Two projects: Prehistoric Mustang/Petrified Jagmaster

[Narco Martenot]

I thought some of you might like this.

The piece of copper used was an anode that I used for electroplating parts for the Jagmaster, which caused the beautiful patina. I let this sit for five months to corrode until it was completely covered in green crust, and then polished it with 3M rubbing compound after cutting it to the shape you see below.

[robert(original)]

dude, you kick ass.
i want to see moar!

[NickS]

It is mind boggling that no one is producing copper plated guitar parts. I guess it is one of the many holes in the guitar industry that no one is taking advantage of.

You copper-plated the strings, too?

[Mike]

Electroplating is incredibly sexy.

[Gavin]

What an excellent poster. That Jagmaster looks amazing.

[Narco Martenot]

Thanks guys.

As for the strings -- I copper leafed them for the photos only. For some reason, there doesn't seem to be any electroplating services near me, and I had been having trouble with electroplating things myself towards the end of this project.

[Narco Martenot]

My dad found this Teisco EP-7 today at a garage sale for $5...

I am currently figuring out what I want to do with it. I have been wanting to start a hollowbody project for a while now.

[Haze]

Prehistoric Hollowbody? I'll stick around to see that!
Hope it stays that lovely colour green though

[Narco Martenot]

I do love the green, but I really do not like it with the black. This is a tough decision.

I am so tempted to just strip all of the paint, but I do love the green.

[hotrodperlmutter]

def needs bigsby made from triceratops claws

[stewart]

make it look like a lizard.

[Haze]

make it look like a lizard.

[Noirie.]

make it look like a lizard.

+11! scales FTW.

[Narco Martenot]

You know, I just finished working on a line of Formula One team uniforms that I designed that use Ankylosaurus armour patterns, which is a lot like lizard skin (Ankylosaurus even means "fused lizard"). I own a few pairs of lizard skin shoes as well.

I don't know if this guitar will have any animal parts on it, though.

I have made a digital template for this guitar, so I can begin figuring out what I want to do to this.

So far, I am thinking a white/blue white top, dark brownish petrified back, sides, neck; and copper hardware and control plate to replace the plastic one.

I have already stripped the guitar down to a pile of parts as well. I tested the electronics before I did so, and everything works perfectly. I didn't have any extra strings or a bridge for this, so I have no idea what they sound like. Does anyone know?

[hotrodperlmutter]

i have a teisco mustang knock off, and it sounds mega twangs. i would replace the pups, they're a bit weak. p90's would rock.

[Narco Martenot]

Are your pickups really noisy?

[stewart]

i've got an old teisco thing somewhere that i got for £20, it's pretty dreadful to play (feels like the neck could snap off with vigorous playing) but the pickups are actually quite nice.

[Narco Martenot]

I started sanding the body to see how thick the paint is -- it is very thick on this. It's going to take a long time to sand all of this off.

When I removed the paint on the Jagmaster, I used a heat gun which worked well. I assume that would a very bad idea for this body. Considering the wood is so thin, what would be the best method to use? Some sort of chemical, or should I stick with sanding?

[stewart]

go for this or something similar if you can get it. it'll take the worst of it off without damaging the wood as long as you're reasonably careful.

[robert(original)]

oh shit folks, new guitar, new mode of pure b'dassery!