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So i recently purchased a JM-1 kit. i plan to get it painted a blue color. it's getting painted Tuesday (19/4/16) hopefully and then start soldering on Wednesday. but i don't where to start with the guides on here if someone can lend me a hand it would be much appreciated.:D
Depends a bit on what you want it to do. Simpelest would be to use standard strat wiring. Since it has a humbucker at the bridge you could add a switch to tap it. That would add a more standard strat sound.
I have thought about putting an "always on" switch for the neck pup to get more of a tele sound or use all three pups at once.
Do you know it the middle pup is reverse wound? That could also make a difference.
Lots of posibilities!
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I honestly have no idea. however the bridge doesn't seem quite right.
Struggling with just such an issue on a bass. Looks like another case of the drinking beginning before the end of the shift at the factory..
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Hi Gibson.Fender,
First things first, slow down a bit. Don't rush to have everything done all at once. Building one of these kits can take months to do properly. And we all want the best results in the end for you.
Best place to start is with this thread. There is a lot of info here, but read from start to finish before you begin. Ask any questions you have and we will do our best to sort them out.
Your bridge looks fine, once you have the posts in it will make a bit more sense.
Do you have four wires coming out of the humbucker?
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Must keep ichy trigger finger off respond key... Recommend following the advice of Señor Pepper.
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All good F3x, get involved mate.
So where do i look? i can't find much on the JM-1 Kit?
There is no definitive guide for the JM-1, the highlighted text in my first post will take you to the generic guide for putting together your kit
Here it is again...
this thread
If you want specifics on how this kit works, start a build diary and ask questions or find someone else's build diary who's done the JM-1, read through that and if you still have questions, ask there.
I've not seen a JM-1 in the flesh but found this thread with a pic of the bridge and it seems that is normal
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ghlight=Jaguar
Alright it's all sorted thank you guys will post a picture when it's painted
Hey Sean, are you painting the body/neck or is someone else doing it ?
it should take a few weeks for the paint to fully cure assuming it will have a clear coat over the blue
the longer you wait the better chance of the paint being cured so you can cut and polish it.
don't rush the build for the sake of plugging it into an amp !
Dad's a spray painter by trade.
i wouldn't trust myself with a brush
First off ignore the plastic bag in the back.
any way the guitar body is finally painted took longer then i expected but hey it's done and looks good so i'm not going to complain. the color of the guitar is a "Volkswagen Blue"
The neck of the guitar has a clear lacquer over it which may cause a bit of grip i'm unsure.
My next move is to do the soldering (unless suggested otherwise)
i have put car polish over it to make it shine more. also unsure whether to of gone a darker blue? but it looks pretty fine ether way.
Regards
Sean
I like that colour, it's lookin good! I'd probably track down a white pick guard but that's just my taste
Nice colour choice, can't wait to see the guitar all finished.
Love the blue. She's going to look really nice all assembled!
cheers,
Gav.
Dads done a grand painting job of the guitar Gibson.Fender Now you've Gotta show your dad what you can do and impress him.
Good luck
Nice colour there Sean!
Soldering time!
The biggest test in my opinion happened today
Firstly started with the soldering. This wasn't as difficult thanks to some help from great people on this forum. I soldered away for about 30 minutes be very careful with it. (Don't want to muck up) now originally i hadn't planned to put the body together today but it wasn't as long as i thought it would be (Thankfully). So i started to screw the Bolts in to the wood to attach the neck but there kept pushing back. This was probably the biggest problem i faced.. So i used a compass to measure the screw and then marked out the wood of how far to drill. (so i wouldn't drill through the other side) once i drilled thorough i then screwed in the bolts and attached the neck to the body. once all that was done i then attached the Pick guard (scratch board) to the body along with the volume plate and drilled tiny holes the just screwed them in. although it was a little bit of a pain with some of the wires sticking out and making it hard o be able to screw the screws in. but just got a Flathead screw driver and pushed them in.
Sorry if this a little long just want to keep tabs on everything. however i'm confused about the earth wire? it attaches to he spring board behind the guitar? some how? any way thanks and i'll be sure to keep you guys posted.
Does this help Gibson.Fender
Moving on to the Bridge i assume you attach the bolts that goes under the guitar with the springs?
Hi Gibson.Fender,
looking at Kimball's pics you need to attach the spring claw, have the screws out so the claw is closest the bridge and attach the springs to the bridge block. You will need your bridge posts in place.
Once the springs are on you can tighten the spring claw screws to put tension on the bridge block
Clear your Inbox!! Ha Ha
Hey Sean, inbox has been emptied give it another go lol
Too much 'fan mail' kimball!
i'm really struggling to work out how to attach the bridge and the spring load to the guitar?? urgent help please??
Check your messages Sean upload more pics of the problems your having and I'm sure one of us here will guide you through it.
Kimball
Whereabouts in SA are you? There may be someone here who can give you some hands on assistance. (Although the only other croweater I can remember here was Andyport.)
alright the guitar is finally finished! i like to thank every one who helped me through the guitar building process. Kimball i really appreciate all the advice you have given me!
So i started with the Tremolo claw and drilling it in. at first i though the claw was bent but it was fine. so i screwed in the screws and soldered the earth wire i then had to hammer the posts in to the wood. .i did hammer it very slowly no cracks appeared fortunately. moving on to the springs i had use a pair of pliers to attach to the bridge. probably the hardest bit. i then had to hammer the posts in to the wood. i did file the frets a little bit so hopefully it doesn't matter. i did have a massive probably with fret buzz holding down the fret. so i took it to my local music centre and they said the truss rod was to tight so the neck was on an angle. so they loosened it however the nut is to high. which i have to file then bring it back. but it sounds fine so i'm not to concerned with it. although it does have the tiniest ding on the high e when you pick up but other wise there is no problems.
looks good Sean, be worth spending some time with the setup and you should have a great sounding axe
Pleasure Sean, I'm glad your gettng it all together. As Woks said now you've done the build get that setup sorted you'll have great guitar. Dad made a great job of spraying that guitar too great joint effort.
The finish looks amazing! Great job.
cheers,
Gav.