JMA-1 First timer..

[Grubsta]

I did a little test the other week on my mate skilzy lefty spalted lp we built last year. Still had the kit pickups in, we played it and it sounded similar to my old epi. Pulled out the pickups and replaced with tonerider generator neck and a gibson dirty finger bridge and there was no comparison with the the sound. The intersting thing was the best sound was the 2 pickups together. In saying this if your spending big bucks on pickups you'd want it to sound good so far all mine have

That's interesting i haven't got my heart set on any specific pickups just yet but i did put Seymour Duncan Pickups in the Guitar in my avatar pic, JB for bridge and Jazz for the neck i'm really happy with the way it sounds but they were kinda costly (for my budget anyway)
Ill be honest i'm a bit lacking in knowledge when it comes to selecting pickups so its made it a little difficult to decide what i'm going to do with this one at the moment.

[Grubsta]

Thanks for all the positive feedback and comments guys much appreciated.

Cheers
Russ

[Simon Barden]

It's never easy selecting pickups and it's always a bit hit and miss. They will sound different in different types of guitars and through different amplifiers.

[Grubsta]

I managed to get the first intensifying coat on today its been a pretty ordinary weekend weather wise so again i haven't managed to get much done.
Very happy with how its coming along though. I also ordered some dingo tone neck finish and copper tape i still haven't decided on pickups so i might even just use the stock ones for now until i can make up my mind.
I've also taken the pickups out of the pick guard there doesn't seem to be a lot of options out there for a straight swap (that i can find) so i'm going to have a go at making one myself i might even experiment with some different materials.



After 1st Intensifying coat..

[JB RETRO]

Yep that grain is really coming out now. Looking beautiful

[Grubsta]

Yep that grain is really coming out now. Looking beautiful

Thanks JB

[Andy40]

Looking very nice there

[Sonic Mountain]

Looks great.

you can get 3mm acrylic at the green shed that is pretty easy to work with and cheap. I've made a few pick guards out of clear and painted the reverse side, it works really well and gives a lot of options. A drill, a jigsaw with a fine blade, files, sandpaper and patience and its pretty doable yourself.

It is also easy to crack the stuff, so it usually took a few goes

Otherwise, you can mock it up out of cardboard and talk to Pablopepper for a laser cut (I assume) one.

[Grubsta]

Looks great.

you can get 3mm acrylic at the green shed that is pretty easy to work with and cheap. I've made a few pick guards out of clear and painted the reverse side, it works really well and gives a lot of options. A drill, a jigsaw with a fine blade, files, sandpaper and patience and its pretty doable yourself.

It is also easy to crack the stuff, so it usually took a few goes

Otherwise, you can mock it up out of cardboard and talk to Pablopepper for a laser cut (I assume) one.

Ok cheers Sonic thanks for the tips ill check it out its nice to have some different options i was even toying with the idea of making one out of a vinyl L.P. just to see what it looks like.

[Sonic Mountain]

That could work. You can laser cut them too. Because they are quite thin you can do some really intricate detail.

I'm not sure how it would go with hand tools, but theres one way to find out