is quite a lot to put some plastic around the edge of a neck. I realise it's quite a lot of work from a building point of view if you're not set up for it, but for something purely visual it seems like a fair bit of money to spend.

ah, so that's just for the binding? i thought it was him making the neck from scratch etc.

Nah thats the extra for the binding. Neck prices range from $228-383. For what I'd want It'd be over $400 with the binding included, plus shipping.

[stewart]

$190 is quite a lot to put some plastic around the edge of a neck. I realise it's quite a lot of work from a building point of view if you're not set up for it, but for something purely visual it seems like a fair bit of money to spend.

ah, so that's just for the binding? i thought it was him making the neck from scratch etc.

Nah thats the extra for the binding. Neck prices range from $228-383. For what I'd want It'd be over $400 with the binding included, plus shipping.

oof. fuck that.

[astro]

I'd be tempted to stain the fretboard darker. Use some ebony woodstain or something like that. I like Mike's idea of white robroes but I can see why you'd stick with the black. It definitely looks better like it is than with a red pickguard.

I've thought about staining the guard, bit I wouldn't know how to do that without blacking out the dot markers. The rosewood is darker IRL than it is in the pic, so the contrast isn't too noticeable.

[James]

I'd be tempted to stain the fretboard darker. Use some ebony woodstain or something like that. I like Mike's idea of white robroes but I can see why you'd stick with the black. It definitely looks better like it is than with a red pickguard.

I've thought about staining the guard, bit I wouldn't know how to do that without blacking out the dot markers. The rosewood is darker IRL than it is in the pic, so the contrast isn't too noticeable.

I'm no expert, but I think you can basicaly paint on thin layers of wood stain, then use a bit of cloth to clean up the frets and dots. Because theyre not porous it will come off those quickly, and you'll get the desired effect quite soon without doing any damage to anything else. I would mask off the maple though. Use painters masking tape if you do, the blue type.

[jcyphe]

I like it with the black pup covers, white robroes would wussify the color scheme.

Don't be afraid to be dark.

Black robroes then for ultimate Darkness.

That might be cool.

[Reece]

I personally think it would look fucking ace with a maple neck, but then it's no a stealth jag anymore.

[robert(original)]

thats rediculous, all you need is a router, and a roughter bit with different sized bearings.
total of 2 mins to make the slot and 45 mins to bind the thing and tape it.
thats craziness.

[paul_]

I remember seeing the dude from Interpol with a Jag just like that.

edit- his doesn't have a matching stock; yours is better

[astro]

I'd be tempted to stain the fretboard darker. Use some ebony woodstain or something like that. I like Mike's idea of white robroes but I can see why you'd stick with the black. It definitely looks better like it is than with a red pickguard.

I've thought about staining the guard, bit I wouldn't know how to do that without blacking out the dot markers. The rosewood is darker IRL than it is in the pic, so the contrast isn't too noticeable.

I'm no expert, but I think you can basicaly paint on thin layers of wood stain, then use a bit of cloth to clean up the frets and dots. Because theyre not porous it will come off those quickly, and you'll get the desired effect quite soon without doing any damage to anything else. I would mask off the maple though. Use painters masking tape if you do, the blue type.

Sounds pretty easy. What kind of wood stain do I need? I know nothing of what types or brands there are.

[blacktaxi]

blacker than the blackest black, times infinity!

congrats! =)
btw, is it plain black or with the sparklez? there's some visual ambiguity in the headstock region %)

[James]

I've thought about staining the guard, bit I wouldn't know how to do that without blacking out the dot markers. The rosewood is darker IRL than it is in the pic, so the contrast isn't too noticeable.

I'm no expert, but I think you can basicaly paint on thin layers of wood stain, then use a bit of cloth to clean up the frets and dots. Because theyre not porous it will come off those quickly, and you'll get the desired effect quite soon without doing any damage to anything else. I would mask off the maple though. Use painters masking tape if you do, the blue type.

Sounds pretty easy. What kind of wood stain do I need? I know nothing of what types or brands there are.

I was going to do it once before, and basically most seem pretty similar. Finding ebony in a small tin wasnt that easy here as it's not really in fashion for general DIY stuff. I don't think you need anything too specific. These sort of products are generally labelled quite well, so I would just take a browse at a DIY/hardware store and look what they have, and have a glane at the instructions on there to see how they recommend doing it. One thing to keep in mind is a lot of their target market will be people doing fences and doors and the like, so the application methods will differ a bit. They might suggest to paint it on and it might be best for you to just wipe it on with a rag just because of the size of the higher frets.

[dots]

I like it with the black pup covers, white robroes would wussify the color scheme.

Don't be afraid to be dark.

+1

[astro]

I got a tin of this stuff today:



It's Minwax wood stain in an ebony colour. I won't have time to apply it until my next day off, hopefully it will work OK. I think I'll test out the stain on my beater Saga kit tele's fingerboard so as not to accidentally ruin the jag.

[Justin J]

hopefully it won't stain the inlay dots as well.

[Bacchus]

blacker than the blackest black, times infinity!

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[paul_]

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