Two projects: Prehistoric Mustang/Petrified Jagmaster

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:24 pm

I ended up going with Zip-Strip in a spray can. I wanted to buy aircraft stripper, but this was the closest thing I could find while shopping at 2 AM. I think it will work, though.

I hope to have this stripped today so I can start aging this by a few hundred years. I am very excited to start painting this. I think it will end up looking a lot like the Jagmaster's paint, but with a bit of green since I like the existing green so much (sort of a tribute to it's soon to be former paint).

Who knows what will actually happen when the Bob Ross knives are out of the cabinet.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:41 pm

might be worth making a new thread for it once you start rather than it being tacked on here.

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:09 pm

Will do.

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:05 pm

I finally decided to add a volume control to the copper/ostrich guitar; which means that I had to make a control knob!

Wooden inner, ostrich side with copper indicator; and a copper top.

I reconfigured the electronics as well. The pickup configuration is now two GFS hot rails, with a mystery GFS humbucker (leftover from a GFS SG kit) sandwiched in the middle, with kill switches for all three and a master volume. The humbucker is very powerful... I was surprised. The proximity/booster unit has also been removed. I was having too many noise issues with it. I have decided to just turn it into a pedal and make some sort of copper sculpture for the enclosure.

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Wed May 05, 2010 3:25 am

Given I am a little late in the game I just wanted to share a comment or so.

I checked out your site and you have done some really amazing things, both guitar and non guitar oriented.

Although I would never really choose any of them to play myself, the guitars look great. I really dug how you actually had a theme and went with it. Its a lot more interesting than the usual color scheme / component selection way of thinking. Even if your stuff isn't my thing, I think it has influenced me at least a little.

Also, I must say I really dig the headstock graphics you have done. I have been working towards gathering things for a 60's japanese knockoff style jazzmaster. (dark crummy heavy looking wood, lots of metal plates and interesting switches) and I have been stuck on trying to imagine what the headstock should look like. It serves a a great basis to brainstorm off of.

Keep it up!

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Fri May 07, 2010 3:20 am

Thanks!

I would be interested in seeing what you are working on. Do you have photos?

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Fri May 07, 2010 4:38 am

Oh don't let my post fool you its nothing overly exciting. The project has hit a bit of a standstill as the person that was going to build the body for me is now unable to. Now its time to track down a nice dark wood and then continue! Ill also need someone handy with building pickguards!

The most work I've done on my own was a simple lap steel from scratch, but unfortunately I don't have access to a woodshop anymore.

What I am planning on doing is building up a jazzmaster body in a pretty conventional manner, just add details that one would usually expect out of old teisco type things. I was thinking a dark walnut wood color with a black pickguard. Heavy clearcoat finish. I have a neck from a bullet strat that I may modify a little, but really I think even a standard strat headstock will help it look extra knockoffish. I plan on stripping off the finish and sticker and doing a matching stain, with a circular logo on the round part of the headstock instead. Much like you were doing on yours.

The plan is to make the volume plate a jaguar style metal plate, and then either use the on off switch plate from a jag as well, or perhaps a couple of those huge rocker switches that you see on older guitars. I also may try and do the strange old teisco stripey metal detailing to those and the trem.

I picked up a couple of chrome rickenbacker pickups, I have always dug the tone and really the idea of a high quality 60s looking chrome pickup makes a ton of sense.

Basically it will hopefully look like a weird japanese ripoff jazzmaster, but play like an actual good guitar. No steel reinforced necks!

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Fri May 07, 2010 7:17 am

in case my explanation was horrible. toggle switches and metal plates like this!

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Sun May 09, 2010 12:38 pm

Sounds interesting. Be sure to post it here!

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Sun May 09, 2010 4:23 pm

All in good time good sir. Right now its a waiting game until I reach 50 posts here or offset in order to purchase a body off someone! Call me crazy but I cant justify one online until I see what is out there in the forums!

After that, I am slowly accumulating the parts I need so its going to be quick. Gosh, I miss having access to a workshop.

Do you have any other projects in the works?

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:14 am

Nothing very interesting, or at least guitar related. I have some new guitar designs in mind, but I don't think I will be able to build them anytime soon. Right now I am just refinishing an older Epiphone Les Paul for a customer.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:18 am

This is a weird little number you could pick up for cheap. May take a router, or some surface pups.
Marco, I just painted a Jaguar with Telecaster copper. It's a bit of a sparkle poo color. Not for everyone.

Bobcat

Narco Martenot · Post by **Narco Martenot** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:40 pm

A lot of fun things could be done with that.

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Tue May 11, 2010 3:51 am

Thanks for the tip, I will have to keep an eye on that one!

I really wish the rout was just a little smaller, it goes so far back on the body!

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Tue May 11, 2010 8:24 am

whack some filler in it. it looks like it wants refinishing anyway.

knpknpknp · Post by **knpknpknp** » Tue May 11, 2010 11:31 am

looks like he has more than just the body! gosh I hate ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1965-Harmony-Bobcat ... 483a7941df - loaded pickguard.

The neck is also up there.