NGD - blacktop jazzmaster

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:15 pm

so i picked up a blacktop jazzmaster today..
it had a ding in the body (oh noes? BWAHAHHAHAHA)

going to put a cp jazzy pup in the neck.. and not sure about the bridge yet.

but here's the first shot of it..

now to tear it apart and have some fun

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:21 pm

How are the necks on these things, are they satin, glossy, semi-gloss?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:23 am

they're semi-gloss, almost exactly like any regular MIM strat. i guess a tad more glass, but not much. i already took some sandpaper to minez.

nice snag, jimmy.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:47 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:they're semi-gloss, almost exactly like any regular MIM strat. i guess a tad more glass, but not much. i already took some sandpaper to minez.

nice snag, jimmy.

post an all encompassing gear pic sometime I've lost track other than your jagmasta

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:27 am

Black with Mint pickguard is such a hot combo. Nice find. You can send me the old JM pup if you don't need it.

You could slap one of these in the bridge:

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:47 am

Good going, serfx.

Looking forward to seeing what you're gonna do with the thing.

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:53 am

Liked mine when I had it. I put a Filtertron in the bridge and had a nice combo with that and the stock neck pickup.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:05 am

cobascis wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:they're semi-gloss, almost exactly like any regular MIM strat. i guess a tad more glass, but not much. i already took some sandpaper to minez.

nice snag, jimmy.
post an all encompassing gear pic sometime I've lost track other than your jagmasta

i just have endses's neck off of the body that he traded to zee aen.

they're sort of scattered at the mo, but will be moving into a new place soon, and snap something then.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:31 am

well i thought i had WRHB in my pickup box.. i do not..
would love to slap one in though.. mmm

so far just tossed a cp jazzy pickup in the neck
not sure if the other one will go in a project yet or not (since the cp one was...)
if not i'll let you cats know

the girlfriend asked me not to do to much to it yet, maybe get to know it first..

i'm thinking of putting a superdistortion in the bridge after next jam..
i like how it sounds out of my little fonovox amp, as well as my fm212.. with the stock bridge pup..
though i'm not sure how it will sound through the vox ac100

i'm still rocking a cast, so it took me a little longer then planned to re wire one pickup..
will demo when the cast is off..

i don't know why i never took any gut shots..
saddened by the lack of locking trem, but i think someone was sending me just that top plate?

or did that happen already?

i also need to take a new all encompasing photo of my guitars.. but if i had them all in one space the room mate may wonder where our apartment went as there would just be guitars.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 5:07 am

just ordered a gfs wrhb for the bridge...

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:03 am

now looks like this on the body

jagsonic · Post by **jagsonic** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:40 am

think, now you need a zebra in bridgepos...

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:11 am

jagsonic wrote:think, now you need a zebra in bridgepos...

i was thinking that as well..
i'm going to try a gfs wrhb clone in it first, and if i dislike it then i'll scope out a cream/black dp100 (super distortion)

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:37 pm

I would keep the black JM cover. If I ever get my purple sparkle J Mascis, I might swap the White covers for Black covers like the chick in Sonic Youth did.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:45 pm

serfx wrote: saddened by the lack of locking trem, but i think someone was sending me just that top plate?

or did that happen already?

You still ain't got that plate yet?

How did you break your arm?

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:03 pm

my vote for the bridge:

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:57 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:my vote for the bridge:

I agree. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Super Distortion is one of the more underrated bridge pickups today. Everybody seems to regard it with distrust and disdain, but it's a fucking great pickup.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:05 am

Joey wrote:
serfx wrote: saddened by the lack of locking trem, but i think someone was sending me just that top plate?

or did that happen already?
You still ain't got that plate yet?

How did you break your arm?

not yet, or maybe i did and i already used it on that les paul i modified...

i broke fractured and chipped part of my wrist bone off at the beginning of september while skateboarding near my folks place on a spot i've skate easily 15,000 times before.
anyways the cast comes off friday, but i'm to keep it splinted up most of the time except when doing wrist exercises.. aka playing guitar

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:06 am

honeyiscool wrote:
hotrodperlmutter wrote:my vote for the bridge:

I agree. I can't believe I'm saying this, but Super Distortion is one of the more underrated bridge pickups today. Everybody seems to regard it with distrust and disdain, but it's a fucking great pickup.

it is one of my favorite pickups
also everytime i go through the DiMarzio pickup selector it comes up as a recommended pickup for me

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:55 am

well.. i ended up winning a reissue `72 WRHB on the ebayz

so when it shows up it will be going in the bridge.