A first kit for Christmas: JMA-1L

Thank you ! :D

Looking good!

C’est bon Maxence! That is looking wonderful in your mock build! Great job.

Today, I finished all the welds!
I had done it during the painting, but a lot of cables were unsoldered!
Welds and basic cables look rather poor and I will replace all this when I have some time for more safety! :)
So I had to find where the cables had to be soldered and tried to make my logic work! :)
I think everything is good!

We are getting really close to the end!
I still have to drill the screw holes for the pickguard, those of the tuners, put my decal on the handle and oil it with tru-oil (which should arrive between Tuesday and next Friday)
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Hello ! I currently have a small problem: I am currently drilling the holes to screw the handle and it turns out that when I put the biggest rope, it touches even when I adjust the height to the maximum (I do not have still screwed the neck) after comparing with my stratum I wondered if the handle was not too thick? If not, do you know what it could be? Thank you !
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OR maybe it’s the tremolo ?
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It's a bit difficult to tell from the photos where abouts is your string contacting? Is it sitting on the frets?

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Originally Posted by Grubsta

It's a bit difficult to tell from the photos where abouts is your string contacting? Is it sitting on the frets?

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When I try to have no sound from 0 to 5 and sound(with freeze) for the rest
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I would raise the two tremolo posts up by a few mm.

Also, make sure that the neck has a slight concave bow in it (like the top picture), and not a convex one (bottom picture).

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But you are also not going to get a true picture of how the guitar is set up until you fit all the strings and get the correct tension on the neck. That will add more of a concave curve to the neck and help raise the strings away from the frets.

You should now be at the stage where you can screw the neck on properly rather than clamp it.

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Originally Posted by Simon Barden

I would raise the two tremolo posts up by a few mm.

Also, make sure that the neck has a slight concave bow in it (like the top picture), and not a convex one (bottom picture).

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But you are also not going to get a true picture of how the guitar is set up until you fit all the strings and get the correct tension on the neck. That will add more of a concave curve to the neck and help raise the strings away from the frets.

You should now be at the stage where you can screw the neck on properly rather than clamp it.

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After rise the tremolo spots, nobody change ! :/
I don't have the special straightedge and I don't really know how to check the neck without it ! :/

Also,
I'm currently building a kit of JMA-1L and I have the ambition to buy three pickups of Seymour Duncan to replace those of bases:
- SSL-1L
- SSL-1L RW / RP
- TB-59

I sent an email to support Seymour Duncan who told me:

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500k volume, but 250k tones, as the volume hits all pickups but the tones only hit middle and neck in standard HSS wiring setup. This will keep the bridge bright and the singles clear!

RWRP middle and regular neck will be the correct combination for all the pickups to play nicely together

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I'm looking for potentiometers 250k on the site Musikding but don't know which ones to take,
Can you help me with that to ?