Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: gwEm on January 08, 2009, 11:40:45 AM
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here we go:
fender highway 1 strat neck (nice flame!)
fender usa tuners
fender 'f' neck plate and screws
fender usa chrome telecaster ferrules
fender NOS white witchhat knobs
warmoth alder jazzmaster body in vintage white
warmoth scratchplate
warmoth narrow spaced hardtail strat bridge
feline 11 strings
jim dunlop straplocks
CTS pots
orange drop capacitor
allparts control bypass switch
allparts stainless steel pickguard screws
switchcraft jack
BKP VH2 humbucker
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Excellent, you're way ahead of me and my Fender/Warmoth projects! Looks great, never seen a stripped-down one-pickup guitar in the Jazzmaster shape before. :D
How are you finding the VHII? It's the most likely contender for at least one of my HSS Strats.
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when i was at school, and discussing with my mates about guitars, i was always saying i wanted a jazzmaster or a flying v. in the interim years i actually learnt to play guitar and went with the flying v. but still thought the jazzmaster was really cool! heres my interpretation of a jazzmaster - how it would look if it were adopted by 80s metal musicians. obviously when i was at school grunge music attracted me to the jazzmaster, i rarely listen to that stuff now, but i do listen to surf a lot more.
the sustain is remarkably good, despite that its a somewhat heavy guitar.
my top tip for building warmoths is to countersink all the holes! the paint splinters really easily. unfortunately i realised this a little too late.
i also used a center punch to drive in the ferrules. this worked excellent. again unfortunately i sneezed massively as i was doing the last ferrule, and missed the punch with my hammer, very slightly damaging the body. mate was i annoyed!
i might build another one of these one day, with piledrivers.
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Excellent, you're way ahead of me and my Fender/Warmoth projects! Looks great, never seen a stripped-down one-pickup guitar in the Jazzmaster shape before. :D
How are you finding the VHII? It's the most likely contender for at least one of my HSS Strats.
thanks philly :)
the VH2 is excellent - about to post a review in the pickups area!
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my top tip for building warmoths is to countersink all the holes! the paint splinters really easily. unfortunately i realised this a little too late.
i also used a center punch to drive in the ferrules. this worked excellent. again unfortunately i sneezed massively as i was doing the last ferrule, and missed the punch with my hammer, very slightly damaging the body. mate was i annoyed!
I always countersink holes, it's something I'm a bit obsessive about! :lol: Whenever I take apart a guitar it's the first thing I do.
Thanks for the tip about the ferrules, only one of my Warmoths is a hardtail but I'll take care. On Fender bodies they're usually really loose, so I end up gluing them in place.
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my top tip for building warmoths is to countersink all the holes! the paint splinters really easily. unfortunately i realised this a little too late.
i also used a center punch to drive in the ferrules. this worked excellent. again unfortunately i sneezed massively as i was doing the last ferrule, and missed the punch with my hammer, very slightly damaging the body. mate was i annoyed!
I always countersink holes, it's something I'm a bit obsessive about! :lol: Whenever I take apart a guitar it's the first thing I do.
Thanks for the tip about the ferrules, only one of my Warmoths is a hardtail but I'll take care. On Fender bodies they're usually really loose, so I end up gluing them in place.
make sure you countersink the ferrule holes well - i'm guessing about 0.5mm, but i may have done, and probably did do, more. the fender ferrules i fitted were a tight but good fit on my warmoth body. then three or four firm hits with a center punch and they should go in 100% perfect... just don't sneeze!
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i also used a center punch to drive in the ferrules. this worked excellent. again unfortunately i sneezed massively as i was doing the last ferrule, and missed the punch with my hammer, very slightly damaging the body. mate was i annoyed!
Same here, on D and G strings... :lol:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/3116495811_93261da1df.jpg?v=0)
Ooops :oops:
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Same here, on D and G strings... :lol:
Ooops :oops:
Luckily mine is alot less bad than yours Fernando.. But still its annoying on a pristine new guitar! Hopefully with the years, it will no longer be noticable
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I like the Jazzmaster body, just not the rest of it, lol..
I'd like a skewed Stratocaster shape, lol
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WOW I love it!
Definately my type of guitar, love the jazzmaster shape and maple necks.
Very similar to the GPC Matt Skiba Signature, but not as "in ya face".
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Same here, on D and G strings... :lol:
Ooops :oops:
Luckily mine is alot less bad than yours Fernando.. But still its annoying on a pristine new guitar! Hopefully with the years, it will no longer be noticable
So did you both use the vintage-style ferrules without a "lip" on the top edge? I prefer the modern ones - to cover the mess.
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philly: the fender ones i used have a lip
dixie: check the fernandes range, they have some jazzed up jazzmasters and jaguars too!
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HOly cr@p you just made my ideal guitar. but with two humbuckers. I love jazzmasters, love the shape and they feel so comfy to play. I'm determined to get one, and your colour scheme is something i have on 3/4 of my guitars right now. I'm very jealous.
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dixie: check the fernandes range, they have some jazzed up jazzmasters and jaguars too!
I have looked on the fernades website, but I can't see any that resemble jazzmasters or jaguars?
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dixie: check the fernandes range, they have some jazzed up jazzmasters and jaguars too!
I have looked on the fernades website, but I can't see any that resemble jazzmasters or jaguars?
search for:
fernandes jg-40 - P90s
fernandes jg-45 - humbuckers
fernandes jg-55 - lipstick coils
etc... i pretty sure theres one with tele pickups too
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Same here, on D and G strings... :lol:
Ooops :oops:
Luckily mine is alot less bad than yours Fernando.. But still its annoying on a pristine new guitar! Hopefully with the years, it will no longer be noticable
So did you both use the vintage-style ferrules without a "lip" on the top edge? I prefer the modern ones - to cover the mess.
The problem was we hadn't the ideal bit, the warmoth was drilled for the modern ones... so had to go with dreamel... I got nervous and in the first hammered the body got a mark :lol:
Going with the moderns in the future and buying the right bit...
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very nice :)
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Interesting guitar. I wasn't quite sure at first but after a while of looking I think it looks pretty cool. I love the colour.
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that came together really nicely
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It looks really nice. Sorry you had to wait a bit for the parts!
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Nice! Hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as I do from my Warmoths... :)
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thanks all for your positive comments
It looks really nice. Sorry you had to wait a bit for the parts!
Not at all! Thanks for organising them :)
Nice! Hope you get as much enjoyment out of it as I do from my Warmoths...
So far I'm very happy - its a really nice guitar to play, when standing the jazzmaster body hangs really comfortably compared to a strat. Using quality components has really paid off with the tone and sustain.
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its funny, i just pieced this together for parts, compared to making it from a piece of wood, but it still feels much more 'mine' than all my other guitars. i've got that instant bond with it.
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Sorry to post late but just wanted to show you some love. That jazzmaster looks so super pretty =) good choice! i'm gunna be makin a telemaster myself very soon so it was nice to see someone else in this realm =)
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I like this guitar a lot, very very cool. Jazzsquiring it, in whatever form, makes for a great guitar. Just out of curiosity, is yours a weighty beast?