A JM-1 for Tommy's Son

awsome, very lucky son.

fretboard looks great, is that the 'engineered rosewood' ?

Yeah, I see a Capri Orange offset Tele in my very near future...

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Originally Posted by Guvna19

awsome, very lucky son.

fretboard looks great, is that the 'engineered rosewood' ?

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I actually don’t know.. but it’s a really interesting grain!

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Originally Posted by tommycarlos

Yay!

I took off the neck, cleaned out some bumpy paint residue (odd) and filed the holes in the neck (they seemed to have developed a lip of sorts from the drilling).

Put it back together and I was able to lower the tremolo/bridge quite a bit. The tremolo now works without the springs catching on anything. Success!

https://i.imgur.com/1aB9w3Y.jpg

So I finished it up tonight. My son is very happy and so am I.

I doubt we could have gotten a guitar this nice for him for ~$220 (kit plus paint, basically), much less one in the exact colour he wanted, etc.

This is for sure gonna be an addiction. The new offset Tele kit is probably next, hah.

https://i.imgur.com/tbAo5ks.jpg

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Sweet job mate. The GAS has set in.

Son had his first guitar lesson yesterday. His teacher let out an "oh wow" when it came out of the case, haha. 🎉

HA ha ha that’s 100% the reaction you want

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Originally Posted by tommycarlos

Son had his first guitar lesson yesterday. His teacher let out an "oh wow" when it came out of the case, haha. 🎉

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Tommy, I want exactly the same color for my kid's guitar!

Is it Rustoleum "satin" ?

And you put three coats on? Nothing on top of that?

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Originally Posted by Mark Gill

Tommy, I want exactly the same color for my kid's guitar!

Is it Rustoleum "satin" ?

And you put three coats on? Nothing on top of that?

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It’s Rustoleum “Seaside” gloss.

It also has a couple coats of Rustoleum clear.

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Originally Posted by tommycarlos

Son had his first guitar lesson yesterday. His teacher let out an "oh wow" when it came out of the case, haha. 🎉

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Nice work, high five dude

It must make a change for the tutor from seeing the same old Squiers and Pacificas.