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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:24 pm
by Grant
Paul that really is amazing, I'm absolutely blown away by the beauty of your work.
Could I get you to put the photobombs under spoilers for me? I have the shittiest computer/connection on earth.
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:29 am
by brianjdc
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:28 pm
by avj
brianjdc wrote:
Awesome! I've also got a CP Jag and Jazz and love them, so it's cool to see your mods. Where'd you get the guard for the Jazzblaster?
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:37 pm
by brianjdc
I bought a sheet from guitar fetish and cut it myself. it came out ok. theres a slight gap on the neck pickup where i was rushing and over cut. and a chip on the upper horn where my router took a chunk out. but it was a good learning experience
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:53 pm
by James
The father-in-law's 56/57 Telecaster that I've mentioned briefly before. I believe the story is that he bought it new, I think he said something like for $150 with an amp, then when he went to uni he left it with his brother. His brother stripped the finish and it was originally blonde. At some point in its life there was some damage to the neck and it was replaced with one a similar age. Either the guitar is a 56 and the neck a 57 or the other way around. Whichever it is it has an unbelievably comfortable V profile. I never got to plug it into an amp but it feels and plays like it's what all modern telecasters aspire to be. It has all of the magic that is associated with them and the 'it just works' cliché couldn't apply more.
It's a beautiful guitar to play although it comes with a fair bit of awkwardness through knowing what it is, even with the stripped finish and replaced neck. Sort of like how it seems like it would be great fun to rock out to Led Zeppelin riffs on a 1958 Les Paul but if you had it in your hands it's hard to not have respect for it's value and what it now represents.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:20 pm
by timhulio
Wossit worth? Could be tricky to work out given the mods.
That's a lovely bit of wood though.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:24 pm
by lorez
thats stunning James. Is that the original case as well? that alone would be worth a bomb.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:05 pm
by SKC Willie
my dream guitar. I would love to just get to play one . . .
I think the refinish looks good and it looks like it is in great condition. I imagine it'd be worth a pretty penny.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:31 pm
by thegumbootman
First post here! I don't actually own a short scale guitar... But I'd love to own one and probably will in the future.
Here's 3 of my guitars:
MIJ Jazzmaster
Danelectro DC 12 string
'Onyx' 335 copy - tuned down to C for that Kyuss kinda thing.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 3:35 pm
by George
Love that Jazzy, nice touch with the knobs, and the strap is a great match
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:29 pm
by ekwatts
Where did you get those white witch-hat knobs?
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:41 pm
by thegumbootman
GeorgeF wrote:Love that Jazzy, nice touch with the knobs, and the strap is a great match
Thanks!
ekwatts wrote:Where did you get those white witch-hat knobs?
I got them from a guy from the offsetguitars forum. Let me know if you've got an account on that forum and I'll PM you his user name.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:12 am
by James
ekwatts wrote:Where did you get those white witch-hat knobs?
You can buy them at GPR now for less than half of the extortionate Offset price. ($20 for 4 vs $25 for 2)
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/guit ... tchhat.htm
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:24 am
by James
timhulio wrote:Wossit worth? Could be tricky to work out given the mods.
I've no idea to be honest. I don't think even he knows.
lorez wrote:thats stunning James. Is that the original case as well? that alone would be worth a bomb.
Yeah it seems to be though I never asked him. The case looks class. I have a couple of pictures of it I took myself but recently bought a new computer and they're on the old one. It looks like this though.
http://beta.gbase.com/gear/fender-1956- ... -telecaste
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:45 am
by lorez
i need to clean my keyboard after the sexy pictures of the tele with case and the classy jazzy
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:23 am
by timhulio
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:56 pm
by James
timhulio wrote:Tim wanted to see my thinline yesterday
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:34 pm
by timhulio
Thinline? More like a Jumbo! Amirite?!?
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:05 pm
by Gabriel
Just rewired my #1 guitar with 1meg volume pot and a new 500K push/pull tone pot with coil taps. Its also really sunny so it was a perfect photo opportunity with good light.
Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:35 pm
by Stan Kwervo
It's pretty sunny out and my Blacktop Jazzmaster is finally modded (90%) to my liking so I figure why not have a short photo shoot. I Threw my mustang in there since the last pic of it on shortscale it had a tort pickguard and now its white.
Mods include:
-Back contact paper on the mint guard because black on black is MUCH cooler
-New 250k pots so the controls are actually useful now
-Seymour Duncan Phat Cat bridge pickup, stock humbucker can GTFO
*-One day I'll have slotted tuners
Special thanks for brambleperro for soldering everything!
