New Bronco project

Painting? Routing? Set-up tips? Or just straight-up making a guitar from scratch? Post here, and post pics!

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New Bronco project

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*EDIT*
While waiting for parts to arrive, I started with what I already had at home.

What I have here is the collet from a cheap jazzmaster-style trem (cut down slightly), the arm from a Japenese Mustang and a dome headed nut with a holedrilled in the dome.
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Assembled;
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Just gotta wait for the rest of the guitar to arrive...
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Just a little hint as to where this project is going...
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Anything show up yet?
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It's not here yet, but the tracking says it went through customs a couple of days ago so hopefully wont be much longer.
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AddamInsane wrote:Just a little hint as to where this project is going...
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I'm waiting for a parcel from cooterfinger.
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AddamInsane wrote:I'm waiting for a parcel from cooterfinger.
Can you not see my pic-tor?

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Yes, it made me chuckle. My phone posts are always a bit crap- i blame the vintage-style browser. :oops:
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Fair play, I thought you were just posting in response to mah QUESTION MARX with no reference to the hilarity.
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Dunnae bother doog, he ain't worth it....I lolled for you. We all lolled for you..... Except that ... George. His heart is made of ice and Satans
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I now retract my lol as it's clearly not appreciated. Doog saw it fit to fish for lolz which were here all along *sob*
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ADDDDDAAAAAM WHAT IS THIS!!
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Dave, I wasn't gonna spill the beans until I have all the parts in my grubby little mitts.
But, since you ask. I have a body coming from Cooterfinger, no trem arm sadly; which is why I cobbled together parts for the trem.
I got some AVRI Jaguar pickups from Othomas2.
Already have a toggle, pots and knobs.
The neck is an Allparts JGRO, tinted with French polish, then blown over with Nitrocellulose clear and an ebay decal slapped on.
I've got some poverty kluson-style white button tuners for it too.
Pics to come when I have all the parts together in one place.
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George wrote:I now retract my lol as it's clearly not appreciated. Doog saw it fit to fish for lolz which were here all along *sob*
I LOVED YOUR LOLS, GEORGE, DON'T LET THIS MAN TELL YOU OTHERWISE! *wail*

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Great stuff!! Looking forward to seeing that!
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Woohoo!!!

Today I got THIS Bronco body from Cooterfinger.
Today the batteries in my camera also died, so I can only take shitty pics with my phone.

What I'm really suprised by is that it is a totally different shape to my other (1972ish) Bronco, this one has noticably thinner pointier horns.

And now I'm torn wether to install AVRI Jaguar pickups or a combo of Jag quarter pounder bridge pickup and '65RI (I think) neck pickup.
I've got some 250K pots, and bronco style Knobs to go on this, in fact I have £220 worth (LOLZ!)

OPINIONS NEEDED ON THE PICKUP OPTIONS PLEASE!!!
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Camera has battieries, I has guitar parts. So, photo opportunity:
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The neck and body still need a little wet sanding, a polishing, etc...
I need to do a little routing on the body too, mainly for my choice of 3way stitch. I'll have pics when I've done it.

Almost forgot; I have a string tree and some strap buttons on thier way.
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Good news/Bad news:

Good news;
I sprayed a load of nitro on this, flatted it sprayed, etc.. Ready for a final wet sand and polish.
Looking good:
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Also did a little bit of routing, needed a little space around the pickups, the 3 way switch, and near the volume pot.


Bad news;
Because I didn't want to scratch all that sexy shiny lacquer, I wrapped it all in masking tape.
Routing went well, but when I peeled the tape off, some of the colour came with it.
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Oh, well. Shit happens, I guess.
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