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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:24 pm
by Addam
On the subject of building.
List of costs;
Neck £25
Body blank £30
Pickup £13
Pickguard £11
Other stuff £35ish
Paint £50
I spent £20 on a router.
£8 on a sander.
£6 on some drill bits and
about £30 on router bits.
But I can re-use these tools on other projects, so it's money well spent.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:33 pm
by robroe
cool project dude.
welcome to the world of one pickup jagstangs.
i think its just you and me
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 7:13 pm
by ElCapitan
Achieving a decent action is a pain in the balls for me when it comes to project guitars, my SamuelLCaster's tele bridge saddles were jacked up to feck and there were still bad spots on the neck.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:03 pm
by punch
If you place a small shim in the neck pocket on the end closer to the headstock you can lower the action at the bridge. Don't those screws eat up your hand? Creative project, by the way.
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:00 pm
by Addam
Yeah, them screws are a bit too long.
The original screws were 11mm long. They seemed way too short. So I got some 18mm long.
Then I had the idea of forcing the neck to sit better my pulling on the headstock. It worked brilliantly.
The neck pocket was tight anyway, but with paint and laquer made it tighter still.
So I need to get some screws that are 13mm long.
sweet build
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 8:21 pm
by harrisbquinn
cool build man....ive always thought it would be cool to make a jagstang with a slightly fatter body....they seem to hang funny off of me but im 6'2" so maybe its my fault