Tommy's JZ-1 Build

[tommycarlos]

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.

[tommycarlos]

Got another can of clear anyway. Couldn’t hurt.

[Sonic Mountain]

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.

[tommycarlos]

Hrm... good to know... Maybe I'll quit while I am ahead, haha!

[tommycarlos]

Ok. Multimeter says the pickups are the same. I guess that makes it easier.

[JohnH]

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

[tommycarlos]

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.

[Grubsta]

Love the color tommy really nice choice

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[tommycarlos]

I wish I had taken this pic with the hardware mocked on as well.

[Andy40]

looking good, surftastic!