JM-1 Mashup

[zeromick]

Wooo! all done pretty stoked on how this turned out.

If you haven't been following the build, its a JM-1 kit with the maple neck from an ST-1M kit, the bridge is from a Pitbull kit as well.... the rest is not.

the mod list is pretty heavy... the body was plugged and re-routed for the new pickguard layout and the original trem cavity filled as well. I then added the TOM bridge and routed out the body for the floating trem.
The body was then sanded and primed and shot with gloss white. the top coat is rattlebomb 'Str8 Purplin' its a metallic/pearlescent all in one.

I plugged/redrilled the headstock and put a maple veneer on to hide the plugs and upgraded to some Gotoh vintage inline tuners and changed the nut. I also opened up the trussrod hole to fit in a 70's style bullet... no way I'd put a truss rod cover on a F style neck so I though this would be a cool little finish.... first time making decals as well.

[wokkaboy]

wow Mick it's a stunner and we finally get the colour revealed. The purple looks amazing, fantastic job, this has got to be a GOTM winner. How does it sound and play ? any chance of a sound demo ?

[zeromick]

More photos!

[zeromick]

wow Mick it's a stunner and we finally get the colour revealed. The purple looks amazing, fantastic job, this has got to be a GOTM winner. How does it sound and play ? any chance of a sound demo ?

cheers man, it sounds and plays really nice... the tone nob is a push/pull pot and the humbuckers are coil tapped so its got a fat humbucker tone and well as a sweet single coil sound at my fingertips.

[vh2580]

As per usual Mick stunning guitar. Looks better than a custom shop model.

[Bungee]

Wow! Truly superb.

[zeromick]

As per usual Mick stunning guitar. Looks better than a custom shop model.

thanks again for the bridge Tony!

[zeromick]

Wow! Truly superb.

Cheers mate, been a long time coming but I got there

[Blueshound]

Whoa, this looks amazing. Loving the colour, and the pickguard, and pickup configuration, and the bullet.

I picked up a JM-1 recently as my first kit and this build diary has inspired me to try some mods. Loving the photography too. Excellent work zeromick.

[zeromick]

Whoa, this looks amazing. Loving the colour, and the pickguard, and pickup configuration, and the bullet.

I picked up a JM-1 recently as my first kit and this build diary has inspired me to try some mods. Loving the photography too. Excellent work zeromick.

Thanks so much man, yeah I seen your threads asking about the JM... if there's anything you want to ask by all means let me know. I was thinking bout you build actually... I THINK you could drop a standard strat trem in and with some minor routing get a similar pickguard combo (its basically a Fender blacktop Jazzmaster) in it.

And thanks for the props on the photos, I pride myself on shooting a good photo.
couple more snaps at www.michaelphoto.com.au if you're into that