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Have to agree with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by churchie
First clear coat went onto the body this morning. It's time to start getting the wiring done...
I'll begin by wiring up the pots and the switch... then when I am at my father-in-law's place tomorrow I will check the pickups with a multimeter and see if there is a "neck and bridge", or just two identical pickups.
I suspect the pickups will be the second thing to get swapped out if it turns out nice.
First will be the vibrato, though that will mean expanding the route... I'll probably need to find a friend more capable of doing it, heh.
Miss out on letting myself loose with one of these suckers?Quote:
Originally Posted by tommycarlos
https://www.bunnings.com.au/ozito-17...l-kit_p6290175
O.K. Even in the 'D.I.Y.' world there comes a time for 'just leave it to somebody else'. :)
cheers, Mark.
Annoying re the knobs, but also kinda par for the course - at least its an easy swap and doesn't stop you from continuing with the build. As far as I am aware you don't get neck and bridge versions of P90's (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) They are essentially a single coil style but wider and flatter. I'll be interested to see if you get any difference in the resistance values of the kit ones.
https://i.imgur.com/mTAabTD.jpg
Catchin’ some UV’s!!!
The old Hills Hoist... I swung on many of those as a child
If you look at the bridge post holes as eyes the guitar seems shocked by this turn of events.
So has Tommy....or those JM's are one heavy body what?Quote:
Originally Posted by churchie
cheers, Mark.
Haha. Nope, blame my children for that one ;)
Wired everything up except the pickups today. I put wires on for the switch and ground though, so I could test if the circuit worked. It seemed to? This surprises me, so we’ll see when it’s actually on a guitar.
Once I have determined if the pickups are identical or not, I will solder them as well.
I finished off the can of clear today, so that might be where I leave the “painting” stage. I’ll decide if I need another can tomorrow after it dries a bit.
Got another can of clear anyway. Couldn’t hurt.
Just give it plenty of time to dry out properly. If the coats get too thick your run the risk of a new coat wrinkling the finish. Rustoleum really needs some decent drying time.
Hrm... good to know... Maybe I'll quit while I am ahead, haha!
Ok. Multimeter says the pickups are the same. I guess that makes it easier.
I haven't used Rustoleum on a guitar, but I've used it a lot on other things, and +1 for Sonic's suggestion of letting it really dry. I'm a big fan of their products though - lots of thin coats have always given me great results. You've picked a killer colour too - looks great against that pickguard
There's one thing I haven't tried yet that I meant to as soon as I got the kit... I wanted to see how close a real Jazzmaster pickguard comes to fitting. I have the gold anodised one that came off my J. Mascis Squier, but I can't remember where I put it (somewhere "safe", as always).
I am nearly 100% sure it wouldn't fit since the JZ-1 has an angled TOM bridge, but it'd be interesting to see how close it was. It'd be a lot easier for me to modify a JM pickguard than to cut a custom one from a blank.
This is a long way of saying that although I actually think the tort looks good, my real ultimate goal would be mint or white.
Love the color tommy really nice choice [emoji106]
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I wish I had taken this pic with the hardware mocked on as well.
https://i.imgur.com/m4AEyWi.jpg
looking good, surftastic!
Couldn’t have asked for better timing on the weather. Has been lovely and sunny while I have been painting, and now that I have decided I have finished that stage up, the rain has come.
I am looking forward to getting back home from the in-laws and wiring the pickups in.
I got home and started messing around putting the hardware on...
It went better and faster than I expected.
🤩🤩🤩
https://i.imgur.com/uuhcwSw.jpg
I still have to solder the pickups in and test the electronics, but it plays really well already and sounds great acoustically.
My mind is blown.
Nice tommy
Gorgeous. Great job.
Hardest thing now will be not ordering a fleet of them, hahah.
Ok. This is just getting silly.
I had a case from a Tele I swapped for an amp.. I kept it just in case it came in handy. Neither my Jazzmaster or Jaguar fit in it... but I just tried and the JZ-1 must be just a bit smaller than a real JM. It fits!
https://i.imgur.com/Yt3cXmU.jpg
Cool, I love the colour. Headstock looks a bit naked to me without a logo of some kind. You planning on fitting one?
Yeah, you're hooked now. Looks great.
Not sure. I kinda like no logo. My Jaguar partscaster has no logo on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Barden
Having said that, it might be cool to come up with my own thang...
I am loving that colour.
Oops. Just realised I am missing the string trees as well, heh.
Ok. So I wired the pickups in today and realised I forgot to feed the ground wire to the bridge thimble before putting them in.
I just kinda pushed the wire into the hole and hoped for the best, but either that or bad soldering on my part mean I have a significant hum.
I mean, Jazzmasters hum. That’s a thing. But this is too much, heh. I am gonna have to order some copper tape and actually pull the thimble out so the ground can go in properly. *sigh*
Otherwise, I am actually pretty happy with how the pickups sound! I was very surprised.
Yes, certainly create your own logo.
If you've got a multimeter you can easily check the existing ground continuity between the bridge and the output jack surround. If you haven't got a multimeter, it really is worth getting basic one if you are working on guitars.
If there is no ground continuity, you may find it easier to attach a ground wire to the underside of the trem plate and drill a hole from the trem cavity to the control cavity for it, rather than pull out and replace the bridge thimble. Just splaying out the wire ends and trap them with the plate near a screw is enough to get a good ground connection. (Not having a JM-style guitar, I'd first check that there is a good continuity path between the bridge plate and the strings before using this method).
Thanks, I think I’ll invest in a basic multimeter.
OK!
I just did a side by side with my Squier J. Mascis Jazzmaster and discovered some interesting things.
1. The P-90-like pickups in the J. Mascis are a LOT hotter than the P-90s in the JZ-1. A LOT. Actually... in some ways I like the JZ-1 better, heh. One of my problems with the J. Mascis is that the pickups were a bit too hot. I had been planning on replacing them with more vintage-voiced actual Jazzmaster pickups.
2. In the neck position on both guitars, the hum is almost the same... only the slightest bit more on the JZ-1!! I hadn't noticed because I always play the J. Mascis on the middle position (which due to the neck being reverse would causes some hum cancellation). I think if I get some shielding tape and fix up the ground wire to the bridge... I could go a long way to having a pretty excellent sounding guitar.
I think I will still replace the pickups that came with the JZ-1, though they are pretty decent out of the box really. I just need them to match my other guitars a bit better in terms of output... so maybe a set of Toneriders or Wilkinson might be in order. I've also considered going for a set of GFS gold foils, heh. They would make it really obvious that the JZ-1 is "not your average Jazzmaster"
Also interesting, it doesn't just fit in my old Tele case, it feels more Strat-sized than JM-sized when playing with a strap. Not a problem, though I do like the sheer size of JM and Jag bodies.
Does anyone know for sure what the radius of the neck is on these? Is it 12" or 9.5"?
I assumed it was 12", but if it is 9.5, it might be really nice with the Staytrem AOM replacement bridge.
Pretty sure all the Pitbull necks are 12"s
Yeah, I suspected as much. Roller-bridge it is...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Dang. I found some bad news.
I was just trying to get a slightly better set up (lower action, etc). Tried to adjust the truss rod for a bit more relief... it didn't feel like it was doing anything... very little resistance, etc.
Sure enough, it makes no difference... no movement.
I mean, the action doesn't suck, it's quite playable, but it worries me that I can't give it any more relief.
Is this a common problem or was I just unlucky?