jazzblaster?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:03 pm

so i picked this up from finboy, (i'm sure you can find the classifieds posting for more info on it) here
essentially its a jagmaster body, that was refined to not look lame (read: strat bridge)

it showed up last week actually, but no one was able to grab the post till thursday.
anyways. here are my out of the box pictars

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this is the neck i've got for it.
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now i believe i just need some wide range pups, a bridge and pots (1meg..)
and time
precious precious time.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:39 pm

Thatguitar started as DGNR8's, then it was mine, then, oh shit, I forgot the guys name, but it made the rounds at OSG too. I know "Jazzblaster" had it, I htink he did the blue refin and added the trem.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:51 pm

maybe it finally has a home?

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:54 pm

i think it would look amazing with a maple neck, but rosewood shouldn't be too shabby.

TheBurbz · Post by **TheBurbz** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:27 pm

Would look nice with mint or white pearl pickguard. Sonic Blue is one of my fav colours

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:27 pm

glad you like it, i hope the small cracks didn't grow any. i can't wait to finally see what this thing looks like when it's done

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:55 pm

i'll see what i can do about a pickguard.
i like the pearloid idea

i'm also wondering about painting the headstock to match.. but i'll need to track down the right blue.

it won't be finished for a while though...
sort of like my other projects

but it will happen in `09.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:01 pm

Nice one. Personally i would go for 500k pots to warm the sound a little, the 1 meg malarky is out of date imo.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 7:27 pm

serfx wrote:i'll see what i can do about a pickguard.
i like the pearloid idea

i'm also wondering about painting the headstock to match.. but i'll need to track down the right blue.

it won't be finished for a while though...
sort of like my other projects

but it will happen in `09.

jazzblaster on offset knows the exact name, he got the paint at walmart so it should be easy to track down

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:15 pm

so i had some spare time over fathers day weekend. and access to a few fun tools that i don't own
so i figured it was time to get this baby done up.

i had to do a bit more routing to the body, as i wanted to use jazzmaster covers over the pickups.
i could talk about ti but instead i'll let the pictures say everything.

the neck didn't go on as smoothly as i wanted, and i'm missing a tuner.. i'll have to remount, fill , redrill and put it back on.
but its good enough for the music i play.

video / audio demo to come.

pics.

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Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:32 pm

Fran wrote:Nice one. Personally i would go for 500k pots to warm the sound a little, the 1 meg malarky is out of date imo.

Not on WideRangers.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:36 pm

If you ever lose your mind and decide to sell this... I want dibs.

I love the current hacked together look of the body. LOVE IT!

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:36 pm

Mike wrote:
Fran wrote:Nice one. Personally i would go for 500k pots to warm the sound a little, the 1 meg malarky is out of date imo.
Not on WideRangers.

yeah i didn't opt for wide rangers, and just went with 500k pots. the neck pup is super twangy
and the bridge is a sd jb that i picked up from James a year? ago

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:50 pm

whats that blue stuff around the pickups

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:30 pm

robert(original) wrote:whats that blue stuff around the pickups

the inside of the guitar body.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:35 pm

so i plugged this into my twin to see what it sounds like, but the pickups are to low to get anything off of them, i scraped a screw driver over them they do work.
so i might put a different neck on it, and see about lowering the bridge.
as there is some room to do that still.

we'll see how it turns out.

i'll keep you posted.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:48 pm

serfx wrote:i'm also wondering about painting the headstock to match.. but i'll need to track down the right blue.

I would paint it white. That's what I plan on doing with my rob(og) custom.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:11 am

serfx, that was a joke. its..... uughhhh, a joke from a few years ago.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:27 am

robert(original) wrote:serfx, that was a joke. its..... uughhhh, a joke from a few years ago.

yeah.. i remember reading it years ago.. before i signed up.

however. i had also not had my correct quantity of caffeine and nicotine..
but i'm getting to that point.

:p

so anyways, since i converted my telecaster to a shortscale (conversion neck ftw?)
and i love a maple neck...

i sat and looked at this for a while

and then decided fuck it. lets do it.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:38 am

serfx wrote:

Amazing.

My jealousy knows no bounds.