Hey Rob, just wondering if you bought a loaded jazzmaster pickguard or put that together yourself? I've just ordered a JZA-1 and I'm tossing up whether to play around with the second set of controls. I've also long lusted after the Costello Jazzmaster (one of my all-time favourite artists) so will end up going down the walnut stain path as well. Love what you are doing with this one.
Completed Builds: #1 TL-1 "Telemaster" (GOTM Oct 2016); #2 The "Maplecaster" scratch build; #3 JB-4 "Bass IV" (co-winner GOTM Jan 2017); #4 ST-1M "Surfcaster" (GOTM Apr 2017), #5 JZA-1 "EC Deluxe"
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Hey Chuck,Originally Posted by Chuck
here are a couple of pics of where I'm up to with the front and back of the JM. I inset some ply that I had in the shed to cover the original routes in the body. The one on the front gets mostly masked by the pickguard, and so disappears. I'm not so happy about the one on the back ... thinking that I might still just get a black plastic plate and cover it ... although it won't really be seen.
Rather than cover it, I'd get 6 strategically placed screws to make it look like a wood cover.
cheers, Mark.
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